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Vanka
Vanka (Ванька) is a short story by Anton Chekhov, published in 1886, about a nine-year-old orphan apprentice who writes his grandfather begging to leave the city.
Vankor-Purpe Pipeline
The Vankor-Purpe pipeline is a Rosneft trunk oil pipeline completed in 2009, carrying Vankor field crude 578 km to Purpe, where it connects to Transneft's Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean export route.
Vankorskoye oil field
The Vankorskoye oil field (Ванкорское месторождение) is a large oil, gas, and condensate field in Krasnoyarsk Territory, northern Eastern Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1988 and producing commercially since 2009.
Vanlalhlana
Vanlalhlana is an Indian politician from Mizoram, a Zoram People's Movement member who represents Aizawl North-I and serves as a state minister holding the Public Works, Transport, and Parliamentary Affairs portfolios.
Vanlalthlana
Vanlalthlana is an Indian politician from Mizoram and a member of the Zoram People's Movement who serves as a state minister for school education, higher and technical education, and information technology.
Vanley Burke
Vanley Burke, born in Jamaica in 1951, is a British Jamaican photographer often called the godfather of Black British photography for his five decades documenting Black life in Birmingham.
Vanmam (வன்மம்)
Vanmam (வன்மம்), also spelled Vanmham, is a 2014 Tamil revenge drama directed by debutant Jai Krishna, starring Vijay Sethupathi, Kreshna, and Sunaina, released 21 November 2014, 156 minutes, music by S. Thaman, set in Kanyakumari district.
Vann Bennett
Vann Bennett is an American biochemist and cell biologist at Duke University, known for discovering ankyrin and adducin and for identifying an inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndrome caused by ankyrin-B mutations.
Vann Nath
Vann Nath (1946–2011) was a Cambodian painter who survived the Khmer Rouge prison S-21 and painted scenes of its torture for the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
Vanna
Vanna is the stage name of Ivana Ranilović, a Croatian pop singer born in 1970 who represented Croatia at Eurovision 2001 and later won multiple Porin awards.
Vanna Bardot
Vanna Bardot, American adult film performer and model, debuted in 2018 and won XBIZ Female Performer of the Year 2023 and 2024 plus AVN and XRCO Female Performer of the Year 2024, starring in the VMG showcase Influence: Vanna Bardot.
Vanna Howard
Vanna Howard is an American Democratic politician representing Massachusetts' First Middlesex District in the state Senate, and the first Cambodian American state senator in the United States.
Vanna White
Vanna White, American TV personality and co-host of Wheel of Fortune since 1982, letter-turner on over 7,000 episodes; Hollywood Walk of Fame 2006, NAB Hall of Fame 2018, Vanna's Choice charity yarn line.
Vannadasan
Vannadasan (வண்ணதாசன்), pen name of S. Kalyanasundaram, is a Tamil short story writer and poet, born in 1946 in Tirunelveli, who won the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Award for Oru Siru Isai.
Vannappu
Vannappu (வண்ணப்பா) is a genre of Tamil love poetry composed to a fixed rhythmic pattern, the sandha kuzhippu, rather than ordinary Tamil meters, and considered difficult to compose.
Vannes
Vannes (Breton Gwened) is the prefecture of Morbihan in Brittany, France, founded as Gallo-Roman Darioritum. 55,790 inhabitants (2023), mayor David Robo, ducal Breton capital, half-timbered old town on the Gulf of Morbihan.
Vanness Wu (吴建豪)
Vanness Wu (吳建豪, Wu Chien-hao), born 1978 in Santa Monica, is a Taiwanese-American singer-actor, F4 member from Meteor Garden, solo artist (Take a Ride), Kangta & Vanness duo member, and 2026 F Forever reunion tour participant.
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush (1890–1974) was an American electrical engineer who developed the Differential Analyzer, the first modern analog computer, and directed US scientific research during World War II.
Vanni Arasu
Vanni Arasu (வன்னி அரசு), VCK leader and MLA for Tindivanam, is Tamil Nadu's first Minister for Social Justice, sworn in 22 May 2026 in the TVK coalition government of Chief Minister Vijay.
Vannia Gava
Vannia Gava is an Italian politician of Lega - Salvini Premier serving as Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Security, and the government's lead voice on nuclear energy.
Vanniyar (வன்னியர்)
Vanniyar (வன்னியர்), also Vanniar or Vanniakula Kshatriya, is a large Tamil Most Backward Class caste of northern Tamil Nadu, associated with the PMK party; its 10.5% internal reservation was struck down by the Madras High Court (2021) and the Supreme Court (2022).
Vannozza dei Cattanei
Vannozza dei Cattanei (Vannozza Catanei, 1442-1518), Roman noblewoman, mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) and mother of Cesare, Lucrezia, Giovanni, and Goffredo Borgia; also a wealthy Roman innkeeper, moneylender, and hospital patron.
VanossGaming
VanossGaming is the YouTube gaming comedy channel of Canadian creator Evan Fong (born 1992), launched September 2011; known for no-facecam funny-moments montages with the Vanoss Crew, 26M subscribers, music as Rynx, and 3Blackdot/Avant Garden ventures.
Vanoxerine
Vanoxerine (GBR-12909) is a 1,4-dialkylpiperazine dopamine transporter antagonist, developed for Parkinson's disease, depression, and cocaine addiction, later trialed as an oral antiarrhythmic converting atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm; Phase 3 showed torsades de pointes risk and it remains unapproved.
Vanqua Bio
Vanqua Bio, incorporated as Surmount Bio, is a Chicago biopharmaceutical company founded in 2019 as a Northwestern University spinout that develops small-molecule medicines for neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases.
Vanquish (video game)
Vanquish (ヴァンキッシュ) is a 2010 third-person shooter by PlatinumGames, published by SEGA and directed by Shinji Mikami. Sam Gideon's ARS suit enables boost sliding and slow-motion AR mode; no multiplayer; PC 2017, PS4/XOne 2020.
Vans
Vans (Van Doren Rubber Company, founded 1966 in Anaheim) is an American skate footwear brand owned by VF Corporation, known for vulcanized waffle soles, the Old Skool Sidestripe, checkerboard slip-ons, and the 'Off the Wall' identity.
Vansittart Island
Vansittart Island (Gun-Carriage Island), Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania: a partly freehold, partly Crown-leased island with 1830s Aboriginal relocation history, sealers' settlement, the 1912 Farsund shipwreck, and a contested 2000 Aboriginal land transfer proposal.
Vanta (company)
Vanta is an American security and compliance software company founded in 2018, led by CEO Christina Cacioppo, that automates compliance with frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.
Vantaa
Vantaa (Vanda), fourth-largest city in Finland in the Helsinki metropolitan area, population about 253,000, home of Helsinki Airport, formerly Helsingin pitäjä and Helsingin maalaiskunta, city since 1974.