Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Vacarescu, Alecu (Walachian poet; son of Ienachita) 1765-1799
Vacarescu, Iancu (Walachian poet, translator; son of Alecu) 1792-1863
Vacarescu, Ienachita (Walachian scholar, poet) 1740-1799
Vacarescu, Nicolae (Walachian poet; son of Ienachita) 1784-1825
Vacarius (Italian legal scholar) c.1115/20-1198?
Vachell, Horace Annesley (English writer) 1861-1955
Vacherot, Etienne (French philosopher) 1809-1897
Vade, Jean-Joseph (French poet, dramatist) 1719-1757
Vadim, Roger (born V.D. Plemmianikow; French film dir., writer) 1928-2000
Vaganova, Agrippina Yakovlevna (Russian dancer, teacher) 1879-1951
Vaida-Voevod, Alexandru (Romanian politician) 1872-1950
Vaihinger, Hans (German philosopher) 1852-1933
Vail, Alfred Lewis (American pioneer in telegraphy) 1807-1859
Vail, Theodore Newton (Am. telephone & telegraph executive) 1845-1920
Vailland, Roger Francois (French writer, essayist, dramatist) 1907-1965
Vaillant, Edouard-Marie (French politician) 1840-1915
Vair, Guillaume du (French writer, orator) 1556-1621
Vaisala, Yrjo (Finnish astronomer, physicist; asteroid) 1891-1971
Vakhtangov, Yevgeny (Russian theatrical director) 1883-1922
Vakhtin, Boris Borisovich (Russian writer, rights activist) 1930-1981
Valancius, Motiejus (Lithuanian prelate, writer) 1801-1875
Valaoritis, Aristotelis (Greek poet, politician) 1824-1879
Val-de-Grace, Jean-Baptiste du (French revolutionist) 1755-1794
Valdemar I (Valdemar the Great; King of Denmark 1157-1182) 1131-1182
Valdemar II (King of Denmark 1202-1241; son of Valdemar I) 1170-1241
Valdes, Alfonso de (Spanish Humanist) 1490?-1532
Valdes, Juan de (Spanish Humanist; twin brother of Alfonso) 1490?-1541
Valdes, Gabriel de la Concepcion (pseud. Placido; Cuban poet) 1809-1844
Valdes Leal, Juan de (Spanish painter, engraver) 1622-1690
Valdivia, Pedro de (Spanish conquistador) c.1498-1553
Vale, Michael (American actor; Fred the Baker) 1922-2005
Valencia, Guillermo (Colombian poet, politician) 1873-1943
Valenciennes, Achille (French zoologist) 1794-1865
Valens (Roman emperor of the East 364-378) 328?-378
Valente, Jose Angel (Spanish poet, translator, critic) b.1929
Valenti, Jack Joseph (American lobbyist, administrator: MPAA) 1921-2007
Valentine, Saint (Roman priest, physician, Christian martyr) 3rd cent.
Valentine, Saint (Roman bishop, Christian martyr) 3rd cent.
Valentini, Giovanni (Italian composer, poet, musician) c.1582-1649
Valentini, Giuseppe (It. violinist, painter, poet, composer) 1681-1753
Valentini, Stefano (It. amateur astronomer, computer prog.) b.1955
Valentinian I (aka Valentinianus I; Roman emperor 364-375) 321-375
Valentinian II (aka Valentinianus II; Roman emperor 375-392) 371-392
Valentinian III (aka Valentinianus III; Roman emperor 425-455) 419-455
Valentino, Rudolph (Italian-born American actor) 1895-1926
Valentinus (Egyptian-born Gnostic philosopher, teacher) 2md cent.
Valenzuela, Luisa (Argentinean writer, journalist) b.1938
Valera y Alcala Galiano, Juan (Spanish writer, diplomat) 1824-1905
Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus; Roman emperor 253-260) d.260
Valerius Flaccus, Gaius (Roman poet) 1st cent.
