| Vaccaro; Brenda (1939- ); Bkln; NY; actress (Cactus Flower; Sara; Paper Dolls) |
| Vadder; Louis de (1605- ); Flemish painter |
| Vadianus; Joachim (1484- ); [von Watt]; Sankt Gallen; Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen |
| Vadim; Roger (1928- ); France; director (And God Created Women; Barbarella) |
| Vaihinger; Hans (1852- ); Württemberg; German philosopher |
| Vailland; Roger (1907- ); Acy-en-Multien; France; French author (La Novice; Et Mourir de Plasir) |
| Valadon; Suzanne [Marie-Clémentine Valadon] Bessines (1865- ); France; acrobat; modell; painter |
| Valdés; Juan Meléndez (1754- ); Ribera del Fresno; Spanish lawyer/poet |
| Vale; Jerry (1931- ); [Genaro Louis Vitaliano]; NYC; singer (Arriverderci Roma) |
| Valens; Ritchie (1941- ); singer (Donna; La Bamba) |
| Valent; Benita (1939- ); Delano; Calif.; USA.; soprano |
| Valente; Caterina (1932- ); Paris; France; singer (Entertainers) |
| Valente; José Angel (1929- ); Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza) |
| Valenti; Italo (1912- ); Milan; Italian sculptor |
| Valentine; Hilton (1943- ); North Shields; Northumberland; England; rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) |
| Valentinian III; (0419- ); Roman emperor (425-55) |
| Valentino; Rudolph (1895- ); Castellaneta Italy; sheik/actor (Eagle) |
| Valentino; (1932- ); [Garavani]; Milan Italy; fashion designer |
| Valeri;Veneto; Diego Valeri (1887- ); Veneto; Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze) |
| Valery; Paul (1871- ); French writer |
| Valéry; Paul (1871- ); French writer |
| Valle; Pietro della (1586- ); Rome; Italian traveller in the Orient |
| Valle-Inclán; Ramón del (1869- ); Villanueva de Arosa; Pontevedra; Galicia; Spanish playwright (Corte de Amor) |
| Valli; Frankie (1937- ); [Castelluccio]; Newark ;NJ; USA.; singer (Four Seasons-Sherry) |
| Valli; Alida (1921- ); Pola; Italy; actress (Miracle of the Bells; 3rd Man) |
| Vallone; Raf (1916- ); Tropea; Italy; actor; (El Cid; 2 Women; Greek Tycoon) |
| Vallotton; Felix (1865- ); Switz/French painter/writer; (Chaste Suzanna) |
| Van; Bobby (1928- ); [Robert King]; NYC; singer (Hollywood Palace) |
| Van Morrison; (1945- ); [George Ivan Morrison]; Belfast; singer/songwriter (Here Comes the Night) |
| Vanbrugh; John (1664- ); London; dramatist/architect (baptized) |
| Vancura; Vladislav (1891- ); Czech physician/(stage)author/resistance fighter |
| Vanderbilt; Cornelius (1794- ); millionaire (B & O railroad) |
| Vanderbilt; Harold [Stirling] (1884- ); NY; America Cup (1930; 34; 7)/inv contract bridge |
| Vandercammen; Edmond (1901- ); French/Belgian poet/painter(L'amour responsable) |
| Vandernoot; Andre (1927- ); Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera) |
| Vandross; Luther (1951- ); NYC.; USA.; rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love) |
| Vanessa-Mae; (1978- ); Singapore; British violinist/composer |
| Vangelis; (1943- ); [Papathanasiou]; composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire) |
| Vanilla; Ice (1967- ); Miami; Florida; USA.; rap singer (Ice Ice Baby)/actor (Cool as Ice) |
| Vanloo; Jean-Baptiste (1684- ); Flamish/French painter |
| Vanvitelli; Luigi (1700- ); Italian architect |
| Varaigne; (1948- ); [Dominique Sanda]; Paris; France; actress (1900; First Love) |
| Varchi; Benedetto (1503- ); Firenze; Italian humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) |
| Varconi; Victor (1891- ); Hungary; actor (Divine Lady; King of Kings; Big City) |
| Varda; Agnès (1928- ); Brussels; Belgium; rench photograph/director (Cleo from 5 to 7) |
| Vardi; Emanuel (1917- ); Jerusalem; Israel; violist; (SD Symph 1978-82) |
| Varèse; Edgard (1883- ); Paris; France; composer (Innisation) |
| Varnhagen; Karl August von Ense (1785- ); Düsseldorf; German biographer |
| Vartan; Michael (1968- ); Boulogne-Billancour; France; actor |
| Vasarely; Victor (1908- ); Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art) |
| Vasari; Giorgio (1511- ); Italy; painter/art historian; (Vasari's Lives) |
| Vasary; Tamás (1932- ); Hungary; pianist/conductor |
| Vásáry; Tamás (1932- ); Hungary; pianist/conductor |
