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Last Updated on 12/2/01
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		 Johnny V: Johnny V. Mills (blues guitarist)
		Tex Vache: Ernest Lewis Vache (professional baseball player w/the Boston Red Sox, b1894 d1953)
		    Vader: Leon White (professional wrestler)
	      Darth Vader: Anakin Skywalker (husky-voiced former Jedi warrior with a decidedly sour disposition and a noticable lack of fashionable wardrobe)
	      Roger Vadim: Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (French film director - Barbarella, Dangerous Liaisons, b1928 d2000)
	      Juan Valdez: Jose F. Duval (actor that portrays the ficticious coffee planter in Columbian Coffee ads)
		    Valdy: Valdemar Horsdal (Canadian guitarist/pianist/bassist/singer/songwriter, b1946)
	       Jerry Vale: Genero Louis Vitaliano (singer, b1932)
	   Ritchie Valens: Richard Stephen Valenzuela (singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1941 d1959)
	  Corky Valentine: Harold Lewis Valentine (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cincinnati Redlegs, b1929)
	 Joseph Valentine: Giuseppe Valentino (cinematographer, b1900 d1949)
		Valentino: Leonard Montano [aka Masked Magician] (illusionist notorious for revealing magic secrets on FOX-TV specials)
		Valentino: Valentino Garavani (Italian fashion designer, b1932)
	Rudolph Valentino: Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di D'Antonguolla Valentine (Italian-born movie actor, b1895 d1926)
      Fernando Valenzuela: Fernando Anguamea [aka "El Toro"] (Mexican baseball pitcher)
	      Rudy Vallee: Hubert Prior Rudy Vallee (actor/singer/saxophonist/vaudvillian, b1901 d1986)
	     Allida Valli: Alida Maria Altenburger (Irish movie actress/writer, b1921)
	    Frankie Valli: Frank Castelluccio (Seasonal pop singer, b1937)
	   Virginia Valli: Virginia McSweeney (movie actress, b1898 d1968)
   Dame Ninette de Valois: Edris Stannus (Irish-born prima ballerina/choreographer/founder of the Royal Ballet of Britain, b1898)
		  Vampira: Maila Nurmi (Finnish-American actress/1st tv horror-hostess [1964 on KNBC in L.A.])
		Bobby Van: Bobby King Robert Stein (singer/dancer/musician/movie actor/tv personality, b1930 d1980)
	 Ozzie Vanbrabant: Camille Oscar Vanbrabant (professional baseball pitcher w/the Philadelphia Athletics & Kansas City Athletics, b1926)
	   Irene Vanbrugh: Irene Barnes (British movie & stage actress, b1872 d1949)
	Abigail Van Buren: Mrs. Morton Phillips [aka Pauline Esther Friedman; Dear Abby] (advice columnist, b1918)
	  Deacon Vanburen: Edward Eugene Vanburen (professional baseball player w/the Brooklyn Superbas & Philadelphia Phillies, b1870 d1957)
	      Dazzy Vance: Clarence Arthur Vance (professional baseball pitcher w/the N.Y. Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals & Cincinnati Reds, b1891 d1961)
	     Vivian Vance: Vivian Roberta Jones (comedienne/movie & tv actress - I Love Lucy, b1907? b1909? d1979)
	      Van Cliburn: Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr. (concert pianist, b1934)
	      Harry Vanda: Harry Vandanberg (Australian songwriter/guitarist)
    Jean-Claude Van Damme: Jean-Claude Van Varenberg [aka Frank Cujo] (Belgian movie actor/martial artist, b1960)
	    Hy Vandenberg: Harold Harris Vandenberg (professional baseball pitcher w/the Boston Red Sox, N.Y. Giants & Chicago Cubs, b1906 d1994)
	 Trish Van Devere: Patricia Dressel (actress)
	    S.S. Van Dine: Willard Huntington Wright (mystery writer who created the Philo Vance character, b1888 d1939)
	  Mamie Van Doren: Joan Lucille Olander (model/movie actress, b1933)
	   Edith Van Dyne: Lyman Frank Baum (fantasy genre author/movie actor/director, b1856 d1919)
	   Edith Van Dyne: Emma Speed Sampson (author who continued several series of children's books started by L. Frank Baum)
		 Vangelis: Evangelos Papathanassiou (Greek music producer/songwriter/keyboardist/composer - Chariots of Fire, b1943)
	 Jimmy Van Heusen: Edward Chester Babcock (songwriter/composer who had High Hopes)
	      Dave Vanian: David Letts (punk rocker with 'The Damned')