Valerius Maximus (Latin writer) fl. c.20 AD
Valero, Roberto (Cuban poet) b.1955
Valery, Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules (French man of letters) 1871-1945
Valignano, Alessandro (Italian missionary) 1539-1606
Valkeapaa, Nils-Aslak (Saami poet, musician, composer,essayist) b.1943
Valla, Lorenzo (aka Laurentius Vallensis; Italian Humanist) 1407-1457
Vallabha (aka Vallabhacarya; Indian philos., religious leader) 1479-1531
Vallandigham, Clement Laird (American politician) 1820-1871
Valle, Pietro della (Italian traveler) 1586-1652
Valle-Inclan, Ramon Maria del (Spanish writer, dramatist, poet) 1866-1936
Vallee-Poussin, Charles De la (Belgian mathematician) 1866-1962
Vallejo, Cesar (Peruvian poet, writer) 1892-1938
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe (American soldier, politician) 1808-1890
Valles, Jules (French Socialist, journalist) 1832-1885
Valsalva, Anton Maria (Italian anatomist) 1666-1723
Van Allen, James Alfred (American astrophysicist) 1914-2006
Van Andel, Jay (American businessman; co-founded Amway Corp.) 1924-2004
Vanbrugh, Sir John (English dramatist, architect) 1664-1726
Van Buren, Martin (8th U.S. president, 1837-1841) 1782-1862
Vance, John Holbrook "Jack" (American writer) 1916-2013
Vance, Louis Joseph (American writer) 1879-1933
Van Cortlandt, Oloff Stevenszen (Dutch businessman) 1600-1684
Van Cortlandt, Stephanus (New Amsterdam-born politician) 1643-1700
Vancouver, Geroge (English navigator, explorer) 1757-1798
Vancura, Vladislav (Czech physician, writer, playwright) 1891-1942
Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison (American physicist) 1901-1967
Vandegrift, Alexander Archer (American marine corps officer) 1887-1973
Vandenberg, Arthur Hendrick (American journalist, politician) 1884-1951
Van Depoele, Charles Joseph (Belgian-born American inventor) 1846-1892
Vanderbeek, Stan (American filmmaker, teacher) 1927-1984
Vanderbilt, Cornelius (American industrialist, financier) 1794-1877
Vanderbilt, William Henry (Am. industrialist; son of Cornelius) 1821-1885
van der Kuijp, Leonard (Dutch-born Canadian philologist) b.1952
Vanderlyn, John (American painter) 1775-1852
Vandermark, Ken (American musician) b.1964
van der Meer, Simon (Dutch physicist) 1925-2011
Van der Post, Laurens Jan (South African writer, educator) 1906-1996
Van Devanter, Willis (American Supreme Court justice 1911-1937) 1859-1941
van de Wetering, Janwillem (Dutch writer) b.1931
Van Doesburg, Theo (Dutch painter, writer, poet, architect) 1883-1931
Van Doren, Carl Clinton (American writer, editor, critic) 1885-1950
Van Doren, Mark (American editor, poet; brother of Carl) 1894-1972
Van Druten, John William (English playwright, writer) 1901-1957
Van Duyn, Mona Jane (American poet; Am. poet laureate) b.1921
Van Dyke (aka Vandyke), Sir Anthony (Flemish painter) 1599-1641
Van Dyke, Henry (American clergyman, poet, writer) 1852-1933
Vane, Sir Henry "the Elder" (English politician) 1589-1655
Vane, Sir Henry "the Younger" (English Puritan statesman) 1613-1662
Vane, John Robert (British pharmacologist, academic) 1927-2004
Vane, Sutton (born Vane Sutton-Vane; English playwright) 1888-1963
Vaneigem, Raoul (Belgian Situationist philosopher) b.1934
van Eyck, Aldo (Dutch architect, educator, editor) 1918-1999
Van Gennep, Arnold (French ethnographer, folklorist) 1873-1957
Vanhal, Johann Baptist (Czech composer, organist) 1739-1813
Van Hise, Charles Richard (American geologist) 1857-1918
Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius (Am.-born Can. railroad exec.) 1843-1915
van Hove, Fred (Belgian musician, composer) b.1937
Vanier, Georges-Phileas (Canadian polit.; gov.-general 1959-67) 1888-1967
Vanini, Lucilio (pseud. Giulio Cesare Vanini; It. philosopher) 1584-1619
Van Lem, Nguyen "Bay Lop" (Vietnamese soldier) 1933-1968
Van Loo (or Vanloo), Abraham Louis (Fr. painter; son of Jakob) c.1656-1712
Van Loo (or Vanloo), Charles-Andre (Fr. painter; son of A.L.) 1705-1765
Van Loo (or Vanloo), Jakob (or Jacques; French painter) c.1614-1670
Van Loo (or Vanloo), Jean-Baptiste (Fr. painter; son of A.L.) 1684-1745
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem (Dutch-born Am. historian, writer) 1882-1944
van Maldere, Pieter (Belgian violinist, composer) 1729-1768
Van Nostrand, David (American publisher) 1811-1886
Vannucci, Pietro di Cristoforo "Perugino" (Italian painter) c.1450-1523
