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V Victor Wouk American scientist (1919–2005) Technology V Victor Yampolsky Russian conductor Music V Victor Young American violinist, composer and conductor (1899–1956) Music V Victoria Gucovsky Argentine writer and socialist activist (1890–1969) Literature V Victoria Hanna Israeli singer-songwriter Music

Victoria Kaspi Canadian astrophysicist Astronomy V Victoria Nuland American diplomat (born 1961) Politics V Victoria Pedretti American actress (born 1995) Film & Stage V Victoria Shaw (singer) American country singer (born 1962) Music V Victorinus Strigel Philippist Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer Judaism V Vidal Sassoon British hairstylist (1928–2012) Activism V Vidal Taroç Catalan Jewish landowner and court Jew Business

Viktor Frankl Austrian neurologist (1905–1997) Psychology V Viktor Korchnoi Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster (1931–2016) Chess V Viktor Tsigal советский и российский художник Visual Arts V Viktor Ullmann Austrian Jewish composer (1898–1944) Music V Viktor von Ephrussi Austrian private banker Business

Vilém Flusser Czech-born Brazilian philosopher, writer (1920-1991) Philosophy V Vilmos Freund אדריכל הונגרי-יהודי Visual Arts

Vilna Gaon Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797) Judaism V Vilunya Diskin American author (born 1941) Activism V Vincent Marks English clinical pathologist and biochemist (1930–2023) Chemistry V Vini Vici Israeli psytrance music group Music V Viola Brothers Shore American author (1890–1970) Film & Stage V Viola Harris American actress (1920-2017) Film & Stage V Violet Myers Classical singer (1875–1943) Music V Violeta Autumn American architect Visual Arts V Vira Lozinsky Israeli musical artist Music V Vita Gollancz British artist (1926–2009) Visual Arts V Vitali Golod Israeli chess grandmaster (born 1971) Chess V Vitali Vitaliev Ukrainian-born journalist & writer (born 1954) Literature V Vitalis Danon écrivain et enseignant tunisien Literature V Vitaly Ginzburg Russian physicist (1916–2009) Physics V Vitaly Halberstadt Ukrainian-French chess player (1903–1967) Chess V Vitaly Margulis Ukrainian pianist Music V Vito Volterra Italian mathematician and physicist (1860–1940) Astronomy V Vivan Sundaram Indian artist (1943–2023) Visual Arts V Vivelin of Strasbourg Alsatian Jewish financier Business V Vivi Janiss American actress Film & Stage V Vivian de Sola Pinto British writer and historian Literature V Vivian Gornick American feminist critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist (born 1935) History V Vivian Kubrick American film composer and director (born 1960) Film & Stage V Vivian Sobchack American film critic (born 1940) Philosophy V Viviana Gibelli Venezuelan TV host and beauty queen (born 1965) Film & Stage V Viviana Gorbato Argentine journalist, writer and university professor Literature V Viviana Zelizer American sociologist (born 1946) History V Vivienne Segal American actress and singer (1897–1992) Film & Stage V Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić Croatian Jewish composer (1870–1954) Music V Vlad Yanpolsky Russian pianist (1905–1965) Music V Vladimir Ashkenazy Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia Music V Vladimir Bron Soviet chess master (1909–1985) Chess V Vladimir Broude Soviet-Russian experimental physicist of Jewish descent Physics V Vladimir Conta Romanian conductor and pianist Music V Vladimir Etush Soviet and Russian actor (1922–2019) Film & Stage V Vladimir Feldman Australian chess player (born 1959) Chess V Vladimir Feltsman Russian-American pianist Music V Vladimir Gelfand Soviet diarist and soldier (1923–1983) Literature V Vladimir Gershuni Soviet poet and human rights activist Literature V Vladimir Golschmann French and American conductor (1893–1972) Music V Vladimir Gribov Russian theoretical physicist (1930–1997) Physics V Vladimir Horowitz Russian and American pianist (1903–1989) Music V Vladimir Jankélévitch French philosopher (1903–1985) Philosophy V Vladimir Jochelson Russian ethnographer (1855–1937) Linguistics V Vladimir Kara-Murza Russian opposition politician (born 1981) Politics V Vladimir Krainev Russian musician (1944–2011) Music V Vladimir Liberzon Israeli chess grandmaster (1937–1996) Chess V Vladimir Malaniuk Ukrainian chess grandmaster (1957–2017) Chess V Vladimir Padwa American musician Music V Vladimir Resin Russian politician (born 1936) Politics V Vladimir Shainsky Russian composer (1925–2017) Film & Stage V Vladimir Slepian écrivain soviétique d’expression française Literature V Vladimir Sloutsker Russian businessman and politician (1956–2025) Business V Vladimir Sokoloff Russian actor (1889–1962) Film & Stage V Vladimir Spivakov Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist Music V Vladimir Staroselski Агроном и губернатор в Российской империи (1860-1916) Politics V Vladimir Šterk Croatian architect (1891–1941) Visual Arts V Vladimir Stoupel Musical artist Music V Vladimir Tismăneanu Romanian-American academic (born 1951) History V Vladimir Yurovsky Ukrainian Soviet composer (1915–1972) Music V Vladimir Zhirinovsky Russian politician (1946–2022) Politics V Vladka Meed Jewish resistance fighter (1921–2012) Literature V Vlado Perlemuter Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher (1904 - 2002) Music V Vlady (painter) Russian-Mexican painter (1920–2005) Visual Arts V Vocolot American all-female a cappella ensemble Music V Voice of the Turtle Music V Volf Roitman Uruguayan-born French painter and sculptor Visual Arts V Volin Russian anarchist and historian of anarchism (1882–1945) Literature V Volodymyr Dantes Musical artist Music V Volodymyr Groysman Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2016 to 2019 Politics V Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine since 2019 Film & Stage V Vronsky & Babin Duo-piano team Music V Vsevolod Gantmakher russischer Physiker und Hochschullehrer Physics V Vyacheslav Ganelin Musical artist Music