 | | Roger Vadim | Film Director | Barbarella | 1928 | 2000 |
 | | Steve Vai | Guitarist | Ex-Zappa guitarist | 1960 | |
| | | Jeff Valdez | Comic | Co-founder and chair of Si TV | 0000 | |
| | | Jerry Vale | Singer | Romantic ballad singer | 1932 | |
| | | Ritchie Valens | Musician | La Bamba | 1941 | 1959 |
| | | Benita Valente | Singer | Soprano | 1934 | |
| | | Jack Valenti | Business | MPAA | 1921 | 2007 |
| | | Kid Thomas Valentine | Musician | | 1896 | 1987 |
 | | Rudolph Valentino | Actor | Latin lover of the silent film era | 1895 | 1926 |
| | | Paul Valery | Poet | La Jeune Parque | 1871 | 1945 |
| | | Rudy Vallee | Musician | Singer, actor, bandleader | 1901 | 1986 |
| | | Jim Valvano | Basketball | American college basketball coach | 1946 | 1993 |
| | | Egbert Van Alstyne | Songwriter | | 1878 | 1951 |
| | | Walter Van Brunt | Singer | Thomas Edison’s favorite tenor | 0000 | |
| | | Abigail Van Buren | Columnist | Dear Abby emeritus | 1918 | |
| | | Martin Van Buren | President | 8th US President | 1782 | 1862 |
| | | Lee Van Cleef | Actor | The Good, The Bad and the Ugly | 1925 | 1989 |
 | | José Van Dam | Singer | Belgian bass-baritone | 1940 | |
| | | Mamie Van Doren | Actor | High School Confidential! | 1931 | |
| | | Mark Van Doren | Poet | The Happy Critic | 1894 | 1972 |
| | | Dick Van Dyke | Actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1925 | |
| | | Henry Van Dyke | Author | The Unknown Quantity | 1852 | 1933 |
 | | Vincent Van Gogh | Painter | Troubled and brilliant painter | 1853 | 1890 |
| | | Eddie Van Halen | Guitarist | Guitarist for Van Halen | 1955 | |
| | | Jimmy Van Heusen | Composer | Swinging on a Star | 1913 | 1990 |
| | | Hendrik Willem Van Loon | Historian | Juvenile historian, Story of Mankind | 1882 | 1944 |
| | | Melvin Van Peebles | Film Director | Watermelon Man | 1932 | |
| | | Dave Van Ronk | Singer/Songwriter | Mayor of MacDougal Street | 1905 | 2002 |
| | | Andy Van Slyke | Baseball | Detroit Tigers. | 1960 | |
| | | Donnie Van Zant | Musician | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 1952 | |
| | | Martin Vanbee | | | 0000 | |
 | | John Vanbrugh | Playwright | The Provok'd Wife | 1664 | 1726 |
 | | Emily VanCamp | Actor | Amy Abbott on Everwood | 1986 | |
| | | Vivian Vance | Actor | Ethel on I Love Lucy | 1915 | 1979 |
| | | Amy Vanderbilt | Author | American authority on etiquette | 1908 | 1974 |
| | | Gloria Vanderbilt | Fashion Designer | Designer blue jeans | 1924 | |
| | | Luther Vandross | Singer | R&B Singer, Never Too Much | 1951 | 2005 |
 | | Johann Baptist Vanhal | Composer | Sturm & Drang | 1739 | 1813 |
| | | Vanity | Singer | Prince protégé | 1959 | |
| | | Gino Vannelli | Singer/Songwriter | | 1952 | |
| | | Edgard Varèse | Composer | Poème électronique | 1883 | 1965 |
 | | Tibor Varga | Violinist | Hungarian violinist and conductor | 1921 | 2003 |
 | | Mario Vargas Llosa | Novelist | | 1936 | |
| | | Elizabeth Vargas | Journalist | Co-Anchor, World News Tonight | 1962 | |
| | | Jim Varney | Actor | Ernest P. Worrell | 1949 | 2000 |
| | | Bob Varsha | Sports Figure | | 1951 | |
 | | Pēteris Vasks | Composer | Musica dolorosa | 1946 | |
| | | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Composer | Sinfonia Antarctica | 1872 | 1958 |
| | | Bill Vaughan | Journalist | American columnist | 1915 | 1977 |
| | | Sarah Vaughan | Singer | The Divine One | 1924 | 1990 |
| | | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Guitarist | Blues guitarist | 1954 | 1990 |
| | | Vince Vaughn | Actor | Swingers | 1973 | |
| | | Thorstein Veblen | Economist | The Theory of the Leisure Class | 1857 | 1929 |
| | | Orazio Vecchi | Composer | L'Amfiparnaso | 1550 | 1605 |
| | | Eddie Vedder | Singer | Lead singer, Pearl Jam | 1964 | |
| | | Suzanne Vega | Singer | | 1959 | |
 | | Consuelo Velázquez | Songwriter | Bésame mucho. | 1924 | 2005 |
| | | Lupe Velez | Actor | The Mexican Spitfire | 1908 | 1944 |
 | | Maxim Vengerov | Violinist | Russian violinist | 1974 | |
