Famous People with Name Vilas

Vilas Sarang            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vilas Sarang: one of the most significant modernist Indian writer, critic and translator to emerge in the post-independence period.One of the most significant modernist Marathi writer, Vilas Sarang has written remarkable short stories, poems, a novel and also brilliant pieces of criticism in his first language Marathi as well as in English. His Marathi short story collections are 'Soledad' (1975) and 'Atank' (1999) and translations of his stories in English are collected in 'A Fair Tree of the Void' (1990) and more recently `The Women in the Cages' (2006). A selection of his short stories also appeared in French translation in 1988. His English novel 'The Dinosaur Ship'(2005) and his Marathi novel is `Enkichya Rajyat'. His Marathi collection of poems is published under the title Kavita 1969-1984 and his collection of English poems is published as 'A Kind of Silence'(1978). He has also written significant criticism in Marathi 'Sisyphus ani Bolakka' and 'Aksharanchya Shrama Kela'(2000).He has also published The Stylistics of Literary Translation ( 1988 ) and edited the anthology Indian English Poetry Since 1950 ( 1989. He has also edited reputed literary journals like the Bombay Review and The Post Post Review.

Vilas Muttemwar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vilas Muttemwar: is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Nagpur Loksabha constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is former minister of state (independent charge) of Ministry of New and Ren

Vilasbhau Rupawate            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vilasbhau Rupawate: is an Indian politician. He is the Nationalist Congress Party President of the Maharashtra Niradhar Nirashrit Vyakti Vikas Sel representing Ghatkopa, and is the Ghatkopar social worker in the state government. He is currently the president of Mharashtra N

Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh: is the current Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences. He has previously held the posts of Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj, Government of India and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Guillermo Apolinario Vilas            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Guillermo Apolinario Vilas: a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.Raised in the sea resort of Mar del Plata, Vilas was a southpaw and played his first tour event in 1969. He was in the year-ending top ten from 1974 through 1982. He was a clay-court specialist but also played well on hard, grass, and carpet surfaces.He won four Grand Slam titles: the 1977 French Open and the 1977 US Open (both played on clay) and the 1978 and 1979 Australian Open (both played on grass). He was also the runner-up at the French Open three times (1975, 1978, and 1982) and at the Australian Open once (January 1977).Vilas got his first big break in the 1974 Masters tournament (played on grass), where he defeated Ilie Nastase in the final.

Levi Baker Vilas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Levi Baker Vilas: was a United States politician from Vermont and Wisconsin.In 1836, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives and in 1840 was elected to the Vermont State Senate. He was also elected probate judge.

William Freeman Vilas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Freeman Vilas: was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1897. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat.Following the war, Vilas was a Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a reg