Van Rensselaer, Mariana Alley née Griswold (Am. art critic) 1851-1934
Van Rensselaer, Martha (American home economist) 1864-1932
Van Rensselaer, Stephen (American army officer, politician) 1764-1839
Van Sant, Gus Green Jr. (Am. film director, photographer) b.1952
Vansittart, Sir Robert Gilbert (British diplomat) 1881-1957
Van Stockum, Hilda Gerarda (Dutch writer) 1908-2006
Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton (American railroad executive) 1879-1936
Van Sweringen, Mantis James (American railroad executive) 1881-1935
van't Hoff, Jacobus Hendricus (Dutch physical chemist) 1852-1911
Van Vechten, Carl (American writer, music and drama critic) 1880-1964
Vanvitelli, Luigi (Italian architect) 1700-1773
Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck (American physicist, art collector) 1899-1980
van Vogt, Alfred Elton "A.E." (Canadian-born American writer) 1912-2000
van Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm (Dutch diplomat, composer) 1692-1766
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo (Italian-born American political radical) 1888-1927
Varahamihira (Indian philosopher, astronomer, mathematician) 505-587
Varchi, Benedetto (Italian scholar) 1503-1565
Varda, Agnes (Belgian-born French film director) b.1928
Vardhamana (aka Mahavira; Indian religious leader) c.599-527 BC
Vare, Daniele (Italian diplomat, writer) 1880-1956
Varen, Bernhard (aka Bernhardus Varenius; German geographer) 1622-1650/1
Varese, Edgard Victor Achille Charles (Fr.-born Am. composer) 1883-1965
Vargas, Getulio Dornelles (Brazilian politician) 1883-1954
Vargas, Luis de (Spanish painter) c.1505-1567/8
Vargas Llosa, Jorge Mario Pedro (Peruvian writer, essayist) b.1936
Varian, Russell Harrison (American physicist, inventor) 1898-1959
Varian, Sigurd (American physicist, inventor) 1901-1961
Varignon, Pierre (French mathematician) 1654-1722
Varius Rufus, Lucius (Roman poet) 1st cent. BC
Varley, John (English painter, teacher) 1778-1842
Varmus, Harold Elliot (American microbiologist, administrator) b.1939
Varnay, Ibolyka Astrid Maria (Sweden-born Hungarian singer) 1918-2006
Varnedoe, John Kirk Train (Am. art historian, writer, curator) 1946-2003
Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August (German diplomat, writer) 1785-1858
Varnhagen von Ense, Rahel née Levin (German literary hostess) 1771-1833
Varnum, James Mitchell (American lawyer, Revolutionary officer) 1748-1789
Varo, Remedios (Spanish-born Mexican? painter) 1908-1963
Varolio, Costanzo (Italian surgeon, anatomist) 1543-1575
Varotari, Alessandro "il Padovanino" (Italian painter) 1588-1648
Varro, Marcus Terentius (Roman scholar, satirist) 116-27 BC
Varro, Publius Terentius (surnamed Atacinus; Roman poet) 1st cent. BC
Varshavsky, Alexander Jacob (Russian-born American biochemist) b.1946
Varthema (or Barthema), Lodovico de (Italian traveler, writer) c.1470-1510?
Vasari, Giorgio (Italian painter, architect, art historian) 1511-1574
Vasconcelos, Jose (Mexican politician, philosopher, writer) 1882-1959
Vasconcellos, John B. (American politician, lawyer) b.1932
Vasek, Vladimir (pseudonym Petr Bezruc; Czech poet) 1867-1958
Vasilyev, Sergey Dmitriyevich (Russian filmmaker) 1900-1959
Vasks, Peteris (Latvian composer) b.1946
Vassar, Matthew (English-born American brewer, merchant) 1792-1868
Vassilokos, Vassilis (Greek writer, poet, essayist, translator) b.1933
Vasubandhu (Indian philosopher) 4th cent.
Vatutin, Nikolay Fyodorovich (Russian army officer) 1900-1944
Vauban, Sebastien Le Prestre de (French military engineer) 1633-1707
Vaucanson, Jacques de (French inventor) 1709-1782
Vaucher, Jean Pierre Etienne (Swiss botanist) 1763-1841
Vaugelas, Claude Favre, sieur de (French grammarian) 1585-1650
Vaughan, Norman Dane (American adventurer, Antarctic explorer) 1905-2005
Vaughan, Henry "The Silurist" (Welsh-born British mystic poet) 1622-1695
Vaughan, Sarah Lois (American singer) 1924-1990
Vaughan, William Edward "Bill" (American editor, writer) 1915-1977
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (Eng. composer, folk music collector) 1872-1958
Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas (French chemist) 1763-1829
Vauquelin de La Fresnaye, Jean (French magistrate, poet) 1536-1606/8
Vautier, Ben (Italian-born French artist, rights activist) b.1935
Vautier, Benjamin (Swiss painter, illustrator) 1829-1898
