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- Väisälä, Yrjö, (1891 - 1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist
- Vaaler, Johan, (March 15, 1866 - ????) inventor of the paperclip
- Vadim, Roger, (1928 - 2000), journalist, actor, screenwriter, and director
- Vadiz, Yolanda (1959-1986), gospel music singer, soprano
- Vadnal, Alojzij[?], (1910 - 1987), Slovene mathematician.
- Vaga, Pierin[?], (1499 - 1547), painter
- Vainberg, Moisei[?], (1919 - 1996), composer
- Valadon, Suzanne, (1865 - 1938), French painter
- Valance, Holly, (May 11, 1983 - ), Australian musician
- Valdemar, Erik Anthon, Siboni[?], composer
- Valdemar I of Denmark, (1131 - 1182)
- Valderrama, Carlos, (born September 2, 1961), Colombian football (soccer) player.
- Valderrama, Carlos Pive[?], soccer player
- Valdes, Rodrigo[?], world champion boxer
- Valdez, Luis[?], film director
- Valdivia, Pedro de, (1500 - 1553)
- Vale, Angelica[?], actress
- Vale, Raul[?], Venezuelan born Mexican citizen, comedian
- Valens, (A.D. 328 - 378), Roman Emperor
- Valens, Richie, musician
- Valens, Ritchie, (May 13, 1941 - February 2, 1959), US pop singer
- Valente, Caterina[?], (January 14, 1931 - ), singer, actress
- Valente, Gary[?], musician
- Valentin, Bobby[?], Puerto Rican Salsa music singer
- Valentine, Jean[?], (Home Deep Blue)
- Valentinian I, (?? - 375), Roman Emperor
- Valentinian II, (?? - 392), Roman Emperor
- Valentinian III, (July 2, 419 - 455), Roman Emperor
- Valentino, Rudolph, (May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926), Italian actor
- Valentinus, Pope, (died 827)
- Valenzuela, Fernando, baseball player
- Valera, Eamon de, (14 October 1882 - 24 August 1975), leader of Ireland's struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, Irish president
- Valeria[?], Supermodel
- Valerian I, Roman Emperor
- Valgardson, W.D.[?], The Girl with the Bottecelli Face
- Valjavec, Matija[?], (1831 - 1897), Slovene poet
- Valle, Raimondo[?]
- Vallee, Rudy, (July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986), United States singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer
- Vallejo, Cesar, (March 16, 1892 - 1938), Peruvian poet
- Vallières, Pierre[?], author, political activist
- Vallotton, Felix[?], (1865 - 1925), Swiss painter trained in France
- Valo, Ville, (b. November 22, 1976), Finnish musician
- Dame Valois, Dame Ninette de, (June 6, 1898 - March 8, 2001), Irish founder of London's renowned Royal Ballet[?]
- Valvano, Jim[?], (b. March 10, 1946), college basketball coach
- Valvasor, Janez Vajkard, (1641 - 1693), Slovene nobleman, scholar, and polymath, member of the Royal Society.
- Valéry, Paul, (October 30, 1871 - July 20, 1945), French author and poet of the Symbolist school
- Valois, Dame Ninette de, ballet
- Valois, Ninette de, (1898 - 2001 ??), ballet
- Vamvakaris, Markos[?], (1905 - 1972), Greek musician
- Van Allen, James, (September 7, 1914 - ), US astronomer
- Van Asbroeck, Paul[?], marksman
- Van Buren, Martin, (December 5, 1782 - July 24, 1862), Jacksonian Democratic President, 1829
- van Basten, Marco, (October 31, 1964 - ), Dutch football player
- Van Benga, Colin[?], comedian
- Van Cauwenberghe, Jean-Claude[?], 2000-present
- van Cleef, Lee, actor
- Van Damme, Ivo[?], athlete
- van Damme, Jean Claude, (October 18, 1960 - ), Belgian-born action action movie actor
- Van Damme, Jean-Claude[?], actor
- Van de Geyn, Hein[?]
