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Columbia Encyclopedia - People

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, published by Columbia University Press
This encyclopedia of people who made their mark in our world includes more than 17,000 biographical entries on famous politicians, scientists, explorers, entertainers, artists, writers and so much more.
On this page: Vaca de Castro, Cristóbal to Van Gogh, Vincent.
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Vaca de Castro, Cristóbal (Spanish-Peruvian statesman/stateswoman)
Vaida-Voevod, Alexander (Romanian-Hungarian statesman/stateswoman)
Vaihinger, Hans (German philosopher)
Vaillant, George Clapp (American archaeologist)
Vajezatha (in the Old Testament)
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari (Indian politician)
Vakhtangov, Yevgeni (Russian actor & dramatist)
Valadon, Suzanne (French painter)
Valdés Leal, Juan de (Spanish painter & artist)
Valdés, Juan de (Spanish theologian)
Valdivia, Pedro de (Spanish-Chilean conquistador)
Valencia, Guillermo (Colombian poet)
Valens (Ancient Roman emperor)
Valentine, Saint (Saint / Holiday Figure)
Valentinian I (Ancient Roman emperor)
Valentinian II (Ancient Roman emperor)
Valentinian III (Ancient Roman emperor)
Valentino, Rudolph (American-Italian filmmaker & actor)
Valentinus (Egyptian-Ancient Roman theologian)
Valera y Alcalá Galiano, Juan (Spanish writer & statesman/stateswoman)
Valera, Diego de (Spanish writer & traveler)
Valerian (Roman emperor)
Valerius Maximus (Ancient Roman writer)
Valéry, Paul (French-Literary critic poet)
Valla, Lorenzo (Italian scholar)
Vallandigham, Clement Laird (American politician & statesman/stateswoman)
Valle Inclán, Ramón del (Spanish writer)
Valle, Pietro della (Italian-Asian traveler)
Vallejo, César (Peruvian poet)
Vallotton, Félix (Swiss artist & painter)
Valois, Dame Ninette de (English ballet dancer)
Vambery, Arminius (Hungarian linguist & traveler)
Van Allen, James Alfred (American physicist & astronaut)
van Basten, Marco (Dutch soccer player)
Van Buren, Martin (8th President of the United States)
Van Cortlandt, Jacobus (American businessman/businesswoman)
Van Cortlandt, Stephen (American businessman/businesswoman & politician)
Van Curler, Arent (Dutch-American statesman/stateswoman)
Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison (American physicist)
van der Meer, Simon (Dutch engineer)
Van Der Zee, James (American photographer)
Van Devanter, Willis (American jurist & statesman)
Van Doren, Carl (Clinton) (American editor & writer)
Van Doren, Mark (American poet & critic)
Van Druten, John William (English dramatist)
Van Dyck, Cornelius Van Alen (Syrian Protestant missionary)
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony (Flemish painter & artist)
van Dyke, Henry (American theologian, educator & writer)