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers de (French soldier, moralist) 1715-1747
Vaux, Calvert (English-born American landscape architect) 1824-1895
Vaux, Thomas (2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden; English poet) 1510-1556
Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich (Russian geneticist) 1887-1943
Vazov, Ivan Minchov (Bulgarian poet, writer, playwright) 1850-1921
Vazquez Montalban, Manuel (Spanish writer, poet, journalist) b.1939
Veblen, Oswald (American mathematician; nephew of Thorstein) 1880-1960
Veblen, Thorstein Bunde (American economist, social theorist) 1857-1929
Vecchi, Orazio Tiberio (Italian composer) 1550-1605
Vecelli (or Vecellio), Tiziano "Titian" (Italian painter) 1488/90-1576
Vedantadesika (aka Venkatanatha; Indian theologian) 1268-1370
Vedder, Elihu (American painter, illustrator) 1836-1923
Vedel, Anders Sorensen (Danish historian, ballad collector) 1542-1616
Veen, Otto van (Octavius Vaenius or Venius; Dutch painter) 1556-1629
Vega, Ana Lydia (Puerto Rican writer) b.1946
Vega, Janine Pommy (American poet, writer, educator) b.1942
Vega, Lope de (Lope Felix de Vega Carpio; Sp. dramatic poet) 1562-1635
Vega Carpio, Lope Felix de (Spanish dramatist, poet) 1562-1635
Vegetius (aka Flavius Vegetius Renatus; Roman writer) fl.c.375
Vegio, Maffeo (Mapheus Vegius; Italian Humanist) 1407-1458
Veit, Philipp (German painter) 1793-1877
Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (Czech composer, musician) c.1633/30-1693
Vela, Vincenzo (Italian sculptor) 1820-1891
Velarde, Pablita (aka Tse Tsan; American painter, doll maker) 1918-2006
Velasquez, Baldemar (American farm labor leader) b.1947
Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva (Spanish painter) 1599-1660
Velde, Adriaen van de (Dutch painter; son of Willem) 1636-1672
Velde, Esaias van de (Dutch painter; brother of Willem) 1591-1630
Velde, Harold Himmel (American congressman) 1910-1985
Velde, Henry Clemens van de (Belgian architect, craftsman) 1863-1957
Velde, Jan van de (Dutch painter; cousin of Esaias & Willem) 1593-1641
Velde, Willem van de (Dutch painter; brother of Esaias) 1611-1693
Velde, Willem van de (Dutch painter; son of Willem) 1633-1707
Velez de Guevara, Luis (Spanish poet, playwright, writer) 1579-1644
Velluti, Giovanni Battista "Giambattista" (Italian castrato) 1780-1861
Veloso, Caetano Emanuel Vianna Telles (Braz. poet, composer) b.1942
Veltman, Martinus Justinus Godefriedus (Dutch physicist) b.1931
Vendome, Duc de (Louis-Joseph de Bourbon; French soldier) 1654-1712
Vening Meinesz, Felix Andries (Dutch geophysicist) 1887-1966
Venizelos, Eleutherios (Greek politician) 1864-1936
Venn, John (English logician, man of letters) 1834-1923
Vennberg, Karl Gunnar (Swedish poet, teacher, essayist) 1910-1995
Ventris, Michael George Francis (Eng. architect, cryptographer) 1922-1956
Venturi, Adolfo (Italian art historian) 1856-1941
Venturi, Giovanni Battista (Italian physicist) 1746-1822
Veracini, Antonio (Italian composer, violinist) 1659-1745
Veracini, Francesco Maria (Italian violinist, composer) 1690-1768
Verbiest, Ferdinand (Flemish missionary in China, astronomer) 1623-1688
Vercel, Roger (French writer) 1894-1957
Vercors (pseudonym of Jean Marcel Bruller; French writer) 1902-1991
Verdaguer, Mossen Jacint (Catalan poet) 1845-1902
Verde, Jose Joaquim Cesario (Portuguese poet) 1855-1886
Verdet, Emile (French physicist) 1824-1866
Verdi, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco (Italian composer) 1813-1901
Vereker, John Standish Surtees Prendergast (British soldier) 1886-1946
Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich (Russian painter) 1842-1904
Verga, Giovanni (Italian writer, leader of naturalistic school) 1840-1922
Vergara, Camilo Jose (Chilean-born Am.? writer, photographer) b.1944
Vergennes, Charles Gravier de (French statesman) 1719-1787
Vergilio, Polidoro (Italian ecclesiastic, Humanist) c.1470-1555
Verhaeren, Emile (Belgian poet) 1855-1916
Ver Huell, Alexander (Dutch illustrator) 1822-1897
Verissimo, Erico Lopes (Brazilian writer, literary historian) 1905-1975
Verlaine, Paul Marie (French poet) 1844-1896
Vermeer, Jan (aka Jan van der Meer; van Delft; Dutch painter) 1632-1675
Vermeylen, Auguste (Flemish essayist, critic) 1872-1945
Vermigli, Pietro Martire (Peter Martyr; Florentine religious) 1500-1562
Vermuyden, Sir Cornelius (Dutch-born British engineer) 1595-1683?
