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Vladimír Hubáček Athlete 1932–2021 Vladimir Tatlin Entertainer 1885–1953 Vladimir Vapnik Inventor b. 1936 Volodymyr Ivasyuk Musician · Singer b. 1949 Volodymyr Zelenskyy Politician · Actor b. 1978 Voltaire Author · Philosopher 1694–1778 Vsevolod Bobrov Athlete · Coach 1922–1979 Vsevolod Pudovkin Director · Actor 1893–1953 W. C. Fields Comedian · Actor 1880–1946 W. E. B. Du Bois Activist · Author 1868–1963 W. Garfield Weston Entrepreneur · Politician 1898–1978 W. H. Auden Poet · Author 1907–1973 W.R. Boyce Gibson Author · Philosopher 1869–1935 Wael Dahdouh Journalist b. 1970 Wagner Moura Actor · Director b. 1976 Waheed Murad Actor · Director 1938–1983 Wai Wai Nu Activist · Politician b. 1987 Wajdi Mouawad Actor · Director b. 1968 Wakin Chau Musician · Actor b. 1959 Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim CEO · Entrepreneur b. 1950 Wallace Stevens Poet · Author 1879–1955 Walt Disney Entrepreneur · Actor 1901–1966 Walter Brueggemann Pastor 1933–2025 Walter Camp Coach 1859–1925