- Van den Berghe, Frits[?], expressionist
- van den Berg, Lodewijk[?], astronaut
- Van den Brande, Luc[?], (1992 - 1999), CVP
- van den Broek, J.[?], architect
- van der Waals, Johannes[?], physicist
- Van De Walle, Robert[?], judoka
- Vandross, Luther, (born 1951)
- Van Duser, Guy[?], musician
- Van Duyn, Mona[?], poet
- Van Eps, Fred[?], musician
- Van Eps, George[?], musician
- van Eyck, Jan, (c. 1390 - July 9, 1441), Belgian painter
- van 't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus, August 30, 1852 - March 1, 1911), Dutch physical and organic chemist, the winner of the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- van der Weyden, Rogier, (1399 - 1464), (also known as Rog(i)er de la Pasture)
- Van Halen, Eddie, (January 26, 1955 - ), guitarist and founding member of the heavy metal band Van Halen
- Van Herk, Aritha[?], Canadian writer
- van het Reve, Gerard, novelist
- Van Himst, Paul[?], football player
- van Hoften, James[?], astronaut
- van Huysum[?], (1682 - 1749), painter
- Van Impe, Jack[?], televangelist
- Van Impe, Rexella[?], televangelist
- Van Innis, Hubert[?], archer
- Van Looy, Rik[?], cyclist
- van Rysselberghe, Theo[?], neo-impressionist[?]
- Van Sant, Gus, (July 24, 1952 - ), Hollywood film director
- Van Steenbergen, Rik, (September 9, 1924 - May 15, 2003), Belgian cyclist
- van Dongen, Kees, (1877-1968), (January 26, 1877 - May 28, 1968), Dutch painter, one of Les Fauves
- van de Velde the Elder, Willem[?], (1611-1693), painter
- van de Velde the Younger, Willem[?], (1633 - 1707), painter
- van den Hoogenband, Pieter, (born 1978), swimmer
- van der Lubbe, Marinus, (1909 - 1934), scapegoated for Reichstag fire
- van der Rohe, Ludwig Mies, (1886 - 1969), architect
- Van Susteren, Greta[?], host of On the Record with Greta Van Susteren[?] on FOX TV
- van Veen, Herman[?], songwriter
- van Vogt, A. E., (1912 - 2000), science fiction writer
- van Zeeland, Paul, (1893 - 1973)
- van't Hoff, J. H., (1852 - 1911), chemist
- Vanbrugh, John, (1664 - 1726), architect
- Vance, John Holbrook, (born 1916), author
- Vandalos, Nia[?], actor/screenwriter, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding[?]"
- Vandecaveye, Gella[?], judoka
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, (1794 - 1877)
- Vandergaeghe, Guy[?], Canadian writer
- Vanderhayden, Kees[?], Canadian writer
- Vanderlip, Brain[?], Canadian writer
- Vangelis, musician
- Vanhanen, Matti, (born 1955), prime minister of Finland
- Vanvitelli, Luigi[?], architect
- van Zandt, Townes[?], musician
- Varela, José Gregorio[?], president
- Varela, Obdulio[?], athlete
- Varese, Edgar, (1883 - 1965), composer
- Vargas, Fernando, (born 1977), world champion boxer
- Vargas, Getulio Dornelles, (1883 - 1954), president of Brazil
- Vargas, José María[?], president
- Vargas, Sergio[?], Merengue singer
- Vargas, Wilfrido[?], Merengue singer, Sergio's brother
- Varis, Tapani[?], musician
- Varlaam[?], (1511 - 1521), Metropolitan of Moscow
- Varley, John, author
- Vartan, Sylvie
- Varus, Publius Quinctilius (d. 9 AD), Roman general
- Vasa, Pashko[?], poet
- Vasarely, Victor[?], (1908 - 1997), painter
- Vasari, Giorgio, (1511 - 1571), Italian architect
- Vasic, Peter[?]