Vernadsky, Vladimir Ivanovich (Rus. geochemist, mineralogist) 1863-1945
Verne, Jules Gabriel (French writer) 1828-1905
Verner, Karl Adolph (Danish philologist) 1846-1896
Vernet, Antoine-Charles-Horace (French painter; son of C.-J.) 1758-1835
Vernet, Claude-Joseph (French painter) 1714-1789
Vernet, Emile-Jean-Horace (French painter; son of A.-C.-H.) 1789-1863
Vernier, Pierre (French mathematician, instrument inventor) c.1580-1637
Vernon, Edward "Old Grog" (English admiral; source of "grog") 1684-1757
Vernon, Jules (born Walter Knyvette; English ventriloquist) 1867-1937
Veronese, Paolo (born Paolo Caliari; Italian painter) 1528-1588
Verow, Todd (American film director, cinematographer) b.1966
Verrazano, Giovanni da (Florentine navigator, explorer) 1485?-1528?
Verri, Pietro (Italian economist, journalist, writer) 1728-1797
Verrill, Addison Emery (American zoologist) 1839-1926
Verrio, Antonio (Italian painter) 1639?-1707
Verrius Flaccus, Marcus (Roman freedman, scholar, grammarian) 1st cent. BC
Verrocchio, Andrea del (Florentine sculptor, painter) 1435-1488
Verschaffelt, Peter Anton von (Flemish sculptor) 1710-1793
Vertue, George (English engraver, antiquary) 1684-1756
Verus, Lucius Aurelius (Roman emperor 161-169) 130-169
Verwey, Albert (Dutch poet, scholar, literary historian) 1865-1937
Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch (South African prime min. 1958-1966) 1901-1966
Very, Jones (American Transcendentalist poet, Christian mystic) 1813-1880
Vesaas, Tarjei (Norwegian writer, poet, playwright) 1897-1970
Vesalius, Andreas (Belgian anatomist) 1514-1564
Vesey, Denmark (American slave insurrectionist) c.1767-1822
Vespasian (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus; Roman emperor) 9-79 AD
Vespucci, Amerigo (Americus Vespucius; Italian navigator) 1454-1512
Vesque von Puttlingen, Johann (pseud. J. Hoven; Austrian comp.) 1803-1883
Vestdijk, Simon (Dutch poet, writer, critic) 1898-1971
Vestine, Ernest Harry (American geophysicist) 1906-1968
Vestris, Gaetano Appolino Baldassare (French dancer) 1729-1808
Vestris, Marie-Jean-Augustin (French dancer; son of Gaetano) 1760-1842
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth née Bartolozzi (Brit. actor, singer) 1797-1856
Vetrinha, Jose G. "Jose Craveirinha" (Mozambican poet, writer) 1922-2003
Veuillot, Louis-Francois (French journalist) 1813-1883
Viadana, Lodovico (born Lodovico Grossi; Italian composer) c.1560-1627
Vian, Boris (French writer, dramatist, poet) 1920-1959
Viau, Theophile de (aka Theophile; French poet, dramatist) 1590-1626
Viaud, Louis-Marie-Julien (Pierre Loti; Fr. nav.officer,writer) 1850-1923
Vicente, Gil (Portuguese writer, dramatist) c.1465-c.1536
Vicentino, Nicola (Italian composer, theorist) 1511-c.1576
Vichard, Cesar (Abbe de Saint-Real; French historian) 1639-1692
Vicious, Sid (John Simon Ritchie; English musician) 1957-1979
Vick, James (English-born American horticulturist, publisher) 1818-1882
Vickers, Edward (English steel manufacturer) 1804-1897
Vickrey, William Spencer (Canadian economist) 1914-1996
Vico, Giambattista (Italian philosopher, jurist, historian) 1668-1744
Victor, Orville James (Am. publisher; orig. dime novel 1860) 1827-1910
Victor Emmanuel I (King of Sardinia 1802-1821) 1759-1824
Victor Emmanuel II (King of S.-Piedmont 1849-61, Italy 1861-78) 1820-1878
Victor Emmanuel III (King of Italy 1900-1946) 1869-1947
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; British queen 1837-1901) 1819-1901
Victoria, Tomas Luis de (Spanish composer) c.1548-1611
Victorinus (aka Victorius of Aquitania; Gallic? astronomer) 5th cent.
Victorinus of Pettau (Christian prelate, theologian) d.c.303
Victorinus, Gaius Marius (African-born Latin writer) 4th cent.
