Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: V

Selected Biographies A to Z

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• Darth Vader, fictional villain
• Roger Vadim, filmmaker
• Ritchie Valens, rock musician
• Lila Meade Valentine, activist
• Saint Valentine, saint, Holiday figure
• Amber Valletta, model
• Valmiki, Hindu poet
• Van Halen, rock group
• James Van Allen, physicist
• Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist
• Cyrus Vance, Lawyer, government official
• Danitra Vance, actor
• Lee Van Cleef, actor
• James Van Der Beek, actor
• Amy Vanderbilt, journalist, author
• Cornelius Vanderbilt, industrialist, financier
• William Henry Vanderbilt, railroad developer, financier
• Luther Vandross, singer, music producer
• Hannah Hoes Van Buren, U.S. first lady
• Mona Van Duyn, poet
• Melvin Van Peebles, director, actor, writer
• Gus Van Sant, filmmaker, writer
• Townes Van Zandt, songwriter, singer
• Nia Vardalos, actor, writer
• Veronica Varekova, model
• Sarah Vaughan , one of jazz's most influential female singers
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues musician, guitarist
• Vince Vaughn, actor
• Mario Vazquez, singer, talent show contestant
• Eddie Vedder, musician, songwriter
• Conrad Veidt, actor
• Nydia Velázquez, U.S. Representative
• Vendela, model
• Ann M. Veneman, George W. Bush's secretary of Agriculture
• Jesse Ventura, wrestler, state governor
• Gwen Verdon, dancer, actor
• Ben Vereen, actor, dancer
• Paul Verhoeven, director
• Jan Vermeer, artist
• Jules Verne, writer
• Justin Vernon, singer, bandleader
• Gianni Versace, fashion designer
• Andreas Vesalius, scientist, anatomist
• Denmark Vesey, carpenter, antislavery activist
• Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor, military leader
• Dan Vickrey, guitar player
• Abe Vigoda, actor
• Alicia Vikander, actor
• Thomas Vilsack, state governor
• Vernor Vinge, writer, mathematician
• Will Vinton, animator, filmmaker
• Nana Visitor, actor
• Jon Voight, actor, director, writer
• Lord Voldemort, fictional villain
• Alessandro Volta, inventor, physicist
• Lindsey Vonn, skiier, Olympian
• Diane Von Furstenberg, fashion designer
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., writer
• Louis Vuitton, fashion designer

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