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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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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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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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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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Vicki Peterson
Vicki Peterson
Member, The Bangles

Music

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.

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Victoria Monét
Victoria Monét
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

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.

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Village People
Village People
Recording Group

Music

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.

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Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Recording Artist

Music

Vince Gill is an American country singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has recorded more than 20 studio albums, charted over 40 singles on the Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 26 million albums.

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Vincent Price
Vincent Price
Actor

Film

Vincent Price was an American actor, known for his performances in horror films. He appeared on stage, television, radio, and more than one hundred films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television.

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Viola Smith
Viola Smith
Drummer

Music

Viola Smith was an American drummer best known for her work in orchestras, swing bands, and popular music from the 1920s until 1975. She was one of the first professional female drummers. She played five times on "The Ed Sullivan Show".

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Vivian Green
Vivian Green
Recording Artist

Music

Vivian Green is an American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist. She has credit for writing "Dear God" by Boyz II Men, from their 1997 album "Evolution." Green received her big break at the age of nineteen when she became a backup singer for Jill Scott.

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Wagakki Band
Wagakki Band
Recording Group

Music

Wagakki Band is a Japanese band that plays rock music with wagakki (traditional Japanese musical instruments). Their early songs were adapted from Vocaloid recordings but they have since written their own original music.

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Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Co-Founder, The Walt Disney Company

Film

Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations.

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Walter Becker
Walter Becker
Co-Founder, Guitarist, Bassist, and Co-Songwriter, Steely Dan

Music

Walter Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of Steely Dan. Following an undisclosed illness, Becker died on September 3, 2017.

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Walter Mercado
Walter Mercado
Astrologer

Television

Walter Mercado was a Puerto Rican astrologer, actor, dancer, and writer, best known as a television personality for his shows as an astrologer. His astrological predictions shows aired for decades in Puerto Rico, Latin America, and the United States.

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Walter Williams, Sr.
Walter Williams, Sr.
Founding Member, The O'Jays

Music

Walter Williams, Sr. is a founding member of The O'Jays, who were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Wanya Morris
Wanya Morris
Member, Boyz II Men

Music

Wanya Morris is a member of Boyz II Men. The group is among the music industry's elite, with regard to time spent at number one in Billboard history with 50 cumulative weeks, ranking fourth behind Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Mariah Carey.

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War
War
Recording Group

Music

War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer").

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Warren Bailey
Warren Bailey
Recording Artist

Music

Warren Bailey is a recording artist.

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Warren G
Warren G
Recording Artist

Music

Warren G is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and DJ, known as one of the pioneers of West Coast hip-hop. He is best known for his work as a solo artist, most notably for his hit single "Regulate" featuring Nate Dogg.

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Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
29th President of the United States (1921 - 1923)

Politics

Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular U.S. Presidents to that point.

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Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady
Actor

Television

Wayne Brady is an American actor, singer and comedian who is a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". He also performed in the Tony Award winning musical "Kinky Boots" on Broadway.

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Weezer
Weezer
Recording Group

Music

Weezer currently consists of Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner. Weezer has sold 10.2 million albums in the United States and over 35 million worldwide.

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Weili Dai
Weili Dai
Co-Founder and Chairwoman, MeetKai

Technology

Weili Dai is a Chinese-born American businesswoman. She is the only female co-founder of a major semiconductor company. In 2015, she was listed as the 95th richest woman in the world by Forbes. Her estimated net worth is $1.6 billion, as of December 2021.

Tags: Shanghai, China · MeetKai · Forbes · Marvell Technology Group · University of California, Berkeley · STEM · University of California, Berkeley · Artificial intelligence · Canon Research Center America · Give2Asia

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Wendy & Lisa
Wendy & Lisa
Emmy Award Winner

Music

Wendy & Lisa (briefly known as Girl Bros.) are a music duo consisting of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman. They began working with Prince in the early 1980s and were part of his band The Revolution. In recent years, they have won an Emmy Award.

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