Vida, Marco Girolamo (Italian poet) c.1490-1566
Vidal de la Blanche, Paul (French geographer) 1845-1918
Vidal, Gore (born Eugene Luther Vidal; Am. writer, dramatist) 1925-2012
Vidali, Jon Thorkelsson (Icelandic prelate, writer) 1666-1720
Vide, Jacobus (Franco-Flemish composer; Burgundian School) fl.1405-1433
Vidocq, Francois-Eugene (French police officer, adventurer) 1775-1857
Vidor, King Wallis (American film director) 1894-1982
Vidyasagar, Isvar Chandra (Bengali writer, reformer) 1820-1891
Viebig, Clara (German writer) 1860-1952
Vieira, Antonio (Portuguese-born Brazilian missionary, writer) 1608-1697
Vieira, Jose Luandino (Jose Vieira Mateus da Graca; Port. wtr.) b.1935
Vieira da Cruz, Tomaz (Portuguese poet, musician, journalist) 1900-1960
Viele-Griffin, Francis (Egbert L. Viele; Am.-born French poet) 1864-1937
Vielle, Paul-Marie-Eugene (French engineer) 1854-1934
Viereck, George Sylvester (German-born American writer) 1884-1962
Viereck, Peter Robert Edwin (American poet, historical scholar) 1916-2006
Vierkandt, Alfred Ferdinand (German sociologist) 1867-1953
Viete, Francois (aka Franciscus Vieta; French mathematician) 1540-1603
Vigano, Salvatore (Italian dancer, choreographer) 1769-1821
Vigee-Lebrun, Marie-Louise-Elisabeth née Vigee (French painter) 1755-1842
Vigeland, Adolf Gustav (Norwegian sculptor) 1869-1943
Vigfusson, Gudbrandur (Icelandic philologist) 1827-1889
Vignola, Giacomo da (born Giacomo Barozzi; Italian architect) 1507-1573
Vigny, Alfred-Victor de (French poet, dramatist, writer) 1797-1863
Vigo, Jean (aka Jean Sales; French film director) 1905-1934
Vilakazi, Benedict Wallet (Zulu poet, writer, educator) 1906-1947
Vilar, Jean (French actor, director) 1912-1971
Vile, William (English cabinetmaker) c.1700-1767
Villa, Francisco "Pancho" (Mex. bandit, revolutionary leader) 1878-1923
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (Brazilian composer, musician) 1887-1959
Villanueva, Juan de (Spanish architect) 1739-1811
Villard, Helen Frances née Garrison (American social reformer) 1844-1928
Villard, Henry (German-born Am. railroad executive, financier) 1835-1900
Villard, Oswald Garrison (American journalist; son of Henry) 1872-1949
Villard, Paul (French physicist; discovered gamma rays) 1860-1934
Villard de Honnecourt (French architect) c.1225-c.1250
Villari, Pascuale (Italian historian) 1827-1917
Villars, Claude-Louis-Hector de (French marshal of France) 1653-1734
Villaurrutia, Xavier (Mexican poet, playwright, critic) 1903-1950
Villegas, Esteban Manuel de (Spanish poet) 1589-1669
Villehardouin, Geoggror de (French court advisor, historian) c.1150-c.1213
Villemessant, Jean-Hippolyte-Auguste Cartier de (Fr. journal.) 1812-1879
Villena, Enrique de (Enrique de Aragon; Span. writer, scholar) c.1384-1434
Villeneuve, Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de (Fr.adm.) 1763-1806
Villepreux-Power,Jeanne (French-born Sicilian marine biologist) 1794-1871
Villiers, Charles Pelham (English politician, reformer) 1802-1898
Villiers, George (1st Duke of Buckingham; English courtier) 1592-1628
Villiers, George (2nd Duke of Buckingham; Eng. courtier,dram.) 1628-1687
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste de (Fr. poet, dram., writer) 1838-1889
Villon, Francois (born Francois de Montcorbier; French poet) 1431-1463?