- Vasilyevich, Grigory[?], (1915 - 1998), composer
- Vasquez, Pepe[?], musician
- Vassanji, M.G.[?], Canadian writer
- Vassilieff, Marie, (1884 - 1957), painter
- Vaste, Ilka[?], (1891 - 1967), author.
- Vasyutin, Vladimir[?], astronaut
- Vatanen, Ari[?], rally driver
- Vathana, Kossamak Nearirat Serey[?]
- Vatutin, Nikolay[?], general in the relief of Stalingrad
- Vaucher, Gee, painter, illustrator
- Vaughan, Henry, (1621 - 1695), poet
- Vaughan, Sarah, (1924 - 1990), musician
- Vaughan, Stevie Ray, (1954 - 1990), musician
- Vaughan, Thomas, (~ 1410 - 1483), philosopher
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph, (1872 - 1958), composer
- Vaux, Calvert[?], landscape architect
- Vazquez, Wilfredo, (born 1960), world champion boxer
- Veach, Charles[?], astronaut
- Veal, Reginald[?]
- Veazey, Thomas W.[?], US governor
- Veblen, Thorstein, (1857 - 1929), economist
- Vedder, Eddie, (born 1964), singer-songwriter
- Vega, Amelia (born approx. 1983) Miss Universe 2003
- Vega, Jurij, (1754 - 1802), Slovene mathematician and artillery officer
- Vega, Suzanne, US singer
- Vegas, Johnny[?], comedian
- Vegri, Saša[?], (born 1934), Slovene poet
- Vei, Yiota[?], musician
- Veit, Philipp, (1793 - 1877), painter
- Vejvoda, Jaromir[?], author of the Beer Barrel Polka
- Vela, Rodolfo Neri[?], astronaut
- Velazquez, Diego, (1599 - 1660), Spanish painter
- Velazquez, Jaci, (born 1979), gospel and pop singer, actress
- Velde, Henry van de[?], painter
- Veldkamp, Bart[?], speed skater
- Velez, Ada world champion boxer
- Vélez, Álvaro Uribe
- Velikovsky, Immanuel, (1895 - 1979), fringe scientist
- Veloso, Caetano, singer and composer
- Veltman, Martinus[?], physicist
- Vendler, Helen[?], poet
- Veneziano, Domenico, (c. 1400 - 1461)
- Venizelos, Eleutherios[?], prime minister
- Venter, Craig, biologist
- Ventris, Michael, (1922 - 1956), British
- Ventura, Jesse, (born 1952), professional wrestler, former Minnesota governor
- Ventura, Johnny[?], Merengue singer
- Venturi, Robert, (born 1925), (John Rauch and Denise Scott-Brown)
- Venuti, Joe[?], musician
- Vercingetorix, Gallic chief
- Verdaguer, Jacint, (1845 - 1902), poet
- Verdi, Giuseppe, (1813 - 1901), Italian composer, opera composer
- Verga, Giovanni[?], novelist
- Vergara, Sofia[?], actress
- Verges, Jacques, (born 1925)
- Verhaeren, Emile, (1855 - 1916)
- Verhoeven, Paul, (1901 - 1975), director
- Verjus, Stanislaus[?]
- Verkerk, Martin[?], (Netherlands)
- Verlaine, Paul, (1844 - 1896), symbolist poet
- Vermeer, Johannes, (1632-1675), painter
- Vernant, Jean-Pierre[?], historian
- Verne, Jules, (1828 - 1905), French author and forerunner of science fiction
- Verner, Karl, (1846 - 1896), Danish linguist
- Vernon, Jules[?], ventriloquist
- Veronese, Italian painter
- Verón, Anibal
- Veronese, Paolo (1528 - 1588) Italian painter
- Verrocchio, Andrea del, (c. 1435 - 1488), Italian sculptor, painter
- Verwoerd, Hendrik[?], South African prime minister
- Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch[?], former Prime Minister
- Very, Jonas[?], poet
- Vesaas, Tarjei[?], author
- Vesalius, Andreas, (1514 - 1564)
- Vesco, Robert[?], fugitive financier
- Vespasian, Roman Emperor
- Vespucci, Amerigo, (1454 - 1512), discovered other parts of America and gave his name to the new continent
- Vetrih, Polona[?], Slovene actress.