| Vaughan; Henry (1622- ); English poet (Silex Scintillans) |
| Vaughn; Vince (1970- ); Minneapolis; MN; USA; actor |
| Vaughn; Robert (1932- ); NYC; actor; (Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE I Spy) |
| Vaynonen; Vassily (1898- ); Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh) |
| Vazov; Ivan (1850- ); Bulgaria; poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke) |
| Vee; Bobby (1943- ); Fargo; ND.; USA.; singer (Devil or Angel; Night has a Thousand Eyes) |
| Vega; Suzanne (1959- ); rock vocalist (My Name is Luka; Tom's Diner) |
| Vega; Lope Felix de (1562- ); Madrid; Spain; dramatist/poet; (Angelica Arcadia) |
| Veidt; Conrad (1893- ); Potsdam; Germany; actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary) |
| Veken; Nicolaas van der (1637- ); Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) |
| Velazquez; Diego (1599- ); Spain painter; (Rokeby Venus) (baptized) |
| Velde; Henry C Van de (1863- ); Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau) |
| Velde; Willem van de the Young (1633- ); Dutch seascape painter; baptised |
| VelJohnson; Reginald (1952- ); actor; Raleigh; North Carolina; USA; (Carl Winslow-Family Matters; Die Hard) |
| Ven; Monique van de (1952- ); Zeeland; Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit) |
| Venetus; Paulus (1552- ); [Fra Paolo Sarpi]; expert/philosopher |
| Ventura; Lino (1919- ); Parma; Italy; actor (Happy New Year) |
| Venturi; Robert (1925- ); Phila; architect (Levittown NY; Las Vegas) |
| Veracini; Francesco Maria (1690- ); Italian opera composer |
| Vera-Ellen; (1921- ); Norwood; Ohio; USA.; actress/dancer (Wonder Man; White Christmas) |
| Verbaan; Georgina (1979- ); The Hague; Netherlands; actress |
| Vercors; (1902- ); [Jean Bruller]; French writer (Le Silence de la Mer) |
| Verdi; Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco (1813- ); Italian composer; (La Traviata; Aida; Falstaff; Rigoletto) |
| Vere; Aubrey de (1814- ); Irish writer (Victorian Observer) |
| Vereen; Ben (1946- ); Miami; Fla; actor/dancer (Pippin; Roots; Webster) |
| Vereshchagin; Vasili V (1843- ); Russian painter (War & Peace) |
| Veress; Sándor (1907- ); Hungarian pianist/composer |
| Verga; Giovanni (1840- ); Catania; Sicily; Italy; author (Eros) |
| Vergilius; BC! Publius Maro (0070- ); Roman leader/poet (Bucolica Aeneas) |
| Verhaegen; Theodoor (1700- ); Flemish sculptor |
| Verhaeren; Emile A G (1855- ); Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) |
| Verhaghen; Pieter-Jozef (1723- ); Aarschot; Flemish (court)painter |
| Verhoeven; Paul (1938- ); director; Writer; producer; Amsterdam; Netherlands; (Showgirls; Basic Instinct) |
| Verhulst; Pierre F (1804- ); Belgium; mathematician (logistic curve) |
| Verlaine; Paul M (1844- ); France; lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) |
| Vermeer; Jan (1632- ); Holland painter; (Procuress Astronomer) |
| Verne; Jules (1828- ); pioneered what later became science fiction; Nantes; Loire-Atlantique; Pays-de-la-Loire; France |
| Vernet; E J Horace (1789- ); French painter |
| Vernet; Claude-Joseph (1714- ); French painter |
| Verrett; Shirley (1931- ); New Orleans; mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens) |
| Verrier; Urbain Jean Joseph le (1811- ); Saint-Lô; France; co-discoverer (Neptune) |
| Versace; Gianne (1946- ); fashion designer |
| Verus; Marcus A (0121- ); [Antonius Marcus Aurelius]; Emperor of Rome (161-180) |
| Verwey; Albert (1865- ); Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion) |
| Verwilghen; Raphaël (1885- ); Roeselare; Flemish architect/urban developer |
| Vesaas; Tarjei (1897- ); author; Vinje; Norway; (Det Store Spelet) |
| Vesalius; Andreas (1514- ); Brussels; Belgium; anatomist (Fabrica) |
| Vespucci; Amerigo (1454- ); Italian explorer (America) |
| Vestris; Gaetano B (1729- ); Florence; French ballet dancer |
| Vickers; Mike (1941- ); rock guitarist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) |
| Victor; Paul-Emile (1907- ); French pole explorer (La civilisation du phoque) |
| Victor Emmanuel III; (1869- ); King of Italy; (1900-46)/Ethiopia |