	      Vanilla Ice: Robert Van Winkle (Caucasion rap performer, b1968)
	   Cherry Vanilla: Kathy Dorritie (DJ/stage actress/singer/groupie)
		  Vanilli: Rob Pilatus [of Milli Vanilli] (Grammy award-losing pop lip-syncher, b1966 d1998)
		   Vanity: Denise Katrina Smith [aka, Denise Matthews, D.D. Winters] (movie actress/singer/author/evangelist, 1959)
	   Bysshe Vanolis: James Thomson [nn: The Poet of Despair] (Scotish poet, b1834 d1882)
	Mario Van Peebles: Mario Peebles (movie & tv actor, b1957)
       Melvin Van Peebles: Melvin Peebles (movie actor/director/writer/producer, b1932)
	   Victor Varconi: Mihaly Varkonyi (silent-movie actor, b1891? b1996? d1976)
	   Junior Vasquez: Donald Mattern (celebrity DJ and remix specialist, b1946)
	     Arky Vaughan: Joseph Floyd Vaughan (professional baseball player w/the Pittsburgh Pirates & Brooklyn Dodgers, b1912 d1952)
	  Frankie Vaughan: Frank Abelson {Abelsohn?} (British singer/dancer/movie actor, b1928 d1999)
	    Peter Vaughan: Peter Ohm (British actor, b1923)
	    Farmer Vaughn: Harry Francis Vaughn (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cincinnati Red Stockings, Louisville Colonels, N.Y. giants, Cincinnati Kellys, Milwaukee Brewers & Cincinnati Reds, b1864 d1914)
	     Hippo Vaughn: James Leslie Vaughn (professional baseball pitcher w/the N.Y. Highlanders, Washington Nationals & Chicago Cubs, b1888 d1966)
		Mo Vaughn: Maurice Samuel Vaughn (professional baseball 1st baseman w/the Boston Red Sox, b1967)
		   Vargas: Alberto Vargas (famous pin-up artist)
	      Buck Varner: Glen Gann Varner (professional baseball player w/the Washington Nationals, b1930)
	      Dike Varney: Lawrence Delano De Varney (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cleveland Blues, b1880 d1950)
	   Junior Vasquez: Donald Mattern (celebrity DJ)
	 Peek-A-Boo Veach: William Walter Veach (professional baseball pitcher w/the Kansas City Unions, Louisville Colonels, Cleveland Spiders & Pittsburgh Alleghenys, b1862 d1937)
	     Eddie Vedder: Edward Louis Seversen III [aka Edward Meuller] (singer/songwriter/musician, b1964) {Vedder is his mom's maiden name}
		Bobby Vee: Robert Thomas Velline (singer/songwriter/movie actor)
	     Conrad Veidt: Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (German movie actor, b1893 d1943)
	       Bucky Veil: Frederick William Veil (professional baseball pitcher w/the Pittsburgh Pirates, b1881 d1931)
	       Lupe Velez: Maria Guadelupe Velez de Villalobos [aka "The Mexican Spitfire"] (Mexican movie actress, b1908 d1944)
		  Vendela: Vendela Kirsebom (Swedish model/movie & tv actress/UNICEF spokesperson, b1967)
 Jesse 'The Body' Ventura: James George Janos (Navy SEAL/professional wrestler/movie actor/radio sports show host/and oh yes, Governor of Minnesota, b1951? b1952?) {selected 'Ventura' from a CA road map}
	     Lino Ventura: Angelino Borrini (professional boxer/movie actor, b1920 d1987)
	       Billy Vera: William McCord, Jr. (singer/songwriter/tv actor, b1944)
	       Vera-Ellen: Vera-Ellen Westmeyr Rohe (movie actress/dancer)
	     Jean Vercors: Jean-Marcel de Brullers (French writer, b1902 d1992)
		  Verdell: Jill (Brussels Griffon who played the canine in the film As Good As It Gets)
		   Vergil: Publius Vergilius Maro [aka Vergil] (great Roman poet, b70BC d19BC)
	      Jan Vermeer: Jan van Delft [aka Jan van der Meer of Delft] (Dutch painter, b1632 d1675)
	      Karen Verne: Ingabor Katrine Klinckerfuss (movie actress, b1915 d1967)
	      John Vernon: Adolphus Vernon Agopsowicz (Canadian-born movie & tv actor, b1932)
	   Henri Verneull: Achod Malakin (French journalist/movie director, b1920)
	   Paulo Veronese: Paolo Cagliari (16th-century Italian High Renaissance painter)
		Veronique: Nicole Monique [aka Veronique Beliveau] (Canadian pop music singer)
		Vespasian: Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus (9th emperor of Rome, 69-79)
		    Vesta: Audrey Grimaldi [of Ashton & Vesta] (English circus performer, b1917 d1999)
	      Sid Vicious: John Simon Ritchie (English punk music singer/bass player with The Sex Pistols, b1957 d1979)
