Selected Biographies: V
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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
