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- V. C. AndrewsAmerican novelist (1923–1986)
- Vachel LindsayAmerican poet (1879–1931)
- Väinö LinnaFinnish author (1920–1992)
- Valentin RasputinRussian writer
- Valentine FlemingMajor Valentine Fleming, DSO (17 February 1882 – 20 May 1917) was a Scottish Conservative
- Valery BryusovRussian poet (1873–1924)
- Varlam ShalamovSoviet writer and prisoner (1907–1982)
- Vasil BykaŭBelarusian writer, human rights activist, and politician (1924–2003)
- Vasily AksyonovSoviet and Russian novelist (1932–2009)
- Vasily TrediakovskyRussian poet, translator and philologist (1703–1769)
- Vasily ZhukovskyRussian poet (1783–1852)
- Velimir KhlebnikovRussian playwright, poet and futurist (1885-1922)
- Veronica GuerinIrish crime reporter (1958–1996)
- Verulam, KwaZulu-NatalVerulam () is a town 24 kilometres north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and form
- Vicente AleixandreSpanish poet (1898–1984)
- Victor PelevinRussian fiction writer (born 1962)
- Victor-Joseph Étienne de JouyFrench dramatist (1764–1846)
- Victorien SardouFrench dramatist (1831–1908)
- Viktor JanssonViktor Bernhard "Faffan" Jansson (1 March 1886 in Helsinki – 22 June 1958 in Helsinki) was
- Villa de María del Río SecoVilla de María del Río Seco (usually shortened to Villa de María, not to be confused with
- Villa St. Jean International SchoolVilla St. Jean International School, originally named Collège Villa St. Jean, was a privat
- Villeroy, Seine-et-MarneVilleroy (French: ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France reg
- Vin ScullyAmerican sportscaster (1927–2022)
- Vinicius de MoraesBrazilian poet and lyricist (1913–1980)
- VirsikirjaVirsikirja (Finnish pronunciation: , "hymn book") is the official hymnal of the Evangelica
- Vissarion BelinskyRussian literary critic (1811–1848)
- Vittorio AlfieriItalian playwright and poet (1749–1803)
- Vladimir SorokinRussian writer (born 1955)
- Vladislav ListyevRussian journalist (1956–1995)
- Vrededorp, GautengVrededorp is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City
- Vũ Trọng PhụngVietnamese writer (1912–1939)