Names beginning with V

• V (Kim Taehyung)Historical figure

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• V. O. Chidambaram PillaiIndian freedom fighter, lawyer, entrepreneur and writer (1872–1936)

  September 5, 1872 – November 18, 1936
• V. S. NaipaulTrinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)

  August 17, 1932 – August 11, 2018
• V. ShantaramIndian film director and actor (1901–1990)

  November 18, 1901 – October 30, 1990
• Va'aletoa Sualauvi IIO le Ao o le Malo of Samoa since 2017

  b. April 29, 1947
• Vaclav HavelCzech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

  October 5, 1936 – December 18, 2011
• Vahagn KhachatryanPresident of Armenia since 2022

  b. April 22, 1959
• Vaikom Muhammad BasheerIndian author (1908–1994)

  January 21, 1908 – July 5, 1994
• Vainu BappuIndian astronomer (1927-1982)

  August 10, 1927 – August 19, 1982
• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga6th President of Latvia

  b. December 1, 1937
• VajiralongkornKing of Thailand since 2016

  b. July 28, 1952
• VajiravudhKing of Siam from 1910 to 1925

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• Vakkom MoulaviIndian social reformer (1850–1932)

  January 1, 1850 – August 23, 1932
• Valdas AdamkusLithuanian politician, twice President of Lithuania (born 1926)

  b. November 3, 1926
• Valdis Dombrovskis11th Prime Minister of Latvia

  b. August 5, 1971
• Valdis ZatlersPresident of Latvia

  b. March 22, 1955
• Valentina TereshkovaRussian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)

  b. March 6, 1937
• Valentine StrasserSierra Leonean politician

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• Valentino GaravaniItalian fashion designer (1932–2026)

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• Valentino RossiItalian motorcycle racer

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• Valery VavilovFounder of Bitfury
• Vallathol Narayana MenonIndian poet (1878-1958)

  October 16, 1878 – March 13, 1958
• Valéry Giscard d'EstaingFrench official and politician (1926–2020)

  February 2, 1926 – December 2, 2020
• VanchinathanIndian independence activist

  1880 – June 17, 1911
• Vasco Nunez de BalboaSpanish explorer, governor, and conquistador

  1475 – January 12, 1519
• Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)

  1469 – December 24, 1524
• Vasil LevskiHistorical figure
• Vasile TofanMoldovan investor and businessman (born 1982), Prime Minister of Moldova

  b. July 12, 1982
• Vasiliki ThanouGreek judge, former caretaker Prime Minister of Greece

  b. November 3, 1950
• Vasiliy LomachenkoUkrainian boxer

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• Vasily ArkhipovSoviet politician

  March 26, 1908 – August 14, 1943
• Vaughan LewisPrime Minister of Saint Lucia

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• Veerapandiya KattabommanIndian activist (1760-1799)

  January 3, 1760 – October 16, 1799
• Velu NachiyarIndian queen and freedom fighter

  January 3, 1730 – December 25, 1796
• Velu Thampi DalawaDalawa of the Indian kingdom of Travancore between 1802 and 1809

  1765 – 1809
• Venus WilliamsAmerican tennis player (born 1980)

  b. June 17, 1980
• Vera RubinAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)

  July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016
• VercingetorixProtohistoric chieftain of the Arverni tribe, defeated by Julius Caesar during the Gallic wars

  80 BCE – 46 BCE
• Vere BirdPrime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1910-1999)

  December 7, 1910 – June 28, 1999
• Verghese KurienIndian entrepreneur

  November 26, 1921 – September 9, 2012
• Vernon ShawPresident of Dominica (1930-2013)

  May 13, 1930 – December 2, 2013
• Verrier ElwinBritish anthropologist (1902-1964)

  August 29, 1902 – February 22, 1964
• VespasianNinth Roman Emperor and founder of the Flavian dynasty (69–79)

  November 17, 1909 CE – June 4, 1979 CE
• Vicente Ehate TomiEquatorial Guinea politician

  b. 1968
• Vicente FernandezMexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021)

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• Vicente Fox62th president of Mexico

  b. July 2, 1942
• Victoire Dogbé TomegahPrime Minister of Togo (2020-2025)

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• Victor ChernomyrdinRussian diplomat and politician (1938–2010)

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• Victor Emmanuel IIKing of Sardinia (1849–1861) and King of Italy (1861–1878)

  March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878
• Victor HugoFrench novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)

  February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885
• Victor WembanyamaFrench basketball player (born 2004)

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• Vidkun QuislingNorwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

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• Vigdís FinnbogadóttirIcelandic politician, 4th President of Iceland

  b. April 15, 1930
• VijayIndian politician and former actor (born 1974)