- Vetterlund, Fredrik[?], Swedish writer
- Vial, José Joaquín Prieto[?], president
- Vian, Boris, (1920 - 1959), 20th century author
- Vicente, Gil[?], (dramaturg)
- Vicious, Sid, (1957 - 1979), punk rocker
- Vickers, Jon[?], operatic tenor
- Vickrey, William, (1914 - 1996), economist
- Vico, Giambattista, (1668 - 1744), philosopher
- Vico, Giuseppe Zatrillas[?]
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, (1869 - 1947)
- Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain[?]
- Victor I, Pope, (189 - 199)
- Victor II, Pope, (1055 - 1057)
- Victor III, Pope, (1086 - 1087)
- Victor IV, Pope, antipope
- Victor, Christophe[?], geographer
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, (born 1977), heir apparent
- Victoria, Queen, (1819 - 1901), of England
- Victor, Paul-Emile[?], ethnologist
- Vicuña, Francisco R.[?], president
- Vidal, Christina, (born 1984), actress
- Vidal, Gore, (born 1925), US writer
- Vidal-Naquet, Pierre[?], historian and Civil Rights activist
- Vidal, Salvatore[?], (Giovanni Andrea Contini)
- Vidav, Ivan, (born 1918), Slovene mathematician
- Videla, Gabriel González[?], president
- vidents, Fatima[?]
- Vidmar, Maja[?], (born 1961), Slovene poetess
- Vidmar, Milan, (1885- 1962), Slovene electrical engineer, chess player and chess theorist
- Vidmar, Tit[?], (1929 - 1999), Slovene poet
- Vidor, King, (1894 - 1982), film director
- Vidrio, Manuel[?], soccer player
- Viehboeck, Franz[?], astronaut
- Vieira, Patrick, (born 1976), athlete
- Vieira, Siza[?], (born 1933), (architect)
- Viele-Griffin, Francis[?], (symbolist)
- Viereck, Peter[?], poet
- Viete, Francois[?], (1540 - 1603), mathematician
- Vietoris, Leopold, (1891 - 2002), mathematician
- Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth, (1755 - 1842), painter
- Vigeland, Gustav, (1869 - 1943), sculptor
- Vigilius, Pope, (537 - 555)
- Vigneault, Gilles[?], singer
- Vignola, Frank[?], musician
- Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da[?], architect
- Vigo, Jean, (1905 - 1934), film director
- Vigoreaux, Luis, (1929-1983), slain producer, show host
- Vigoreaux, Luisito Puerto Rican actor, show host, producer, son of Luis Vigoreaux
- Vike-Freiberga, Vaira[?], president
- Viktorenko, Alexander[?], astronaut
- Vilar, Pierre[?], historian
- Vilas, Guillermo[?], (Argentina)
- Vilfan, Peter[?], Slovene basketball player.
- Vilhena, Filipa de[?]
- Villa Lobos, Heitor, (1887 - 1959), classical musician and composer
- Villa, Pancho, (1878 - 1923), Mexican Revolutionary
- Villain, Raoul[?], assassin of Jean Jaures
- Villa-Lobos, Heitor, (1887 - 1959), classical musician and composer
- Villareal, Alicia singer
- Villaret de Joyeuse, Louis Thomas, (1750 - 1812), naval commander
- Villechaize, Herve, (1943 - 1993), actor
- Villehardouin, Geoffroi de, (c. 1160 - 1212), historian
- Villeneuve, Gilles, (1950 - 1982), race car driver
- Villeneuve, Jacques, (born 1971), race car driver
- Villiger, Kaspar, (born 1941), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Villiers, George, 1st Duke of Buckingham, (1592 - 1628), British minister and royal favorite
- Villiers, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, (1627 - 1687), British minister and wit, member of the Cabal
- Villon, François, (1431 - c. 1474), poet
- Villon, Jacques, (1875 - 1963), French painter
- Vincent, Angela
- Vincent, Gene, (1935 - 1971), musician
- Vinci, Leonardo da, (1452 - 1519), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
- Vinding, Mads[?]
