| 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 |
“I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it makes me happy to bring them that joy, that I'm representing them and that I'm able to give them that element of pleasure to be the envoy from Iran. It's a very pleasant thing.”