People

Person Umberto Eco Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016) Person Václav Havel Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011) Person Victor Hugo French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885) Person Vincent van Gogh Dutch painter (1853–1890) Person Virgil Roman poet (1st century BC) Person Virginia Woolf English modernist writer (1882–1941) Person Vladimir Nabokov Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977) Person Voltaire French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778) Person Walt Disney American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966) Person Walt Whitman American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892) Person Walter Scott Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832) Person Warren Buffett American investor, entrepreneur and businessman Person Whitney Houston American singer, actress, and film producer (1963–2012) Person Will Smith American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968) Person William Blake English poet and artist (1757–1827) Person William Butler Yeats Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939) Person William Faulkner American writer (1897-1962) Person William Howard Taft 27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 (1857–1930) Person William Shakespeare English playwright and poet (1564–1616) Person William Wordsworth English Romantic poet (1770–1850) Person Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791) Person Woodrow Wilson president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 (1856–1924) Person Woody Allen American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935) Person Zinedine Zidane French association football player and coach