235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII, born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige or Andō Hiroshige, born Andō Tokutarō, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)
V. S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English.
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Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the C
Václav Havel
Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident.
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Celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana
Valmiki
Valmiki was a legendary poet and Hindu maharishi who is celebrated as the traditional author of the smriti epic Ramayana, one of Hinduism's two Itihasas, based on the attribution in the text itself.
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Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952)
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author.
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Swedish writer (1859–1940)
Verner von Heidenstam
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Spanish poet (1898–1984)
Vicente Aleixandre
Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville.
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French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
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