- Vine, David[?], television presenter
- Vine, Jeremy[?], television presenter
- Vine, Tim[?], British comedian
- Vinge, Joan D.[?], author
- Vinge, Vernor, (born 1944), US science fiction author
- Vinje, Aasmund Olavsson[?], author
- Vinogradov, Pavel[?], astronaut
- Vinterberg, Thomas, (born 1969), Danish film director
- Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene, French architect
- Viorst, Judith[?], Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Vipotnik, Cene[?], (1914 - 1972), Slovene poet
- Virchow, Rudolf, (1821 - 1902), biologist
- Virén, Lasse[?], runner
- Virgil - Publius Vergilius Maro
- Virk, Jani[?], (born 1962), Slovene poet
- Virk, Jožef[?], (1810 - 1880), poet
- Virtanen, Artturi Ilmari[?], Finnish chemist, Nobelist
- Virtanen, Artturi Ilmari, (1895 - 1973), –- chemist, Nobelist
- Visconti, Luchino, (1906 - 1976), Italian film director
- Viseur, Gus[?], musician
- Vishnyakov, Ivan Yakovlevich[?], (1699 - 1761), painter
- Vital du Four[?], scholastic philosopher
- Vitale, Don[?], comedian
- Vitale, Thomas[?], comedian
- Vitalian, Pope, (657 - 672)
- Voigt, Vilhelm[?], German impostor
- Vitellius, (15 - 61), Roman Emperor
- Vitous, Miroslav[?]
- Vitruvius, architect
- Vitry, Jacques de[?], scholastic philosopher
- Vitry, Philipe de[?], (1291 - 1361), composer
- Vitti, Monica[?], actor
- Vittone, Bernardo[?], architect
- Vittori, Roberto[?], astronaut
- Vittorini, Elio[?], novelist
- Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, Kings of Albania, (1939 - 1943), Albanian king
- Vivaldi, Antonio, (1678 - 1741), composer
- Vivanet, Filippo[?]
- Vivasvat, architect
- Vivekananda, Swami, (1863 - 1902)
- Viviani, René[?], (1914 - 1915)
- Vixie, Paul, BIND
- Vizenor, Gerald[?], writer and academic
- Vladimir[?], (1898 - 1912), Metropolitan of Moscow
- Vladislav I[?], (1109 - 1117), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vladislav II[?], (1140 - 1172, king from 1158), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vladislav, Stefan[?], (1234 - 1243), Serbian monarch
- Vladislav, Stefan, I, (1234 - 1243), Serbian monarch
- Vladislav, Stefan, II, (1321 - about 1325), Serbian monarch
- Vladivoj[?], (1002 - 1003), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vlaminck, Maurice[?], (1876 - 1958), painter
- Vlasov, Andrey[?], Lieutenant general and German-backed Russian Liberation Army
- Vlieger, Simon de[?], (1601 - 1653), painter
- Vodnik, Anton[?], (1901 - 1965), Slovene poet
- Vodnik, France[?], (1903 - 1986), Slovene poet
- Vodnik, Valentin[?], (1758 - 1819), Slovene poet, journalist, philologist.
- Vodpivec, Lujo[?], (born 1951), Slovene sculptor.
