Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
George (Albert Frederick Arthur George) VI
King of the United Kingdom
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George)was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was concurrently the last Emper...
Anthony Vaccarello
Belgian-Italian fashion designer
Anthony Vaccarellois a Belgian-Italian fashion designer. He is the creative director of Yves Saint Laurent and he has designed an eponymous line too. Career Vaccarello worked under Karl Lagerfeld at F...
Simone Vagnozzi
Italian former professional tennis player
Simone Vagnozziis an Italian former professional tennis player. Vagnozzi had a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 161 achieved on 7 November 2011. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranki...
Steve Valdez-symonds
Director of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Program at Amnesty International UK
Steve Valdez-Symondsis the Director of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Program at Amnesty International in the UK. His areas of expertise include forced migration, as well as UK immigration, asylum and...
Jason (The Juice Master) Vale
English author, motivational speaker, and lifestyle coach
Jason Beau Vale, also known asThe Juice Master, is an English author, motivational speaker, and lifestyle coach. Vale was an addict of smoking, alcohol, and junk food and a chronic sufferer of psorias...
Courtenay Valenti
President, Production and Development for Warner Bros. Pictures
Courtenay Valentiis President, Production and Development for Warner Bros. Pictures. In her current position, she oversees and manages the division's live-action and animated development teams and bud...
Ricardo (6lack) Valentine
American rapper, singer and songwriter.
Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr. (6lack) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He initially gained notable recognition following the release of his single, "Prblms", taken from his debut album, Fr...
Patrick John Thompson Vallance
British physician
Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP (born 17 March 1960)[1] is a British physician, scientist, and clinical pharmacologist who has worked in both academia and industry. He has served a...
Jonathan Van-tam
British healthcare professional specialising in influenza
Professor Sir Jonathan Stafford Nguyen-Van-Tamis a British healthcare professional specialising in influenza, including its epidemiology, transmission, vaccinology, antiviral drugs and pandemic prepar...
David Vance
Politican
James David Vanceis an American author, venture capitalist, politician, lawyer, and former United States Marine serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023. A member of the Republ...
Rebekah Vardy
English media personality
Rebekah Vardyis an English media personality who is married to English footballer Jamie Vardy. She was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2017 and on Dancing on Ice in 2021. In 2...
Frederic Vasseur
French motorsport engineer
Frédéric Vasseur(born 28 May 1968) is a French motorsport engineer and manager with a long career managing Formula-series teams. He is currently the team principal and general manager of Scuderia Ferr...
Keith Vaz
British Labour Party politician
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vazis a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He was the British Parliament's lon...
Iman Vellani
Pakistani-Canadian actress
Iman Vellaniis a Pakistani-Canadian actress. She is known for starring as Kamala Khan in the Disney+ miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022). Career In September 2020, it was revealed Vellani was cast as the Mar...
Micky Van De Ven
Dutch professional footballer
Micky van de Venis a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Netherlands national team. Club career Early career Van de Ven began his...
Coimbatore (C. S.) Venkatakrishnan
Group Chief Executive Officer at Barclays
Coimbatore Sundararajan "C. S." Venkatakrishnanis an American banker. He replaced Jes Staley as the group chief executive (CEO) of the British multinational bank Barclays in November 2021. Early life ...
Paula Vennells
British businesswoman
Paula Anne Vennellsis a British businesswoman who was the chief executive officer of Post Office Limited from 2012 to 2019. She is also an Anglican priest. Vennells was the CEO of Post Office Ltd duri...
Casandra (Cassie) Ventura
American singer
Casandra Elizabeth Venturais an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her musical career after meeting record producer Ryan Leslie in late 2004, who s...
Fernando Verdasco
Spanish professional tennis player
Fernando Verdasco Carmonais a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance at a major was the semifinals of the 2009...
Sofia Vergara
Colombian and American actress
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergarais a Colombian and American actress and television personality. She is known for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020) and Gri...