American Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Was an American basketball player.A 6'8" forward/center from the University of Texas at El Paso, Bar

Was an American basketball player.A 6'8" forward/center from the University of Texas at El Paso, Barnes was selected by the New York Knicks with the first pick of the 1964 NBA Draft and was named to the 1965 NBA All-Rookie Team. He played 7 seasons (1964-71) in the NBA with five teams, scoring 3,997 career points.

Is an American-based Russian cruiserweight boxer. Tokarev began his professional career in 2000 and

Is an American-based Russian cruiserweight boxer. Tokarev began his professional career in 2000 and won his first 15 fights in a row. He has a record of 26 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. He was undefeated in his first 24 fights picking up the Russian, IBF Inte

Was an American football running back-kick returner in the National Football League who played for 8

Was an American football running back-kick returner in the National Football League who played for 8 seasons from 1986 to 1993. Sikahema was a special teams standout for several teams, including the St. Louis/ Phoenix Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, and Philadelphia Eagles.

Is a Canadian boxer from Burnaby, British Columbia. "Vicious" Vaia Zaganas is possibly the most acco

Is a Canadian boxer from Burnaby, British Columbia. "Vicious" Vaia Zaganas is possibly the most accomplished female boxer to ever come out of Canada. After discovering the sport at an early age, she went on to win the gold medal at the Canadian National C

Is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers. He was sele

Is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the 39th overall selection (ninth pick of the second round) in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Is an American character actor who has added heft to hundreds of movies and television shows since t

Is an American character actor who has added heft to hundreds of movies and television shows since the '50s.

Kilmer, the second of three sons, was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Gladys (née Eksta

Kilmer, the second of three sons, was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Gladys (née Ekstadt) and Eugene Kilmer, an aerospace equipment distributor and real estate developer.[2] Kilmer has Scottish, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Cherokee Native Americ

Is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skate

Is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion and 1987 World Junior Champion. As a pairs skater, he competed with Kristi Yamaguchi and was the 1988 World Junior

American nuclear physicist. A native of Merriman, Nebraska, he graduated from McGill University with

American nuclear physicist. A native of Merriman, Nebraska, he graduated from McGill University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1948 and completed his Ph.D. in physics in 1954 from Columbia University

Is a Canadian pair skater. With partner and sister Sandra Bezic.

Is a Canadian pair skater. With partner and sister Sandra Bezic.

(born on June 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer

(born on June 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer

She's best known for her role as Original Cindy in Dark Angel (2000û2002). She hosted two game show

She's best known for her role as Original Cindy in Dark Angel (2000û2002). She hosted two game shows; one was Gladiators 2000, the other was the ill-fated Peer Pressure. She also hosted the short-lived One Saturday Morning on ABC. As of fall 2007, Miller is appearing in the television drama Reaper on The CW.

Is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team a

Is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Nese Malifa has played rugby since he was 17 years old. He played for Auckland and Samoa Rugby

Was an American speed skater who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics, in the 1928 Winter Olympics a

Was an American speed skater who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics, in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics.Four years later he finished sixth in the 1500 metres event as well as sixth in the 5000 metres competition, and 17th in the

Was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal

Was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1892 to 1900, and again from 1900 to 1920. Winkler was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris. His brother, Enoch Winkler, was also a member of the provincial legislature from 1888 to 1899. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1892 provincial election, defeating Conservative candidate N. Bowman by 186 votes to 74 in the constituency of Rhineland. The Liberals won a majority government in this election, and Winkler served as a backbench supporter of Thomas Greenway's government. He was re-elected over Bowman by an increased margin in the 1896 campaign. He resigned his seat in 1900 to run for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1900 federal election, as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Lisgar. He narrowly lost to independent candidate Robert Lorne Richardson, 3,392 votes to 3,143. Winkler's son later wrote that his father was not keen on entering federal politics, but ran at the behest of Clifford Sifton, a prominent cabinet minister from Manitoba.

Born November 17, 1978 in Bellflower, California) is a professional baseball player who currently pl

Born November 17, 1978 in Bellflower, California) is a professional baseball player who currently plays for the New York Mets organization. He bats and throws right-handed.

Bertinelli was born in Wilmington, Delaware[1] to American parents Nancy and Andy Bertinelli (a Gene

Bertinelli was born in Wilmington, Delaware[1] to American parents Nancy and Andy Bertinelli (a General Motors executive). She had an older brother, Mark, who died at 17 months from an accidental poisoning before Valerie was born. [2] Along with her other

Is an African-American singer. Her most fondly remembered single is probably "I Talk Too Much," her

Is an African-American singer. Her most fondly remembered single is probably "I Talk Too Much," her answer song to Joe Jones' 1960 hit, "You Talk Too Much".

Is an American pop and jazz singer. Born in Portland, Oregon, United States, she is a fourth-generat

Is an American pop and jazz singer. Born in Portland, Oregon, United States, she is a fourth-generation Oregonian, and grew up in a musical family.[1] She was the lead singer and a founding member of the 1980s dance band Nu Shooz, along with her husband J

An American professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, SoCal Val. She is currently

An American professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, SoCal Val. She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a ring girl.After she was "discovered" while attending a local wrestling event, Valerie Wyndham debuted on March 30, 2002 for the Golden State Championship Wrestling independent promotion as the manager of Pinoy Boy, who she promptly betrayed by berating him after he was defeated by Scott Lost and then leaving with Lost. She appeared for several other promotions in Southern California before her family moved across the country to Orlando

Is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won

Is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won a silver in the two-woman event with teammate Shauna Rohbock.

Is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s

Is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and its spinoff, Rhoda.

Is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Philadelphia Independence soccer club.She

Is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Philadelphia Independence soccer club.She played four seasons as the starting goalkeeper for the UCLA women's soccer team from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team and the Los Angeles Sol.

Is an American actress, television and film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She is be

Is an American actress, television and film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Doris Schwartz in the 1982 series Fame. She was also the lead singer on the UK top five hit "Hi Fidelity".