1
Viggo Mortensen
(Actor)
80
25
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 20, 1958
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Watertown, New York, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
2
Victor Hugo
(French Writer of the Romantic Movement Best Known for His Novel 'Les Misérables' and Play 'Ruy Blas')
127
26
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 26, 1802
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Besançon, Doubs, France
Died: May 22, 1885
3
Voltaire
(French Historian and Philosopher Known for His Wit and His Pointed Social Critique)
78
17
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 21, 1694
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 30, 1778
4
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
112
72
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28, 1941
5
Virgil
(Ancient Roman Poet of the Augustan Period)
49
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 15, 0070
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cisalpine Gaul
Died: September 21, 0019
6
Vladimir Nabokov
(Best Known For His Novels 'Lolita' and 'Pale Fire')
24
8
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 23, 1899
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 2, 1977
7
Vincent Schiavelli
(Best Known for His Roles in the Films: ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ & ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’)
30
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 11, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: December 26, 2005
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
8
V. S. Naipaul
(Trinidadian-Born British Writer Who Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001)
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3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Trinidad and Tobago
Died: August 11, 2018
9
Vitruvius
(Roman Architect)
25
2
10
Valerie Plame
(Writer)
17
11
11
V. C. Andrews
(Novelist)
8
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Died: December 19, 1986
12
Vera Brittain
(Writer)
6
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 29, 1893
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Died: March 29, 1970
13
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(Independence Activist, Reformer)
20
12
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 28, 1883
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bhagur
Died: February 26, 1966
14
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(Russian Poet and Playwright Who was a Prominent Figure of the Russian Futurist Movement)
12
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 19, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baghdati, Georgia
Died: April 14, 1930
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
15
Vincent Bugliosi
(Lawyer, Writer, Poet lawyer)
8
0
16
Victoria Osteen
(Writer)
7
3
17
Veronica Roth
(Novelist)
5
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 19, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
18
Vikram Seth
(Writer)
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45
19
Víctor Jara
(Chilean Teacher and Theater Director Who Was Tortured and Killed by Dictator Augusto Pinochet’s Men)
10
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 28, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Ignacio, Chile
Died: September 16, 1973
20
Veronica De Laurentiis
(Author)
5
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 13, 1950
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
21
Virginia Satir
(American author)
9
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Died: September 10, 1988
22
Veronica Guerin
(Journalist)
4
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 5, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: June 26, 1996
23
Victoria Stilwell
(Author)
4
0
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Veronica Franco
(16th Century Italian Poet and Courtesan)
5
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 25, 1546
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: July 22, 1591
25
V. E. Schwab
(Writer)
3
1
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Viva
(Actress)
2
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 23, 1938
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, United States
27
Vernon Chatman
(Television producer, writer, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 31, 1972
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn
28
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
(Writer, Traditional healer)
4
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 21, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zululand DC, South Africa
Died: March 25, 2020
29
Vyvyan Holland
(Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 3, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 10, 1967
30
Vilfredo Pareto
(Economist, Writer, Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 15, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris
Died: August 19, 1923
31
Vera Jordanova
(Bulgarian-Finnish Model, Actress, and Cookbook Author)
5
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 28, 1975
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Vladimir Bukovsky
(Writer)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belebey, Russia
Died: October 27, 2019
33
Varun Grover
(Writer, Lyricist, Stand-up Comedian)
6
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 26, 1980
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh, India
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
34
Vinicius de Moraes
(Poet, Singer, Composer, Journalist, Diplomat, Reporter, Writer, Jazz musician, Screenwriter, Songwriter)
2
0
35
Valmiki
(Poet)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthplace: India
36
Vladimir Propp
(Folklorist)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 29, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 22, 1970
37
Vachel Lindsay
(Poet)
3
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 10, 1879
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: December 5, 1931
38
Victorien Sardou
(Dramatist)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 5, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 8, 1908
39
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
(Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist, Writer, Diarist, Songwriter)
3
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 21, 1908
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Thalayolaparambu
Died: July 5, 1994
40
Victor Pelevin
(One of the Most Interesting Writers to Have Come Out of Contemporary Russia)
1
0
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Viktor Schauberger
(Forester, Inventor, Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 30, 1885
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald
Died: September 25, 1958
42
Vijay Tendulkar
(Indian Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter and Journalist)
3
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 6, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kohalpur, India
Died: May 19, 2008
43
Vasily Grossman
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 12, 1905
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berdychiv, Ukraine
Died: September 14, 1964
44
Viktor Shklovsky
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: January 24, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 6, 1984
45
Vazha-Pshavela
(Poet)
7
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 26, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire, now Georgia
Died: July 10, 1915
46
Valerie Eliot
(Second Wife and Widow of the Nobel Prize-Winning Poet T. S. Eliot)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 17, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: November 9, 2012
47
Varlam Shalamov
(Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 18, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vologda, Russia
Died: January 17, 1982
48
Virginia Hamilton
(Author)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 12, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States
Died: February 19, 2002
49
Vasile Alecsandri
(Poet)
3
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 21, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bacău, Principality of Moldavia
Died: August 22, 1890
50
Violette Leduc
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 7, 1907
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Arras, France
Died: May 28, 1972