| | | Jesse Ventura | Wrestling | | 1951 | |
| | | Vera-Ellen | Actor | On the Town | 1921 | 1981 |
| | | Francesco Maria Veracini | Composer | Violin sonatas | 1690 | 1768 |
| | | Giuseppe Verdi | Composer | La Traviata | 1813 | 1901 |
| | | Gwen Verdon | Actor | Damn Yankees | 1925 | 2000 |
| | | Ben Vereen | Actor | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1946 | |
| | | Paul Verlaine | Poet | Leader of symbolist poetry movement | 1844 | 1896 |
| | | Tom Verlaine | Guitarist | Frontman for Television | 1949 | |
| | | Jules Verne | Author | | 1828 | 1905 |
| | | Jackie Vernon | Comic | Voice of Frosty the Snowman | 1924 | 1987 |
| | | Allegra Versace | Relative | Versace heiress | 1986 | |
| | | Andreas Vesalius | Doctor | Reorganizer of the study of anatomy | 1514 | 1564 |
| | | Titus Flavius Vespasian | Royalty | Roman Emperor, 69-79 AD | 0009 | 0079 |
| | | Amerigo Vespucci | Explorer | Merchant and adventurer | 1454 | 1512 |
| | | Sid Vicious | Musician | Sex Pistols bassist | 1957 | 1979 |
| | | Michael Vick | Football | Atlanta Falcons QB | 1980 | |
| | | Giambattista Vico | Philosopher | Italian philosopher | 1668 | 1744 |
 | | Tomas Luis de Victoria | Composer | Spanish composer of the late Renaissance | 1548 | 1611 |
| | | Gore Vidal | Author | Visit to a Small Planet | 1925 | |
| | | Jacobus Vide | Composer | | 1405 | 1433 |
| | | King Vidor | Film Director | Northwest Passage | 1894 | 1982 |
| | | Louis Vierne | Composer | French organist and composer | 1870 | 1937 |
| | | Henri Vieuxtemps | Composer | Belgian violinist and composer | 1820 | 1881 |
| | | Alfred de Vigny | Novelist | | 1797 | 1863 |
| | | Pancho Villa | Military | Revolutionary, invaded United States | 1878 | 1923 |
 | | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Composer | Bachianas Brasileiras | 1887 | 1959 |
| | | Gene Vincent | Musician | | 1935 | 1971 |
| | | Rhonda Vincent | Singer | Bluegrass singer | 1962 | |
 | | Carl Vine | Composer | Australian composer | 1954 | |
| | | Tim Vine | Comic | English actor and stand-up comedian | 1966 | |
| | | Bobby Vinton | Musician | Sealed With A Kiss | 1935 | |
| | | Judith Viorst | Author | "Alexander" series children's books | 1932 | |
| | | Giovanni Battista Viotti | Composer | Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor (1792) | 1755 | 1824 |
 | | Marcello Viotti | Conductor | Swiss classical music conductor | 1954 | 2005 |
 | | Rudolf Virchow | Doctor | Father of Pathology | 1821 | 1902 |
| | | Virgil | Poet | The Aeneid | 0070 BC | 0019 BC |
| | | Luchino Visconti | Film Director | La Terra Trema | 1906 | 1976 |
 | | Goran Visnjic | Actor | Dr. Luka Kovac on E.R. | 1972 | |
| | | Dick Vitale | Sports Figure | Highly excitable sportscaster | 1939 | |
| | | Giovanni Battista Vitali | Composer | Italian composer and violone player | 1632 | 1692 |
| | | Vitamin C | Singer | | 1969 | |
| | | Philippe de Vitry | Composer | French composer, music theorist and poet | 1291 | 1361 |
| | | Antonio Vivaldi | Composer | The Four Seasons | 1678 | 1741 |
 | | Swami Vivekananda | Religion | Indian Hindu sage | 1863 | 1902 |
| | | Gregory Vlastos | Philosopher | Influential scholar of ancient philosophy | 1907 | 1991 |
| | | Jon Voight | | Midnight Cowboy | 1938 | |
| | | Jon Voight | Actor | Midnight Cowboy | 1938 | |
| | | Paul Volcker | Economist | Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87 | 1927 | |
| | | Voltaire | Author | Enlightenment author of Candide | 1694 | 1778 |
 | | Anne-Sofie von Otter | Singer | Mezzo-soprano | 1955 | |
| | | Frederica von Stade | Singer | Mezzo-soprano | 1945 | |
| | | Albert Von Tilzer | Songwriter | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | 1878 | 1956 |
| | | Harry Von Tilzer | Songwriter | Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie | 1872 | 1946 |
| | | Hans Vonk | Conductor | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 1942 | 2004 |
| | | Kurt Vonnegut | Author | Slaughterhouse Five | 1922 | 2007 |
| | | Jan Vaclav Vorisek | Composer | | 1791 | 1825 |
