| Pope Sixtus V | pope | 1520–1590 |
| Nina Vaca | businessperson | |
| Andrew Vachss | American writer and lawyer | 1942 |
| Urvashi Vaid | Indian writer | 1958 |
| Alok Vaid-Menon | American performance artist, … | 1991 |
| Rachel Vail | American writer | 1966 |
| Auguste Vaillant | French anarchist | 1861–1894 |
| Vajiralongkorn | King of Thailand | 1952 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 10th Prime Minister of India | 1924–2018 |
| Vald | French rapper | 1992 |
| Ramón Valdés | Mexican actor | 1923–1988 |
| Luis Valdez | American film director | 1940 |
| V. Vale | American writer | 1942 |
| Jack Valenti | President of the MPAA | 1921–2007 |
| Éamon de Valera | 3rd President of Ireland | 1882–1975 |
| Stéphane Valeri | Monaco politician | 1962 |
| Paul Valéry | French poet, essayist, and ph… | 1871–1945 |
| Roosh Valizadeh | American writer and men's rig… | 1979 |
| Armando Valladares | American diplomat and former … | 1937 |
| Jose Cecilio del Valle | Honduran politician- | 1777–1996 |
| Rudy Vallée | American singer, actor, bandl… | 1901–1986 |
| César Vallejo | Peruvian writer | 1892–1938 |
| Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo | Californian military commande… | 1807–1890 |
| Mike Vallely | American skateboarder and sin… | 1970 |
| Daniel Alan Vallero | American scientist | 1953 |
| Agostino Vallini | Catholic cardinal | 1940 |
| Manuel Valls | French Socialist Party (PS) p… | 1962 |
| Vālmīki | Legendary Indian poet, author… | |
| Ville Valo | Finnish rock musician | 1976 |
| Jim Valvano | American basketball player-co… | 1946–1993 |
| Ngô Thanh Vân | Vietnamese singer and actress | 1979 |
| Sheldon Vanauken | American journalist | 1914–1996 |
| John Vanbrugh | English architect and dramati… | 1664–1726 |
| Ashlee Vance | American journalist | 1977 |
| Carole Vance | anthropologist | |
| Courtney B. Vance | American actor | 1960 |
| Jack Vance | American mystery and speculat… | 1916–2013 |
| Paul Vance | American record producer | 1929 |
| Alexander Vandegrift | United States Marine Corps Me… | 1887–1973 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | American businessman, philant… | 1794–1877 |
| Gloria Vanderbilt | American businesswoman, fashi… | 1924–2019 |
| William Henry Vanderbilt | American philanthropist | 1821–1885 |
| Jeff VanderMeer | American writer | 1968 |
| Vangelis | Greek composer of electronic,… | 1943 |
| Jean Vanier | Canadian humanitarian | 1928–2019 |
| Donna VanLiere | American writer | 1966 |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti | Italian American anarchist ex… | 1888–1927 |
| Erik Varden | Norwegian Monk and Prelate | 1974 |
| Ethlie Ann Vare | American journalist | 1953 |
| Francisco Varela | Chilean biologist | 1946–2001 |
| Migdia Chinea Varela | American actress, screenwrite… | 1947 |
| Valentin Varennikov | Soviet general and russian po… | 1923–2009 |
| Edgard Varèse | French composer | 1883–1965 |
| Eugenio Cruz Vargas | Chilean poet and painter | 1923–2014 |
| Hal Varian | American economist | 1947 |
| John Varley | American science fiction auth… | 1947 |
| Raja Ravi Varma | Indian painter | 1848–1906 |
| Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma | Maharajah of Travencore | 1813–1846 |
| Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma | Maharaja of Travancore | 1922–2013 |
| Yanis Varoufakis | Greek-Australian political ec… | 1961 |
| Marcus Terentius Varro | ancient latin scholar | -116–-27 BC |
| Giorgio Vasari | Italian painter, architect, w… | 1511–1574 |
| Aleksandr Vasilevsky | Soviet military commander | 1895–1977 |
| Juan Gabriel Vásquez | Colombian writer | 1973 |
| Michael Vassar | President of the Singularity … | 1979 |
| Radosveta Vassileva | legal scholar | 1985 |
| Dada Vaswani | Spiritual leader | 1918–2018 |
| Brian Vaszily | | 1970 |
| Vātsyāyana | Indian logician | |
| Emer de Vattel | jurist from the Principality … | 1714–1767 |
| Gianni Vattimo | Italian philosopher, politici… | 1936–2023 |
| Brian K. Vaughan | American screenwriter, comic … | 1976 |
| Henry Vaughan | Welsh author, physician and m… | 1621–1695 |
| Sarah Vaughan | American jazz singer | 1924–1990 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | American guitarist, songwrite… | 1954–1990 |
| Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee | Sufi mystic | 1953 |
| Carrie Vaughn | American writer | 1973 |
| Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues | French writer, a moralist | 1715–1747 |
| Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | English barrister, politician… | 1778–1868 |
| Daniel Vávra | Czech entrepreneur | 1975 |
| Paavo Väyrynen | Finnish politician | 1946 |
| Khem Veasna | Cambodian politician | 1971 |
| Oswald Veblen | American mathematician | 1880–1960 |
| Thorstein Veblen | American academic | 1857–1929 |
| Eddie Vedder | musician, songwriter, member … | 1964 |
| Lope De Vega | Spanish playwright and poet | 1562–1635 |
| Marta Moreno Vega | Author, professor, arts admin… | 1942 |
| Suzanne Vega | American singer | 1959 |
| Sándor Végh | Hungarian violinist | 1912–1997 |
| Doris Veillette | Quebec journalist | 1935–2019 |
| Walter Veith | zoologist | 1949 |
| Xavier Velasco | Mexican writer | 1964 |
| Diego Velázquez | | |
| Bram van Velde | Dutch painter | 1895–1981 |
| Vivian Vande Velde | American writer | 1951 |
| Brett Velicovich | | 1983 |
| Nikolaj Velimirović | Serbian bishop and saint | 1880–1956 |
| George Vella | Maltese politician | 1942 |
| Samy Vellu | Malaysian politician | 1936 |
| Max Velmans | British psychologist | 1942 |
