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Village People
Village People is an American disco group well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American masculine cultural stereotypes as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics. The group has sold more than 100 million albums and singles worldwide.
Victoria Monét
Victoria Monét is an American singer and songwriter. She has written songs for a number of artists, including Nas, Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, T.I., GOOD Music, Lupe Fiasco, Chrisette Michele, Coco Jones, Chris Brown, and Diddy Dirty Money.
Vicki Peterson
Vicki Peterson is an American rock musician and songwriter. In 1981, she founded The Bangs, later renamed The Bangles, with her sister Debbi Peterson and Susanna Hoffs. After The Bangles disbanded in 1989, Peterson played with Continental Drifters.
Verne Troyer
Verne Troyer was notable for his height of 2'8", the result of cartilage–hair hypoplasia, which made him one of the shortest men in the world. He was best known for playing Mini-Me in the "Austin Powers" series of comedy films.
Veniece Newton
Veniece Newton is Founder at ENGAGEathon.
Tags: Fashion • Technology • Community Engagement • Community • Engaging Mindset
Vanna White
Vanna White is an American television personality and film actress known as the hostess of "Wheel of Fortune" since 1982.
Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice released his debut album, "Hooked" in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title "To the Extreme", which contained Ice's best-known hits.
Vanessa-Mae
Vanessa-Mae is a violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. She competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (father's surname) for Thailand in alpine skiing.
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams initially gained recognition as the first African-American recipient of the Miss America title. She received multiple Grammy Award nominations, including for her number-one hit and signature song, "Save the Best for Last".
Van Morrison
Van Morrison is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn, idiosyncratic, and sublime. In 2016, he was knighted for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.
Van Jones
Van Jones is a co-founder of several non-profit organizations, including the Dream Corps, a "social justice accelerator" He served as President Barack Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, and as a Co-Host of CNN's political debate show "Crossfire".
Valerie Simpson
Ashford & Simpson were a husband and wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. As performers, Ashford & Simpson's best-known duets are "Solid" and "Found a Cure".
Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper is best remembered for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970 - 1977) and its spin-off "Rhoda" (1974 - 1978). For her work on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", she thrice received the Primetime Emmy Award.
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli is known for her roles as Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom "One Day at a Time" (1975 - 1984), Gloria on the religious drama "Touched by an Angel" (2001 - 2003), and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" (2010 - 2015).
Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Valentin Chmerkovskiy is best known for his appearances on the United States version of "Dancing with the Stars", which he won twice. He is a two-time World Latin Dance Champion (Junior and Youth) and a 14-time U.S. National Latin Dance champion.
Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and musician known for his country and rock music. His singles "Follow Me" and "Drift Away" were top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman is an actress. For her performance in the made for HBO film "Hysterical Blindness" (2002), she won the Golden Globe Award, and for her five-episode role in the NBC series "Smash" (2012), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman, who served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, he led the Union Army as its commanding general.
U.S.A. for Africa
With the musical talents of Quincy Jones taking the lead, Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie, along with more than 40 other artists, embarked on the challenge to inspire people worldwide to use their collective power to make the world a better place.
Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks is an American television personality and model. She began her career as a model at the age of 15, and was the first woman of African-American descent to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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