Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Jeremy Vine
Journalist
Jeremy Guy Vineis an English television and radio presenter, and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests...
Vinted
Consumer goods
Vinted, UAB Group, commonly known as Vinted, is a Lithuanian online marketplace for buying, selling, and exchanging new or secondhand items, mainly clothing and accessories. H
Cooking Vinyl
Advertising and media
Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England. Founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partn
VisitEngland
Economy
VisitEngland is the official tourist board for England. Before 1999 it was known as the English Tourist Board and between 1999 and 2009 as the English Tourism Council. In 2003
Grazia Vittadini
Chief technology officer of Rolls-Royce
Grazia Vittadiniis an Italian aerospace executive. From May 2018 to 2021 she was chief technology officer (CTO) of the aerospace and defence company Airbus.Since October 2021 Vittadini has served as t...
Christopher Van Vliet
Canadian television/radio personality
Christopher Van Vlietis a Canadian television/radio personality, YouTuber, professional film critic, and entrepreneur currently living in Studio City, Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Pickering,...
Grupo Vocento
Advertising and media
Vocento, S.A., also known as Grupo Vocento, is a Spanish mass media group. Its flagship daily newspaper is the conservative and monarchist ABC, also publishing El Correo. Vocento was cr
British Vogue
Advertising and media
British Vogue is a British fashion magazine published based in London since autumn 1916. It is the British edition of the American magazine Vogue and is owned a
Vogue
Advertising and media
Vogue is an American monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine that covers various topics, including haute couture fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway. Ba
La Voix
Singer
La Voixis the stage name of Christopher Dennis, a British drag performer and singer best known for competing on Britain's Got Talent and Queen of the Universe, as well as serving as a mentor on Queens...
Volkswagen
Auto and Transport
Volkswagen is a German automaker founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front, known for the iconic Beetle and headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the flagship bran
Theodor Von
Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowskiis an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, television personality, and actor. He is the host of the This Past Weekend podcast and former co-host of The King and the S...
Klaus Voormann
German artist and musician
Klaus Voormann(born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer. Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and performed as a session musician on a host of reco...
Carol Vorderman
British media personality
Carol Jean Vordermanis a British media personality, best known for appearing on the game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, as a newspaper columnist and nominal author of educational an...
WHSmith
Consumer goods
WH Smith (also known as WHS or colloquially as Smith's, and formerly W. H. Smith & Son) is a British retailer, headquartered in Swindon, England, which operates a cha
WRAP
Consumer goods
WRAP is a charitable organization working with governments, businesses and citizens around the world to create a world in which resources are used sustainably. The company develops science-based solut
Hannah Waddingham
English actress and singer
Hannah Waddinghamis an English actress and singer. She is best known for playing Rebecca Welton in the comedy series Ted Lasso (2020–present), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstandin...
Christopher Waddle
English former professional football player and manager
Christopher Roland Waddleis an English former professional football player and manager. He had a spell as Burnley manager during the 1997–98 season, but has not returned to coaching since. Largely sin...
Wagamama
Leisure
Wagamama (stylized as wagamama) is a British restaurant chain, serving Asian food based on Japanese cuisine.
Andre Wagner
American photographer
Andre D. Wagner(born 1986) is an American photographer, living in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. His black and white street and documentary style photographs primarily depict African Americans living i...