Vincent of Beauvais (Vincentius Bellovacensis; French scholar) c.1190-1264
Vincent of Lerins, Saint (Vincentius Lerinensis; Fr. religious) d.c.450
Vincent, John Heyl (Am. clergyman; orig. Chautauqua movement) 1832-1920
Vincent, Stenio Joseph (Haitian politician; president 1930-41) 1874-1959
Vincent de Paul, Saint (French clergyman) 1581-1660
Vincentello d'Istria (Istrian adventurer) 1380-1434
Vincent Ferrer, Saint (San Vicente Ferrer; Spanish religious) c.1350-1419
Vinci, Leonardo (Italian composer) c.1690-1730
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe (Swiss theologian) 1797-1847
Vinje, Aasmund Olafsson (Norwegian poet, journalist, reformer) 1818-1870
Vinogradoff, Sir Paul Gavrilovitch (Russian-born Brit. jurist) 1854-1925
Vinogradov, Ivan Matveyevich (Russian mathematician) 1891-1983
Vinokurov, Yevgeny Mikhailovich (Soviet poet) b.1925
Vinson, Frederick Moore (Am. Supreme Ct. chief justice 1946-53) 1890-1953
Vinton, Will (American animated film director, producer) b.1948
Vio, Tommaso de (born Jacopo de; Italian prelate) 1469-1534
Viola, Bill (American video artist) b.1951
Violle, Jules-Louis-Gabriel (French physicist) 1841-1923
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene-Emmanuel (French architect) 1814-1879
Viotti, Giovanni Battista (Italian violinist) 1755-1824
Virchow, Rudolph (German pathologist, political leader) 1821-1902
Viret, Pierre (Swiss theologian) 1511-1571
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro; Roman poet) 70-19 BC
Viriathus (or Viriatus; Lusitanian rebel) d.c.139 BC
Vir Singh, Bhai (Indian writer, theologian) 1872-1957
Virtanen, Artturi Ilmari (Finnish biochemist) 1895-1973
Virues, Cristobal de (Spanish poet) 1550-1609
Vischer, Friedrich Theodor von (Ger. poet, critic,aesthetician) 1807-1887
Vischer, Hans (German sculptor; son of Peter the Elder) 1489?-1550
Vischer, Hermann the Elder (German sculptor, brass founder) d.1488
Vischer, Hermann the Younger (German sculptor; son of Peter) 1486?-1517
Vischer, Paulus (German sculptor; son of Peter the Elder) d.1531
Vischer, Peter the Elder (German sculptor; son of Hermann) 1460?-1529
Vischer, Peter the Younger (German sculptor; son of Peter) 1487-1528
Visconti di Modrone, Luchino (Italian theater & film director) 1906-1976
Visscher, Ann Roemersdochter (Dutch poet; daughter of Roemer) 1583-1651
Visscher, Roemer (Dutch poet, moralist) 1547-1620
Vital, Hayyim ben Joseph (Palestinian Kabbalist) 1542/3-1620
Vitali, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer) 1632-1692
Vitali, Tomaso Antonio (Italian composer; son of Giovanni) 1663-1745
Vitello, Fausto (Argentine skateboard entrepreneur, publisher) 1946-2006
Vitet, Louis "Ludovic" (French writer, politician) 1802-1873
Vitier, Cintio (Cuban poet, writer, literary critic) b.1921
Vitoria, Francisco de (Spanish theologian) 1486?-1546
Vitrac, Roger (French playwright, poet) 1899-1952
Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio; Roman architect, engineer) c.70-c.25 BC
Vittone, Bernardo Antonio (Italian architect) c.1705-1770
Vittorini, Elio (Italian writer, critic, translator) 1908-1966
Vittorino Ramboldini (aka Vittorino da Feltre; It. educator) 1378-1446
Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio (Italian priest, composer, violinist) 1678-1741
Vivaldi, Ugolino (Genoese merchant; brother of Vadino) 13th cent.
Vivaldi, Vadino (Genoese merchant; brother of Ugolino) 13th cent.
Vivarini, Antonio (orig. surname da Murano; Venetian painter) 1415?-1476/84
Vivarini, Bartolomeo da Murano "Vivarini" (Venetian painter) c.1432-c.1499
Vivekenanda (born Narendranath Datta; Indian religious leader) 1863-1902
Vives, Amadeo (Spanish composer) 1871-1932
Vives, Juan Luis (Spanish Humanist) 1492-1540
Viviani, Vincenzo (Italian mathematician) 1622-1703
Vivien de Saint-Martin, Louis (French geographer) 1802-1897
Vizcaino, Sebastian (Spanish explorer) 1550?-1616
Vizetelly, Edward Henry (English journalist; son of Henry) 1847-1903
Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred (English journalist; son of Henry) 1853-1922
Vizetelly, Francis Horace (Eng.-born Am. editor; son of Henry) 1864-1938
Vizetelly, Henry Richard (English publisher) 1820-1894
Vizinczey, Stephen (Hungarian writer, critic) b.1933
Vizyenos, Georgios (Greek writer) 1849-1896
Vizzana, Lucrezia Orsina (Italian singer, organist, composer) 1590-1662
Vlacic, Matija (surnamed Ilir; Istrian theologian, historian) 1520-1575
Vlacq (or Vlack), Adriaan (Dutch mathematician) 1600-1666/7
Vladimir I, Saint (Russian Grand prince of Kiev 980-1015) c.956-1015
Vladimir II (Russian Grand prince of Kiev 1113-1125) 1053-1125