- Vodusek, Božo[?], (1905 - 1978), Slovene poet
- Voegelin, Eric, (1901 - 1985), philosopher
- Voevodsky, Vladimir, mathematician
- Vogel, Ezra
- Vogel, Hans-Jochen[?], SPD
- Vogel, Herman[?], (1941 - 1989), Slovene poet
- Vogel, Hermann Carl[?], (1841 - 1907), astronomer
- Vogel, Julius, (1835 - 1899)
- Vogelweide, Walter von der, poet
- Vogelweide, Walther von der, (c. 1170 - c. 1230), poet
- Vogel, Zygmunt[?], Polish painter
- Vogt, Jørgen Herman[?], (1857 - 1858), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Vogts, Berti[?], footballer
- Voight, Jon, (born 1938), actor
- Voiture, Vincent, (1598 - 1648), poet
- Volarič, Ivan Feo[?] (born 1948), Slovene poet
- Volarič, Jože[?], (born 1932), Slovene poet
- Volarič, Zlata[?], (born 1930), Slovene poetess
- Volk, Igor[?], astronaut
- Volkenrath, Elisabeth[?], (1919 - 1945), she was a sadistic murderer of numerous Jewish prisoners at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
- Volkov, Alexander[?], astronaut
- Volkov, Vladislav, (1935 - 1971), astronaut
- Völler, Rudi[?], footballer
- Vollmer, August, (1876 - 1955)
- Volonté, Gian Maria[?], actor
- Volta, Alessandro, (1745 - 1827), eletricity pioneer
- Voltaire, (1694 - 1778), French philosopher, writer, satirist
- Volynov, Boris, (born 1934), astronaut
- Von Amsdorf, Nicolaus, (1483 - 1565)
- von Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht, (1742 - 1819), German soldier
- von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav Krupp[?], (1870 - 1950), German industrialist and weapons manufacturer
- von Bulow, Vicco, (born 1923)
- von Daniken, Eric, author
- von_Däniken, Erich, (born 1935), Swiss Ancient Astronauts writer
- von Fersen, Axel, senior, (1755 - 1810), Field Marshal
- von_Gesner, Konrad, (1516 - 1565)
- von Fersen, Fabian, (1626 - 1677), Swedish soldier
- von Köchel, Ludwig, (1800 - 1877), writer, composer, botanist, music historian
- von Königsmarck, Hans Christoff, (1605 - 1663), Swedish soldier
- von Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Sorb mathematician, philosopher
- von Leyden, Lucas[?], (1494 - 1533), painter
- von Moltke, Helmuth, (1800 - 1891), German soldier
- von Neumann, John, (1903 - 1957), economist, physicist
- Von Ranke, Leopold[?], historian
- von Schmoller, Gustav, economist
- von Sydow, Max, (born 1929), Swedish actor
- von Trapp, Georg Ritter, (1880 - 1947), head of Sound of Music family
- von Trier, Lars, (born 1956), director
- Vonnegut, Kurt, (born 1922), US author
- von_Moos, Ludwig, (1910 - 1990), Swiss Federal Councilor
- von_Orelli, Johann Caspar, (1787 - 1849)
- von_Steiger, Eduard, (1881 - 1962), Swiss Federal Councilor
- von Stroheim, Erich[?], film director
- Von_Tilzer, Albert, (1878 - 1956), songwriter
- Von_Tilzer, Harry, (1872 - 1946), songwriter
- von Weizsäcker, Karl[?], astronomer
- Voorhies, Lark, (born 1974), actress
- Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich, (1881 - 1969), Marshal
- Voroshilov, Pyotr Klimentyevich[?], (1914 - 1984), Red Army leader and commander
- Voss, James[?], astronaut
- Voss, Janice[?], astronaut
- Vostell, Wolf, (1932 - 1998), painter
- Vouet, Simon[?], (1590 - 1649), painter
- Voynet, Dominique[?], Physician and Green politician
- Voznesensky, Andrei[?], (born 1933), poet
- Vrancx, Sebasdtian[?], (1573 - 1647), painter
- Vratislav I, (915 - 921), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vratislav II[?], (1061 - 1092, king from 1085), Bohemian aristocrat
- Vraz, Stanko[?], (1810 - 1851), Slovene poet
- Vrhovnik, Boštjan[?], (born 1949), Slovene film director
- Vroom, Cornelisz[?], (1600 - 1661), painter
- Vu, Cuong[?], musician
- Vuillard, Edouard[?], (1868 - 1940), painter
- Vurnik, Ivan[?], (1884 - 1971), Slovene architect and town planner
- Vygotsky, Lev, (1896 - 1934), psychologist
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