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Vic Mensa
Vic Mensa
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Vic Mensa is an American rapper, singer, record producer and activist. He was a member of the group Kids These Days, which broke up in May 2013, after which he released his debut solo mixtape Innanetape. He is currently signed to Roc Nation.

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Verne Troyer
Verne Troyer
Actor

Film

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.

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Vanna White
Vanna White
Co-Host, "Wheel of Fortune"

Television

Vanna White is an American television personality and film actress known as the hostess of "Wheel of Fortune" since 1982.

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Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice
Recording Artist

Music

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.

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Vanessa-Mae
Vanessa-Mae
Recording Artist

Music

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.

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Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams
Recording Artist and Actress

Music

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".

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Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Recording Artist

Music

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.

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Van Jones
Van Jones
NAACP President's Award Winner

Television

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".

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Valerie Simpson
Valerie Simpson
Member, Ashford & Simpson

Music

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".

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Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper
4-Time Emmy Award Winner

Television

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.

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Valerie Bertinelli
Actress

Television

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).

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Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Dancer

Dance

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.

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Usher
Usher
Recording Artist

Music

Usher is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He has sold 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States. To date, his worldwide sales stand at 43 million albums and 75 million records overall.

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Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker
Recording Artist

Music

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.

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Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman
Golden Globe Award Winner and Primetime Emmy Award Nominee

Film

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.

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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869 - 1877)

Politics

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.

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UB40
UB40
4-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

UB40 have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records worldwide.

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U2
U2
Recording Group

Music

U2 have released 13 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists in history, having sold more than 170 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, and they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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U.S.A. for Africa
U.S.A. for Africa
Recording Group

Music

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.

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U.N.V.
U.N.V.
Recording Group

Music

U.N.V. (or Universal Nubian Voices) was an R&B group based out of Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of brothers John Powe and Shawn Powe, and members John Clay and Demetrius Peete. They are best known for their hit single, "Something's Goin' On".

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Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks
Model and Television Personality

Fashion

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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Tym Moss
Actor and Live Event Host

Theatre

Tym Moss is one of today's most dynamic New York City entertainers. As a singer, actor, and songwriter for television, film, and theater, he performs live, and his music is available on all online outlets.

Tags: New York City

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Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Actor, Playwright, and Filmmaker

Film

Tyler Perry is an American actor, playwright, filmmaker and comedian. In 2011, Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment, earning $130 million between May 2010 and 2011.

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Tyler Mane
Tyler Mane
Actor and Retired Professional Wrestler

Film

Tyler Mane is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for playing Sabretooth in "X-Men", Michael Myers in the remake of "Halloween" and its sequel "Halloween II", and Axe in the 2019 film "Playing with Fire".

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Tye Tribbett
Tye Tribbett
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Tye Tribbett is an American gospel music singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is choir director and founder of the Grammy Award nominated and Stellar Award winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for "Greater Anointing").

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