Vladimov (Georgy Nikolayevich Volosevich; Russian writer) b.1931
Vlaminck, Maurice de (French painter) 1876-1958
Vlastos, Gregory (Constantinople-born classicist, philosopher) 1907-1991
Vliet, Don Van (Captain Beefheart; American musician, painter) 1941-2010
Vlissides, John Matthew (Am. computer scientist; Gang of Four) 1961-2005
Voet, Gijsbet (aka Gisbertus Voetius; Dutch theologian) 1589-1676
Voevodsky, Vladimir (Russian mathematician, educator) b.1966
Vogau, Boris Andreyevich (pseud. Boris Pilnyak; Russian writer) 1894-1937
Vogel, Charles-Louis-Adolphe (French composer) 1808-1892
Vogel, Hermann Karl (German astronomer) 1842-1907
Vogel, Matthew J. "Matt" (American puppeteer, voice actor) b.1970
Vogel, Robert (Volusia County Florida sheriff) b.1947
Vogelsang, Karl von (German reformer) 1818-1890
Vogl, Johann Nepomuk (Austrian poet) 1802-1866
Vogler, Georg Joseph (German organist, composer, writer) 1749-1814
Vogt, Johan Herman Lie (Norwegian geologist) 1858-1932
Vogt, Nils Collett (Norwegian writer, poet) 1864-1937
Vogue, Eugene-Melchior de (French writer, diplomat) 1848-1910
Voigt, Woldemar (German physicist) 1850-1919
Voinovich, Vladimir Nikolaevich (Russian writer) b.1932
Voisin, Charles (French airplane manufacturer; bro. of Gabriel) 1882-1912
Voisin, Gabriel (French airplane manufacturer; bro. of Charles) 1880-1973
Voit, Carl von (German physiologist) 1831-1908
Voiture, Vincent (French man of letters) 1597-1648
Volkelt, Johannes Immanuel (German philosopher) 1848-1930
Volkmann, Richard von (German surgeon) 1830-1889
Volkov, Fyodor Grigoriyevich (Russian actor) 1729-1763
Volkov, Vladislav Nikolayevich (Soviet astronaut) 1935-1971
Vollard, Ambroise (French art dealer, publisher) 1865-1939
Volstead, Andrew John (Am. polit.; wrote Volstead Act 1919) 1860-1947
Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (It. physicist) 1745-1827
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet; French philosopher, writer) 1694-1778
Volterra, Vito (Italian mathematician, physicist) 1860-1940
von Ahn, Luis (Guatemalan computer scientist) b.1978
Vonck, Jean-Francois (Belgian lawyer, political leader) 1743-1792
Vondel, Joost van den (Dutch poet, dramatist, translator) 1587-1679
von Euler, Ulf Svante (Swedish physiologist, pharmacologist) 1905-1983
von Hippel, Arthur Robert (German-born American physicist) 1898-2004
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. (American writer, essayist, playwright) 1922-2007
von Trier, Lars (born Lars Trier; Danish film director) b.1956
von Trotta, Margarethe (German film director, actor) b.1942
von Weizacker, Carl Friedrich Freiherr (German physicist) 1912-2007
Voorhees, Alan Manners (American transportation engineer) 1922-2005
Vorilhon, Claude Maurice Marcel (French religious: fd. Raelism) b.1946
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich (Soviet soldier, politician) 1881-1969
Vorosmarty, Mihaly (Hungarian poet, dramatist) 1800-1855
Vorster, Balthazar Johannes (South African prime min. 1966-78) 1915-1983
Vos, Cornelis de (Flemish painter) 1584-1651
Vos, Gerrit Jansz (Dutch Humanist, theologian) 1577-1649
Vos, Maerten de (Flemish painter) 1531-1603
Vos, Paul (Flemish painter; brother of Cornelis) c.1596-1678
Voss, Johann Heinrich (German poet, translator, philologist) 1751-1826
Voss, Richard (German writer) 1851-1918
Vostell, Wolf (German painter, sculptor, Happening artist) 1932-1998
Vouet, Simon (French painter) 1590-1649
Vought, Chance Milton (Am. aeronautical engineer, designer) 1890-1930
Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley (English architect, designer) 1857-1941
Voznesensky, Andrey Andreyevich (Russian poet) 1933-2010
Vranitzky, Franz (Austrian politician; Chancellor 1986-1997) b.1937
Vraz, Stanko (born Jakob Fras; Croatian poet) 1810-1851
Vriend, Jan (Dutch composer, conductor, pianist) b.1938
Vries, Adriaan de (Dutch sculptor) c.1560-1626
Vries, Hugo Marie de (Dutch botanist, geneticist) 1848-1935
Vries, Matthijs de (Dutch philologist) 1820-1892
Vuillard, Jean-Edouard (French painter, printmaker, decorator) 1868-1940
Vukotic, Dusan (Montenegrin animated film director) 1927-1998
Vulpius, Christian August (German writer) 1762-1827
Vvedensky, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Russian poet, playwright) 1904-1941
Vyasa (Krsna Dvaipayana, Badarayana; Indian sage) 5th? cent. BC
Vycpalek, Ladislav (Czach composer) 1882-1969
Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich (Soviet, diplomat, politician) 1883-1954
Vyssotsky, Emma T.R. née Williams (Am. astronomer; asteroid) 1894-1975
Vytautas the Great (aka Witold; Lithuanian ruler) 1350-1430

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