Profiles — Creators

Creators

Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.

Head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087

Pope Victor III, born Dauferio Epifani Del Zotto, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 May 1086 to his death.

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

Roman poet (1st century BC)

Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors.

Russian literary critic (1811-1848)

Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency.

Roman architect and engineer

Vitruvius was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura.

Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician.

French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)

François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian.

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.