1
Viggo Mortensen
(Actor)
74
24
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 20, 1958
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Watertown, New York, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
2
Voltaire
(French Historian and Philosopher Known for His Wit and His Pointed Social Critique)
73
13
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 21, 1694
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 30, 1778
3
Victor Hugo
(French Writer of the Romantic Movement Best Known for His Novel 'Les Misérables' and Play 'Ruy Blas')
116
26
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 26, 1802
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Besançon, Doubs, France
Died: May 22, 1885
4
Virginia Woolf
(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
96
64
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)
48
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')
21
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’)
28
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
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(Independence Activist, Reformer)
20
11
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 28, 1883
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bhagur
Died: February 26, 1966
9
V. S. Naipaul
(Trinidadian-Born British Writer Who Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001)
21
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Trinidad and Tobago
Died: August 11, 2018
10
Valerie Plame
(Writer)
14
6
11
Vikram Seth
(Writer)
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44
12
Vitruvius
(Roman Architect)
25
2
13
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
14
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
15
Vladimir Mayakovsky
(Russian Poet and Playwright Who was a Prominent Figure of the Russian Futurist Movement)
11
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 19, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Baghdati, Georgia
Died: April 14, 1930
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
16
Vincent Bugliosi
(Lawyer, Writer, Poet lawyer)
7
0
17
Victoria Osteen
(Writer)
6
2
18
Veronica Roth
(Novelist)
4
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 19, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
19
Veronica De Laurentiis
(Author)
4
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 13, 1950
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
20
Víctor Jara
(Chilean Teacher and Theater Director Who Was Tortured and Killed by Dictator Augusto Pinochet’s Men)
7
4
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 28, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Ignacio, Chile
Died: September 16, 1973
21
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)
22
Vilfredo Pareto
(Economist, Writer, Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher)
2
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 15, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris
Died: August 19, 1923
23
V. E. Schwab
(Writer)
3
0
24
Virginia Satir
(American author)
9
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Died: September 10, 1988
25
Victoria Stilwell
(Author)
4
0
26
Veronica Guerin
(Journalist)
3
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 5, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: June 26, 1996
28
Vyvyan Holland
(Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 3, 1886
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 10, 1967
29
Vijay Tendulkar
(Indian Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter and Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 6, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kohalpur, India
Died: May 19, 2008
30
Viva
(Actress)
2
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 23, 1938
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, United States
31
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
32
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)
33
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
34
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
35
Vince Russo
(Writer who is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).)
2
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: January 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Long Island, New York, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
36
Vinicius de Moraes
(Poet, Singer, Composer, Journalist, Diplomat, Reporter, Writer, Jazz musician, Screenwriter, Songwriter)
2
0
37
Vairamuthu
(Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter)
1
1
38
Val McDermid
(Writer, Novelist, Journalist)
6
6
39
Vicki Iovine
(Model, Writer, Lawyer)
2
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 13, 1954
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
40
Veronica Franco
(16th Century Italian Poet and Courtesan)
3
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 25, 1546
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: July 22, 1591
41
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon
(Poet, Writer)
3
0
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Vir Sanghvi
(Journalist, Writer)
2
0
43
Vasco Rossi
(Singer-songwriter)
1
1
44
Vladimir Propp
(Folklorist)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 29, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 22, 1970
45
Vladimir Bukovsky
(Writer)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belebey, Russia
Died: October 27, 2019
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
Victorien Sardou
(Dramatist)
4
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 5, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 8, 1908
48
Viktor Shklovsky
(Novelist)
1
0
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: January 24, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: December 6, 1984
49
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
50
Vikas Swarup
(diplomat, writer)
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