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Don Van Vliet (1941 - 2010), the Captain Beefheart.



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Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016).
American writer and humanist, born in Romania.



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Edgard Varθse (1883 – 1965), French-born composer who lived mostly in the United States.
 
 
... and... Big smile 
 
 
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959), American architect, interior designer, writer and educator.
("Architects may come and architects may go..." -- 'So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright' by Simon & Garfunkel)
 
 
 
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George Washington.


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Gore Vidal (1925 - 2012), American writer.
 
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Hasse Walli (b. 1948), Finnish guitarist (rock, blues, world music).
Played in the first Finnish [proto-]progressive group Blues Section  (pre-Wigwam/Tasavallan Presidentti), and later in Piirpauke.
 
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959).
Brazilian composer and maestro.

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Iiro Viinanen (b. 1944), Finnish politician; a member of parliament in 1983 - '96 and the minister of finance in 1991 - '96.
 
 
(By the way, viina  is a colloquial Finnish word for alcohol or booze.)
 
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Jean Valjean, the main character of Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables.

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^Nice choice, I had Jules Verne in mind.
 
Jeanette Winterson (b. 1959), British writer and journalist. Some of her novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity. She's also a broadcaster and a professor of creative writing.
 
 
... and... here's one of my favourite authors from teenage years:
 
 
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922 – 2007), American writer known for his dark satire.
 
 
 
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JW had a lot to choose: John Wayne, John Williams, Jim Webb, etc.

Kurt Weil (1900 - 1950).
German composer, collaborator of Bertold Brecht, specially remembered for The Threepenny Opera.




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Liz Windsor (b. 1926)

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-present (crowned in 1953). Today's longest reigning monarch.




Louis Vuitton (1821 - 1892)

French founder of a luxury brand




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Martha Vasconcellos (born 1948).
Brazilian beauty crowned Miss Universe 1968.

Martha age 20 and now age 70.


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Michelle Williams (b. 1980), American actress. Heart Started her career in the youth series Dawson's Creek.
 
       In Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz (2011).
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Nick D'Virgilio (b. 1968)

American drummer (Spock's Beard, Big Big Train)

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Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; 1903 – 1940), American author and screenwriter.
 
 
and, continuing in the world of literature:
 
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), Irish poet, playwright and novelist (The Picture of Dorian Gray).
 
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Olav V, of Norway (1903 - 1991).
King of Norway from 1957 until his death.

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Paul Whitehead, British painter and graphic artist known for his surrealistic prog album covers, 
especially for Genesis ('70 - '72) and Van der Graaf Generator.
 
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Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896).
French poet. "Les sanglots longs, des violons de l'automne".

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Skipping QV/QW. And here are both V and W in the same person:     Wink
 
 
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958), English composer.
 
 
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^Thanks for saving me from the temptation to give myself a place in history Wink.

Simon Vinkenoog (1928 - 2009)

Dutch poet and writer




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Steven Wilson (b. 1967)

British musician and producer who may be regarded as one of the major forces in contemporary progressive rock.



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^ Ha ha, you're welcome! LOL (A double meaning, see?)
 
Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983), American playwright and screenwriter. Works include The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  and  Suddenly Last summer.
 
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