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Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer and o
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (/?pu?t?n/; Russian: ????????? ????????????? ??????; IPA: [vl??d?im??r
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (French: [f???.swa ma.?i a?.w?]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by
Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer known for her de
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh Dutch: [?v?ns?nt ???l?m v?n ???x]; (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Du
Vanna Bonta
Vanna Bonta (April 3, 1958 – July 8, 2014) was an Italian-American writer, actress, and inventor.
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (Portuguese pronunciation: [?va?ku ð? ???m?]; c. 1460s – 2
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [?pu?.bl?.?s w?r???.l?.?s ?ma.ro?]; October 15, 70 BC – S
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 Janua
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (/n??b??k?f, ?næb??k??f, -?k?f/; Russian: ????????? ????????????? ??
Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo (/?hju??o?/; French: [vikt?? ma?i y?o]; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a Fr
Van Jones
Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones (born September 20, 1968) is an American activist, commentator, author and
Vaclav Havel
Václav Havel (Czech pronunciation: [?va?t?slav ??av?l]; 5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a
Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor,
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. (/?vi??o? ?m??rt?ns?n/; Danish: [?i???o ?m??d?n?sn?]; born October 20, 195
Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer be
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter and
Vincent De Paul
St. Vincent de Paul (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a French Roman Catholic priest who ded
Vint Cerf
Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS, (/?s??rf/; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer, who is re
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (Hindi: ????? ????: born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist
Virginia Postrel
Virginia Inman Postrel (born January 14, 1960) is an American political and cultural writer of broad
Vernon Howard
Vernon Linwood Howard (March 16, 1918 – August 23, 1992) was an American spiritual teacher, author
Vida Goldstein
Vida Jane Goldstein (13 April 1869 – 15 August 1949) was an early Australian politician who campai
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran ( listen (US English); Tamil: ???????????? ?????????; Tamil pro
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDI (née Swire; born 8 April 1941) is a British fashion designer
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF (Hindi: ???? ????, IPA: [???d??j s???]; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big F
Vasyl Sukhomlynsky
Vasyl Olexandrovych Sukhomlynsky (Ukrainian: ?????? ????????????? ?????????????; Russian: ???????? ?