| Vidal; Gore (1925- ); writer; West Point; NY. USA (Billy the Kid; Is Paris Burning ?; Suddenly; Last Summer) |
| Vidocq; François-Eugène (1775- ); French police detective |
| Vidor; King (1895- ); director; Galveston; Texas; USA (War & Peace; Stella; Dallas) |
| Vidor; Charles (1900- ); Budapest; Hungary; movie director; (Rhapsody; Gilda; Cover Girl) |
| Vigny; Alfred V Comte de (1797- ); French musketeer/writer (Mo‹se; Chatterton) |
| Vilakazi; Benedict (1906- ); S Africa; poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) |
| Vildrac; Charles (1882- ); Paris France; poet/playwright |
| Villa; Pancho (1848- ); Mexico; revolutionary/guerrilla leader |
| Villa-Lobos; Heitor (1887- ); Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; composer (Salon Waltz) |
| Villaurrutia; Xavier (1903- ); Mexican poet; (Nocturno de los Angeles) |
| Villiers; George (1592- ); Brooksby; 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral |
| Vincent; Jan-Michael (1944- ); Denver; actor (Hooper; Tribes; Buster & Billie) |
| Vincent; Vinnie (1956- ); heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes) |
| Vinci; Leonardo da (1452- ); Anchiano; near the town of Vinci; not far from Florence; Italy; Renaissance artist and scientist |
| Virchow; Rudolf (1821- ); German politician/antropologist (cell pathology) |
| Viscardi; Antonio Giovanni (1645- ); Swiss architect; baptized |
| Visconti; Luchino (1906- ); Milan; Italy; director (Damned; Death in Venice) |
| Vishnevskaya; Galina (1926- ); Leningrad; soprano (Madama Butterfly) |
| Vita; Franco De (1954- ); Caracas; Venezuala; spanish singer (Extranjero) |
| Vitaliano; Genaro Louis (1931- ); [Jerry Vale]; NYC; singer (Arriverderci Roma) |
| Vitalis; Ordericus (1075- ); French monk/historian/poet |
| Vitray; Tamás (1932- ); Hungary; Television journalist; Sport reporter; (Pulitzer Price 1995) |
| Vitry; Philippe de (1291- ); French composer/poet |
| Vitti; Monica (1931- ); [Ceciarelli]; Rome Italy actress (Tigers in Lipstick) |
| Vivaldi; Antonio (1678- ); Italian; late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer |
| Vivekananda; Swami (1863- ); Calcutta; Hindu religious leader/reformer |
| Vlady; Marina (1938- ); Clichy France; actress (Conjugal Bed; The Hunt) |
| Vlaminck; Maurice de (1876- ); Paris; Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow) |
| Vlandis; Natalie (1982- ); Northridge; Calif; pairs skater |
| Vogel; Sydne (1979- ); Anchorage Alaska; figure skater (1996 NW Pac Sr champ) |
| Voinea; Adrian (1974- ); Focsani; Romania; tennis star (1995 Malta) |
| Volbach; Fritz (1861- ); Wipperfürth; German musicologist/conductor/composer |
| Volonté; Gian Maria (1933- ); Milan; Italy; actor (The Violent Four; A Fistful of Dollars; Sacco and Vanzetti; The Mattei Affair) |
| Volponi; Paolo (1924- ); Italian communist/author (Road to Rome) |
| Volta; Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio (1909- ); Australia; soprano (Tannhäuser) |
| Voltaire; [François-Marie Arouet] (1694- ); French thinker; poet |
| Vondel; Joost van den (1587- ); Cologne Germany; Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha) |
| Vonnegut Jr.; Kurt (1922- ); Ind.; author; (Slaughterhouse Five) |
| Voorman; Klaus (1942- ); rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) |
| Vorosmarty; Mihály (1800- ); Hungarian poet |
| Vörösmarty; Mihály (1800- ); Hungarian poet |
| Vraz; Stanko (1810- ); [Jakob Frass]; Slovenian/Croatian poet (illyrism) |
| Vrchlicky; Jaroslav (1853- ); [Emil Frída]; Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein) |
| Vriendt; Juliaan de (1842- ); Flemish painter |
| Vries; Hugo de (1848- ); Dutch botanist (How species emerge) |
| Vring; Georg von der (1889- ); German painter/writer (Soldier Suhren) |
| Vroons; Frans (1911- ); actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera) |
| Vuillard; Edouard (1868- ); French painter/graphic artist |
| Vuillaume; Jean-Baptiste (1798- ); Mirecourt; France; violinmaker |
| Vulpius; Christian A (1762- ); Weimar; Germany; writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini) |
| Vulpius; Christiane (1765- ); wife of Johann W von Goethe
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