Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author.
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| Name | Occupation | Born | Died |
| Vadim, Roger | French director | 01/26/1928 | 02/11/2000 |
| Valdez, Jeff | ??/??/???? | ||
| Valentino, Rudolph | Italian-US actor | 05/06/1895 | 08/23/1926 |
| Valery, Paul | French writer | 10/30/1871 | 07/20/1945 |
| Valvano, Jim | US basketball coach | 03/10/1946 | 04/28/1993 |
| van Beethoven, Ludwig | German composer | 12/16/1770 | 03/26/1827 |
| Van Buren, Abigail | US writer columnist | 07/04/1918 | |
| Van Buren, Martin | US President (8) | 12/05/1782 | 07/24/1862 |
| Van Cleef, Lee | US actor | 01/09/1925 | 12/16/1989 |
| van Doren, Carl | US writer | 09/10/1885 | 07/18/1950 |
| van Doren, Mamie | US actor | 02/06/1931 | |
| Van Doren, Mark | US writer, educator | 06/13/1894 | 12/10/1972 |
| van Dyke, Dick | US comic actor | 12/13/1925 | |
| van Dyke, Henry | US writer, educator | 11/10/1852 | 04/10/1933 |
| van Gogh, Vincent | Dutch artist | 03/30/1853 | 07/29/1890 |
| Van Horne, Harriet | US writer | 05/17/1920 | |
| van Leeuwenhoek, Antonie | Dutch biologist | 10/24/1632 | 08/30/1723 |
| van Ronk, Dave | US singer songwriter | 04/09/1905 | 02/10/1995 |
| van Vliet, Don Captain Beefhea | US music singer | 01/15/1941 | |
| Vanbrugh, John | English architect, writer | 01/24/1664 | 03/26/1726 |
| Vance, Patricia H. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Vance, Philo | ??/??/???? | ||
| Vance, Vivian | US actor | 07/26/1909 | 08/17/1979 |
| Vanderbilt, Amy | US writer | 07/22/1908 | 12/27/1974 |
| Vanderbilt, Gloria | US fashion designer | 02/20/1924 | |
| Varese, Edgard | French composer | 12/22/1883 | 11/08/1965 |
| Varney, Jim "Ernest" | US actor | 06/15/1949 | 02/10/2000 |
| Varsha, Bob | US ESPN commentator | 04/21/1951 | |
| Vaughan, Bill | US writer | 10/08/1915 | ??/??/1977 |
| Vaughan, Jimmie Lee | US musician (fab T-bird | 03/20/1951 | |
| Vaughan, Stevie Ray | US musician | 10/03/1954 | 08/27/1990 |
| Veblen, Thorstein | Norwegian economist | 07/30/1857 | 08/03/1929 |
| Vedder, Eddie | US music singer | 12/23/1965 | |
| Veeck, Bill | US Chicago White Sox | 02/09/1914 | 01/02/1986 |
| Vega, Suzanne | US singer | 07/11/1959 | |
| Velez, Lupe | Mexican actor | 07/18/1908 | 12/14/1944 |
| Ventura, Jesse | US wrestler/politician/ | 07/15/1951 | |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Italian composer | 10/10/1813 | 01/27/1901 |
| Verdon, Gwen | US actor, dancer | 01/13/1925 | 10/18/2000 |
| Verlaine, Paul | French writer | 03/30/1844 | 01/08/1896 |
| Verlaine, Tom | US musician (Television | 12/13/1949 | |
| Verne, Jules | French writer | 02/08/1828 | 03/24/1905 |
| Vicious, Sid | English punk | 05/10/1957 | 02/02/1979 |
| Vico, Giambattista | Italian philosopher | 06/23/1668 | 01/23/1744 |
| Vidal, Gore | US writer | 10/03/1925 | |
| Vidor, Elbert "King" | US director | 02/08/1894 | 11/01/1982 |
| Viera Gallo, Jose Antonio | Chilean pol | ??/??/1943 | |
| Villa, Pancho | Mexican revolutionary | 06/05/1878 | 07/20/1923 |
| Vincent, John | ??/??/1937 | ||
| Viorst, Judith | US writer | 02/02/1931 | |
| Virgil, | Italian writer | 10/15/0070 | 09/21/0019 |
| Visconti, Luchino | Italian director | 11/02/1906 | 03/17/1976 |
| Vitale, Dick | US sportscaster | 06/09/1940 | |
| Vivekananda, Swami | Indian spiritual leader | 01/12/1863 | 07/04/1902 |
| Vollbracht, Michaele | US designer | 11/17/1947 | |
| Voltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet | French writer | 11/21/1694 | 05/30/1778 |
| Voltaire, Michael Ange | Haitian tourism official | ??/??/???? | |
| von Bismarck, Otto | German chancellor | 04/01/1815 | 07/30/1898 |
| von Braun, Werner | German science | 03/23/1912 | 06/16/1977 |
| von Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie | Austrian writer | 09/13/1830 | 03/12/1916 |
| von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang | German writer | 08/28/1749 | 03/22/1832 |
| von Hofmannsthal, Hugo | Austrian writer | 02/01/1874 | 07/15/1929 |
| von Holbach, Paul Heinrich Dietrich | German philosopher | 12/08/1723 | 01/21/1789 |
| von Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm | German philosopher | 06/22/1767 | 04/08/1835 |
| von Michaels, Hans | ??/??/???? | ||
| von Neumann, John | Hungarian mathematician | 12/28/1903 | 02/08/1957 |
| von Schiller, Friedrich | German writer | 11/10/1759 | 05/09/1805 |
| von Schlegel, Friedrich | German writer critic | 03/10/1772 | 01/12/1829 |
| Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt | US writer | 11/11/1922 | |
| vos Savant, Marilyn | US writer | 08/11/1946 |