	   Martha Vickers: Martha MacVicar (movie actress, b1925 d1971)
	     Rube Vickers: Harry Porter Vickers (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Superbas & Philadelphia Athletics, b1878 d1958)
		 Victoria: Alexandrina Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, 1837-1901)
	       Gore Vidal: Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr. (American author/dramatist)
	   Florence Vidor: Florence Arto (silent-movie actress, b1895 d1977)
		Jean Vigo: Jean Almereyda (French movie director, b1905 d1934)
	     Pancho Villa: Doroteo Arango (Mexican bandit & revolutionary, b1877? b1878? d1923)
	     Pancho Villa: Francisco Guilledo Villa (1920's Philippine professional flyweight boxer)
     Village People biker: Glenn Hughes (disco singer, b1950)
   Village People builder: David Hodo (disco singer)
       Village People cop: Victor Willis / Raymond Simpson (disco group's lead singer)
    Village People cowboy: Jeff Olson (disco singer/fashion model)
    Village People Indian: Felipe Rose (disco singer)
   Village People soldier: Alexander Briley (disco singer/actor)
	    Frank Villard: François Drouineau (French movie actor, b1917 d1980)
	    Henry Villard: Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard (Bavarian journalist, b1835 d1900)
	      Fay Vincent: Francis Thomas Vincent (8th Commissioner of Baseball, b1938)
	     Gene Vincent: Eugene Vincent Craddock (rock & roll singer/guitarist/songwriter/composer/movie actor, b1935 d1955)
	      Babara Vine: Ruth Grasemann Rendell (British crime novelist, b1941) {Vine was her great-grandmother's maiden name}             
	      Sherry Vine: Keith Levy (New York City drag queen/stage actor/singer)
	     Helen Vinson: Helen Rulfs (movie actress, b1907)
	      Rube Vinson: Ernest Augustus Vinson (professional baseball player w/the Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Naps & Chicago White Sox, b1879 d1951)
	     Bobby Vinton: Stanley Robert Vinton (singer/songwriter/trumpeter/saxophonist/bandleader)
		      VIP: Virgil I. Partch (cartoonist)
		 Virginia: Virginia O'Hanlon-Douglas (Yes, Virginia is the little girl who wrote to The Sun newspaper on 9/21/1897 about Santa, prompting a famous editorial, b1889 d1971)
	 Luchino Visconti: Luchino Visconti de Modrone (Italian movie art director/screenwriter/director, b1906 d1976)
	     Nana Visitor: Nana Tucker (actress)
	       Helen Vita: Helen Vita Elizabeth Reichel (German movie & tv actor, b1929)
*               Vitamin C: Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (bright orange-haired singer/tv actress, b1970)
		Vitruvius: Marco Vitruvius Pollio (1st-century Roman architect/engineer)
	     Monica Vitti: Maria Luisa Ceciarelli (Italian movie actress, b1933)
		     Viva: Janet Sue Hoffman (painter/novelist/movie actress/Andy Warhol disciple, b1941)
	     Marina Vlady: Marina de Poliakoff-Baidarov (French movie actress, b1938)
		The Voice: Don LaFontaine [nn: King of the Hollywood Voiceovers] (the voice you hear on almost every movie trailer)
	      Ollie Voigt: Olen Edward 'Ode' Voigt (professional baseball pitcher w/the St. Louis Browns, d1970)
		 Voltaire: Jean Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire (French author/poet/humanist/satirist/philosopher, b1694 d1778)
	  Sonny Von Bulow: Martha Sharp Crawford Von Bulow (American socialite/murder victim)
    Diane Von Furstenburg: Diane Michelle Halfin (Dutch fashion designer)
	     Jenna Von Oy: Jennifer Brandis Jean Von Oy (movie, stage & tv actress)
      Josef von Sternberg: Jonas Sternberg (movie director, b1894 d1969)
	    Max Von Sydow: Carl Adolf Von Sydow (Swedish movie actor/director, b1929)
	  George Voskovec: Jiri Voskovec (movie & stage actor, b1905 d1981)
	       Fatty Voss: Frank Voss (movie actor, b1888 d1917)
	     Rip Vowinkel: John Henry Vowinkel (professional baseball pitcher w/the Cincinnati Reds, b1884 d1966)
		 Bono Vox: Paul Hewson (Irish singer/songwriter/musician with U2, b1960) {'Bono Vox' means "good voice"}


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