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• Vijay HazareIndian cricket player. (1915-2004)

  March 11, 1915 – December 18, 2004
• Vikas KhannaIndian celebrity chef

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• Vikram SarabhaiFather of Indian space programme (1919–1971)

  August 12, 1919 – December 30, 1971
• Viktor FranklAustrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)

  March 26, 1905 – September 2, 1997
• Viktor OrbánPrime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–2026) (born 1963)

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• Viktor YanukovychPresident of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014

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• Viktor Yushchenko3rd President of Ukraine

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• Viktor ZubkovRussian politician and businessman

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• Vilayat KhanIndian musician (1928–2004)

  August 28, 1928 – March 13, 2004
• Vince LombardiAmerican football player, coach, and executive (1913-1970)

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• Vincent FerrerHistorical figure
• Vincent MhlangaSwazi politician

  c. 1950 – December 24, 2020
• Vincent of Beauvais13th century French encyclopedist

  1190 – 1264
• Vincent van GoghPost-impressionist painter whose work sold for millions only after his death

  March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890
• Vinny LinghamSouth African businessman

  b. February 7, 1979
• Vinoba BhaveIndian advocate of nonviolence and human rights (1895-1982)

  September 11, 1895 – November 15, 1982
• Vinod KhoslaIndian-American businessman

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• Vinoo MankadIndian cricketer (1917–1978)

  April 12, 1917 – August 21, 1978
• Vinícius JúniorBrazilian association football player (born 2000)

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• Viola AmherdSwiss politician

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• Violeta ChamorroPresident of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 (1929–2025)

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• Violeta ParraChilean musician and folklorist

  October 4, 1917 – February 5, 1967
• Virat KohliIndian cricket player (born 1988)

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• VirgilRoman poet (1st century BC)

  70 BCE – 19 BCE
• Virgil AblohAmerican fashion designer (1980-2021)

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• Virgil GriffithAmerican computer programmer

  b. March 6, 1983
• Virgil van DijkDutch association football player (born 1991)

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• Virginia ApgarAmerican obstetrical anesthesiologist (1909-1974)

  June 7, 1909 – August 7, 1974
• Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer (1882–1941)

  January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941
• Vishnu Ganesh PingleIndian revolutionary

  1888 – November 16, 1915
• Viswanathan AnandIndian chess grandmaster

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• Vitalik ButerinRussian-Canadian computer scientist

  b. January 31, 1994
• VitruviusRoman architect and engineer

  80 BCE – 15 BCE
• Vitus BeringDanish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)

  August 5, 1681 – December 8, 1741
• Viv RichardsWest Indian cricketer

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• Vivienne GoonewardenaSri Lankan politician (1916–1996)

  September 18, 1916 – October 3, 1996
• Vivienne WestwoodBritish fashion designer (1941–2022)

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• Vjekoslav BevandaChairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2012 to 2015

  b. May 13, 1956
• Vjosa OsmaniPresident of the Republic of Kosovo since 2021

  b. May 17, 1982
• Vlad FilatMoldovan politician

  b. May 6, 1969
• Vlad ZamfirRomanian actor

  b. March 1, 1974
• Vlad the Impaler15th-century ruler of Wallachia

  1431 – December 14, 1476
• Vladimir HorowitzRussian/Ukrainian and American pianist (1903-1989)

  September 18, 1903 – November 5, 1989
• Vladimir LeninFounding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

  April 10, 1870 – January 21, 1924
• Vladimir NabokovRussian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

  April 10, 1899 – July 2, 1977
• Vladimir PutinPresident of Russian Federation

  b. October 7, 1952
• Vladimir TenevBulgarian-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company

  b. 1987
• Vladimir the GreatGrand Prince of Kiev

  958 CE – July 15, 1015
• Vlatko PavletićCroatian politician (1930–2007)

  December 2, 1930 – September 19, 2007
• Vo Nguyen GiapVietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

  August 25, 1911 – October 4, 2013
• Vo Van KietPrime minister of Vietnam (1922-2008)

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• Vojislav MihailovićSerbian politician

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• Volodymyr HroismanPrime Minister of Ukraine from 2016 to 2019

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• Volodymyr ZelenskyPresident of Ukraine since 2019

  b. January 25, 1978
• VoltaireFrench Enlightenment writer and fighter for reason and tolerance

  November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778
• Vytautas the GreatGrand Duke of Lithuania

  1352 – October 27, 1430
• Václav KlausPresident of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013

  b. June 19, 1941
• Víctor Suanzes PardoSpanish military personnel

  b. 1936
• Võ Thị Ánh XuânVietnamese politician

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• Võ Văn ThưởngPresident of Vietnam (2023–2024)

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