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- V. N. JanakiIndian first female chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1923–1996)
- V. P. MenonIndian civil servant (1893–1965)
- V. P. Singh ministryVishwanath Pratap Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. His in
- V. S. WakankarIndian archaeologist (1919–1988)
- Vaghela dynastyDynasty of medieval India (1244–1304)
- Vaikom Muhammad BasheerIndian writer (1908–1994)
- Val PlumwoodAustralian philosopher (1939–2008)
- Valentin GlushkoSoviet rocket engineer (1908–1989)
- Valentine ChirolBritish journalist, author, historian and diplomat (1852–1929)
- Valentinus (Gnostic)Egyptian gnostic theologian (c. 100–c. 165)
- Valerie SolanasAmerican radical feminist (1936–1988)
- ValkeakoskiValkeakoski (Finnish pronunciation: ; lit. "white rapids") is a town and municipality in F
- Vallathol AwardVallathol Award is a literary award given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contributi
- Van Buren v. United StatesVan Buren v. United States, 593 U.S. 374 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case de
- Van JonesAmerican political analyst and civil rights activist (born 1968)
- VanajavesiVanajavesi is a large lake in southern Finland, in the provinces of Pirkanmaa and Kanta-Hä
- VarāhamihiraIndian mathematician-astronomer-astrologer (505–587)
- Varahran KushanshahBahram Kushanshah (also spelled Varahran), was the last Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian
- Varghese PayyappillyIndian Catholic priest (1876–1929)
- Varman dynasty (Kannauj)Former dynasty of Kannauj (725–770)
- Vasil LevskiBulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873)
- Vasily VorontsovRussian academic (1847–1918)
- Vasudev Balwant PhadkeIndian independence activist (1845–1883)
- Vasyl SharovskyVasyl Mikhailovych Sharovsky (24 December 1891 – 25 April 1938) was a member of the Centra
- VatteluttuAbugida used in southern Indian subcontinent (c. 6th–12th centuries)
- VaugnerayVaugneray (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
- Veikko Aleksanteri HeiskanenFinnish geophysicist (1895–1971)
- Vendel PeriodPeriod of Swedish prehistory (540–790 AD)
- Venkatesananda SaraswatiVenkatesananda Saraswati (or Swami Venkatesananda; 29 December 1921 in Tanjore, South Indi
- Vernon BerrangéSouth African activist and lawyer (1900–1983)
- Vernon BogdanorBritish political scientist (born 1943)
- Vernor VingeAmerican computer scientist and writer (1944–2024)
- Viceroy of the DeccanMughal imperial official (1636–1724)
- Victor Blanchard SchefferVictor Blanchard Scheffer (November 27, 1906 – September 20, 2011) was an American biologi
- Victor CanningBritish writer (1911–1986)
- Victor Ernest ShelfordVictor Ernest Shelford (September 22, 1877 – December 27, 1968) was an American zoologist
- Victor J. StengerAmerican particle physicist, author, and religious skeptic (1935–2014)
- Victor PerloAmerican Marxist economist (1912–1999)
- Victor SergeRussian revolutionary and author (1890–1947)
- Victor TurnerScottish cultural anthropologist (1920–1983)
- Victory Boogie WoogieVictory Boogie Woogie is the last, unfinished work of the Dutch abstract painter Piet Mond
- VidyaranyaIndian author and guru (1296–1391)
- Viet MinhVietnam's communist-led independence movement (1941–55)
- Vijay PrashadIndian historian and writer (born 1967)
- Vijay TendulkarIndian playwright (1928-2008)
- Vijaya DasaHindu scholar and saint (1682-1755)
- Vikram SethIndian novelist and poet (born 1952)
- Viktor LutzeGerman Nazi SA chief of staff (1890–1943)
- Viktor OrbánPrime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002, 2010–2026)
- Villa AlbaniThe Villa Albani (later Villa Albani-Torlonia) is a villa in Rome, built on the Via Salari
- Villiers-le-BelVilliers-le-Bel (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oi
- Vinay Mohan KwatraIndian diplomat (born 1962)
- Vincent EyreMajor-General Sir Vincent Eyre KCSI CB (22 January 1811 – 22 September 1881) was an office
- Vincenzo VivianiItalian mathematician and scientist (1622–1703)
- Vindhya PradeshFormer State of India (1948–1956)
- Violette LeducViolette Leduc (7 April 1907 – 28 May 1972) was a French writer.
- Vipsania (wife of Haterius)Vipsania (likely born between 36 and 28 BC) was an ancient Roman noblewoman of the first c
- Vipsania (wife of Lepidus)Vipsania (likely born between 27-21 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Marcella Minor or Vip
- Vipsania (wife of Varus)Vipsania (likely born between 28–22 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Marcella to different
- VirasenaIndian mathematician and Jain scholar (750–825)
- Virchow's triadVirchow's triad or the triad of Virchow () describes the three broad categories of factors
- Virendranath ChattopadhyayaIndian revolutionary (1880–1937)
- Virgin birth of JesusBelief that Jesus was born to a virgin woman
- Vishnu Shastri PanditMarathi social reformer (1827 – 1876)
- Vishnudevananda SaraswatiVishnudevananda Saraswati (31 December 1927 – 9 November 1993, birth name Kuttan Nair) was
- VishwasraoEldest son of Balaji Bajirao (1742–1761)
- VistaraIndian airline (2013–2024)
- VitthalanathaIndian philosopher (1515–1586)
- Vladimir Antonov-OvseenkoSoviet revolutionary and diplomat (1883–1938)
- VolinRussian anarchist and historian of anarchism (1882–1945)
- Voltairine de CleyreAmerican anarchist writer and feminist (1866–1912)
- Volunteer Army Unit for Punishing TraitorsJapanese ultranationalist group (2002–2003)
- Volunteer Officers' DecorationThe Volunteer Officers' Decoration, post-nominal letters VD, was instituted in 1892 as an
- Vukašin of SerbiaVukašin Mrnjavčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукашин Мрњавчевић, pronounced ; c. 1320 – 26 Septe
- VyasatirthaIndian philosopher (1447–1539)