Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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V. V. Giri

President of India from 1969 to 1974

Va'aiga Tuigamala

b. 1969

Samoa international rugby league & union footballer (1969–2022)

Vaali (poet)

Indian artist, poet, lyricist, writer, actor (1931–2013)

Václav Havel

b. 1936

Last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

Václav Klaus

b. 1941

President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013

Václav Neumann

b. 1920

Czech conductor and musician (1920–1995)

Václav Pichl

b. 1741

Czech classical composer (1741-1805)

Václav Renč

Czech poet, writer, dramatist and translator

Václav Varaďa

b. 1976

Czech ice hockey player

Vadaine Oliver

b. 1991

English footballer (born 1991)

Vaden Todd Lewis

b. 1965

American musician

Vadim Cojocaru

b. 1961

Moldovan politician (1961–2021)

Vadim Kuzmin (physicist)

b. 1936

Vadim Repin

b. 1971

Russian and Belgian violinist (born 1971)

Vafa Guluzade

Azerbaijani diplomat

Vagn Walfrid Ekman

b. 1874

Swedish oceanographer (1874–1954)

Vágner Love

b. 1984

Brazilian footballer (born 1984)

Vahan Hovhannisyan

b. 1956

Armenian politician (1956-2014)

Vahap Özaltay

Turkish footballer (died 1965)

Vahur Afanasjev

b. 1979

Estonian writer (1979–2021)

Vahur Vahtramäe

b. 1976

Estonian footballer

Vaiben Louis Solomon

Australian politician

Vaila Barsley

b. 1987

English footballer (born 1987)

Väinö Kivisalo

b. 1882

Finnish politician (1882–1953)