List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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- Väisälä, Yrjö, (1891 - 1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist
- Vaaler, Johan, (1866-??) inventor of the paperclip
- Vaccaro, Brenda, (born 1939), actress
- Vadim, Roger, (1928-2000), journalist, actor, screenwriter, 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
- Vair, Guillaume du, (born 1556), French statesman, philosopher
- Vai, Steve, (born 1960), musician
- Valadon, Suzanne, (1865-1938), French painter
- Valance, Holly, (b. 1983), Australian singer
- Valdemar, Erik Anthon, Siboni, (died 1892), composer
- Valdemar I of Denmark, (1131 - 1182)
- Valderrama, Carlos (born [1961), Colombian footballer
- Valderrama, Carlos Pive, soccer player
- Valdes, Rodrigo, world champion boxer
- Valdez, Luis, film director
- Valdivia, Pedro de, (1500-1553), Conquistador of Chile
- Vale, Angelica, actress
- Vale, Raul, Venezuelan born Mexican comedian
- Valens, (A.D. 328 - 378), Roman Emperor
- Valens, Ritchie, (1941-1959), US pop singer
- Valente, Caterina, (b. 1931 ), singer, actress
- Valente, Gary, musician
- Valenti, Jack, (born 1921), Motion Picture Association of America Chair
- Valentin, Bobby, Puerto Rican Salsa music singer
- Valentine, Jean, (Home Deep Blue)
- Valentinian I, (?? - 375), Roman Emperor
- Valentinian II, (?? - 392), Roman Emperor
- Valentinian III, (419-455), Roman Emperor
- Valentin, Karl, (1882-1948), comedian and author
- Valentino, Rudolph, (1895-1926), Italian-born actor
- Valentinus, Pope, (died 827)
- Valenzuela, Fernando, baseball player
- Valera, Eamon de (1882-1975), Irish independence leader, president
- Valeria, Supermodel
- Valerian I, Roman Emperor
- Valgardson, W.D, The Girl with the Bottecelli Face
- Valjavec, Matija, (1831-1897), Slovene poet
- Vallabhacarya, (died 1531), Hindu spiritual leader
- Valle, Raimondo
- Vallee, Rudy, (1901-1986), US singer, actor
- Vallejo, Cesar (1892-1938), Peruvian poet
- Vallejos, Fabiana (born 1985), Argentine women's soccer player
- Vallières, Pierre, author, political activist
- Valli, Frankie, (born 1937), singer
- Vallotton, Felix, (1865 - 1925), Swiss painter trained in France
- Valo, Ville, (b. 1976), Finnish musician
- Dame Valois, Dame Ninette de (1898-2001), Irish founder London Royal Ballet
- Valvano, Jim, (b. 1946), college basketball coach
- Valvasor, Janez Vajkard, (1641-1693), Slovene polymath
- Valéry, Paul (1871-1945), French author, poet
- Vampira, (born 1921), US actress
- Vamvakaris, Markos, (1905 -1972), Greek musician
- Van Allen, James, (born 1914), US astronomer
- Van Asbroeck, Paul, marksman
- Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862), US President
- van Basten, Marco (b.1964 ), Dutch footballer
- Van Benga, Colin, comedian
- Van, Bobby, (1928-1980), singer
- Van Buren, Hannah, (born 1783), First Lady of the United States
- van Campen, Jacob, (died 1657)
- Van Cauwenberghe, Jean-Claude
- Vance, Cyrus, (1917-2002), US Secretary of State
- Vance, Vivian, (1909-1979), actress
- van Cleef, Lee, (1925-1989), actor
- Vancouver, George, (born 1757)
- Van Damme, Ivo, athlete
- Van Damme, Jean-Claude, (born 1960), Belgian-boirn action movie actor
- Van de Geyn, Hein
- Van de Graaff, Robert, (born 1901), physicist, inventor
- Van den Berghe, Frits, expressionist
- van den Berg, Lodewijk, astronaut
- Van den Brande, Luc, (1992-1999), CVP
- van den Broek, J, architect
- Vanderbilt, Amy, (born 1908), author on etiquette
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Jr, (born 1898), reporter, columnist, author, lecturer
- Vanderbilt, Gloria, (born 1924), jeans designer and entrepreneur
- Vanderbilt, Harold, (born 1884), businessman
- Vandersteen, Willy, (died 1990), cartoonist
- van der Waals, Johannes, physicist
- Van De Walle, Robert, judoka
- Vandross, Luther, (born 1951), singer
- Van Duser, Guy, musician
- Van Duyn, Mona, poet
- van Dyck, Anthony, (1599-1641), painter
- Van Dyke, Dick, (born 1925), US actor, comedian
- Van Eps, Fred, (1913-1998), musician
- Van Eps, George, musician
- van Eyck, Jan, (c. 1390-1441), Belgian painter
- van 't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus, (1852-1911) Dutch Nobel Prize in Chemistry scientist
- van der Weyden, Rogier (1399-1464), Flemish painter
- Van Halen, Eddie, (b. 1955 ), US musician
- 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
- Vannelli, Gino, (born 1952), vocalist, songwriter
- Vanocur, Sander, (born 1928), journalist
- Van Peebles, Melvin, (born 1932), actor, screenwriter
- van Rysselberghe, Theo, neo-impressionist
- Van Sachsen Coburg-Gotha, Marie-José, (1906-2001), last Queen of Italy
- Van Sant, Gus, (b. 1952 ), Hollywood film director
- Van Steenbergen, Rik, (1924 - May 15, 2003), Belgian cyclist
- van Dongen, Kees, (1877-1968), Dutch Fauves painter
- 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, television host
- 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
- Vandecaveye, Gella, judoka
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius, (1794-1877), entrepreneur
- Vandergaeghe, Guy, Canadian writer
- Vanderhayden, Kees, Canadian writer
- Vanderlip, Brain, Canadian writer
- Vanessa-Mae, (born 1978), musician
- Vangelis, (born 1949), musician
- Vanhanen, Matti, (born 1955), Finnish prime minister
- Vanvitelli, Luigi, architect
- van Zandt, Townes, (died 1997), musician
- Vapnik, Vladimir, (born ~1935), statistician
- Vardalos, Nia, (born 1962), actress, writer, comedienne
- Varela, Francisco, (1946-2001), biologist
- Varela, José Gregorio, president
- Varela, Obdulio, athlete
- Varese, Edgar, (1883 - 1965), composer
- Varga, Tibor, (1921-2003), violinist, conductor and pedagogue
- Vargas, Fernando, (born 1977), world champion boxer
- Vargas, Getulio Dornelles, (1883 - 1954), president of Brazil
- Vargas, José María, president
- Vargas, Martin (born 1953), Chilean boxer
- Vargas, Sergio, Merengue singer
- Vargas, Wilfrido, Merengue singer, Sergio's brother
- Vargas Llosa, Mario, (born 1936), Peruvian novelist and essayist
- Varis, Tapani, Finnish musician
- Varlaam, (1511 - 1521), Metropolitan of Moscow
- Varley, John, US science fiction author
- Vartan, Michael, (born 1968), actor
- 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, (1862-1931), Colonel
- Vasili III of Russia, (died 1533)
- 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, Finnish 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
- Vaughn, Robert, (born 1932), actor
- Vaughn, Sarah, (died 1990), singer
- Vaughn, Vince, (born 1970), actor
- Vaux, Calvert, landscape architect
- Vazquez, Wilfredo, (born 1960), world champion boxer