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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Valens to Vesalius, Andreas.
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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)
Valerian (Roman emperor)
Valéry, Paul Ambroise (French-Literary critic poet)
Valmiki (Indian epic poet)
Valois (French ruling dynasty)
Van Buren, Martin (8th President of the United States)
Van Doren, Carl Clinton (American editor & writer)
Van Dyken, Amy (American swimmer)
Van Rensselaer, Killian (Dutch businessman/businesswoman)
Van Rensselaer, Stephen (American politician, military leader & educator)
Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck (American physicist)
van't Hoff, Jacobus Hendricus (Dutch physicist & chemist)
Vanbrugh, John, Sir (English dramatist, architect, military leader & traveler)
Vancouver, George (English navigator & explorer)
Vanderbilt, Cornelius (Business Personality / Entrepreneur)
Vandyke, Anthony, Sir (Flemish painter & artist)
Vane, Henry, Sir (1613-62, English statesman)
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo (Italian-born American anarchist)
Varèse, Edgard (French-American composer)
Vargas Llosa, Mario (Peruvian novelist & politician)
Vargas, Getúlio Dornelles (Brazilian president)
Varro, Marcus Terentius (Ancient Roman writer)
Vasari, Giorgio (Italian architect, writer & painter)
Vassar, Matthew (American financier & educator)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (English composer)
Vaughan, Henry (English poet)
Vaughan, Sarah (Vocal Music Artist, '40s-'80s)
Vaux, Calvert (American architect)
Veblen, Thorstein Bunde (American economist & sociologist)
Vega, Lope de (Spanish dramatist & poet)
Vendôme, Duc de (French military leader)
Venturi, Robert Charles (American architect)
Verdi, Giuseppe (Italian composer)
Verlaine, Paul (French poet)
Vermeer, Jan (Artist)
Verne, Jules (Writer)
Veronese, Paolo (Italian painter)
Veronica, Saint (woman of Jerusalem)
Verrazano, Giovanni da (Italian-French-American navigator & explorer)
Verrocchio, Andrea del (Italian sculptor & painter)
Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch (South African statesman/stateswoman)
Vesalius, Andreas (Scientist / Anatomist)