| Author Name | Profession | Nationality |
| Vaclav Havel | Leader | Czechoslovakian |
| Val Kilmer | Actor | American |
| Valentino Garavani | Designer | Italian |
| Valerie Harper | Actress | American |
| Valerie Jarrett | Lawyer | American |
| Van Jones | Activist | American |
| Vance Havner | Clergyman | American |
| Vanessa Carlton | Musician | American |
| Vanessa Ferrari | Athlete | Italian |
| Vanessa Kerry | Celebrity | American |
| Vanilla Ice | Musician | American |
| Vera Farmiga | Actress | American |
| Vernon Jordan | Businessman | American |
| Vernon Law | Athlete | American |
| Vernon Lee | Author | British |
| Veronica Lake | Actress | American |
| Vicente Aleixandre | Poet | Spanish |
| Vicente Del Bosque | Coach | Spanish |
| Vicki Baum | Novelist | American |
| Vicki Lawrence | Comedian | American |
| Vicky Hartzler | Politician | American |
| Victor Davis Hanson | Historian | American |
| Victor Garber | Actor | Canadian |
| Victor Kiam | Businessman | American |
| Victoria Abril | Actress | Spanish |
| Victoria Jackson | Comedian | American |
| Vince Cable | Politician | British |
| Vince Carter | Athlete | American |
| Vince Flynn | Author | American |
| Vince Gill | Musician | American |
| Vincent Canby | Critic | American |
| Vincent Cassel | Actor | French |
| Vincent D'onofrio | Actor | American |
| Vincent Gallo | Actor | American |
| Vincent Kartheiser | Actor | American |
| Vine Deloria, Jr. | Author | Sioux |
| Vinton Cerf | Inventor | American |
| Viola Davis | Actress | American |
| Virchand Gandhi | Educator | Indian |
| Virginia Gildersleeve | Celebrity | American |
| Virginia Hamilton | Author | American |
| Virginia Johnson | Psychologist | American |
| Virginie Ledoyen | Actress | French |
| Vittorio Alfieri | Dramatist | Italian |
| Vittorio Gassman | Actor | Italian |
| Vivian Campbell | Musician | Irish |
| Vivien Kellems | Activist | American |
| Vivien Leigh | Actress | English |
| Vladimir Lenin | Leader | Russian |
“That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create that sort of creepy atmosphere that Hitchcock did. Vertigo was one of his great movies that was shot right here in The City and it's about a woman and the psychological twists and so forth.”