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Vilma Santos-Recto
Vilma Santos-Recto, the "Star for All Seasons," is a Filipino actress and politician born 1953 in Manila; record 11 Gawad Urian trophies, Star Cinema executive producer, and Batangas governor.
Viltrum Empire
Viltrum Empire, also called the Viltrumite Empire, is the main antagonistic faction of Invincible: a Viltrumite interstellar empire founded by Emperor Argall, devastated by the Great Purge and the Scourge Virus that left only 50 Viltrumites, later led by Grand Regent Thragg.
Vimal (விமல்) (actor)
Vimal (விமல்), also credited as Vemal, is an Indian actor and producer in Tamil cinema, known for the rural hits Pasanga (2009) and Kalavani (2010).
Vimal Khanna
Vimal Khanna (विमल खन्ना) is a 2026 Hindi crime thriller series on Amazon MX Player, adapted from Surender Mohan Pathak's Vimal series novel Maut Ka Khel, starring Sunny Hinduja as a fugitive accountant, released 15 May 2026.
Vimana
Vimāna (विमान), a Sanskrit word meaning measurement, palace, aerial chariot, temple spire, or heaven, best known through the Pushpaka flying palace of the Ramayana; ancient-technology claims center on the 20th-century Vaimanika Shastra, judged unairworthy in 1974.
Vimi
Vimi (Vimlesh Kaur Wadhawan; January 1943 - 22 August 1977), Indian actress of Hamraaz (1967) and Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai, distinct from the VIMI AI models; died of liver disease in Mumbai.
Vimto
Vimto is a British fruit-flavoured soft drink created in 1908 in Manchester by John Noel Nichols as the herbal tonic Vimtonic, made from grape, blackcurrant and raspberry juices with 23 secret herbs and spices, sold in over 60 countries and especially popular during Ramadan.
Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel (Mark Sinclair, born 1967, Alameda County, California) is an American actor and producer, star of the Fast & Furious franchise as Dominic Toretto, the Riddick films, and the voice of Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Vin Mariani
Vin Mariani, also known as Mariani wine, was a French coca-infused tonic wine created by pharmacist Angelo Mariani in 1863 and marketed worldwide as a medicine.
Vin Rana
Vin Rana (Vinay Rana, born 1986, Delhi) is an Indian television actor known as Nakula in Mahabharat (2013–14) and Purab Khanna in Kumkum Bhagya from 2016, plus Poison 2 and Shehzada.
Vin Santo
Vin Santo (Vinsanto), Italy's 'holy wine': a Tuscan passito dessert wine from dried Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes, aged three-plus years in sealed caratelli barrels; distinct from Greek Santorini Vinsanto.
Vin Zhang (张彬彬)
Vin Zhang (张彬彬, born 1993, Wuxi) is a Chinese actor and singer, a Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate and former Jaywalk Studio artist. Known for Eternal Love, Rattan, and The Rest of My Life, he released the EP Outside the Script and competed on Call Me by Fire 2026.
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar), annual February music festival at Quinta Vergara, Chile, since 1960; international and folkloric song competitions, Gaviota de Plata awards, organized by the municipality with Mega and Bizarro Live Entertainment.
Vina Morales
Vina Morales, born Sharon Garcia Magdayao, is a Filipino singer and actress who won the 1986 Cebu Pop Music Festival and debuted on Broadway in 2023.
Vina Panduwinata
Vina Panduwinata is an Indonesian pop vocalist and songwriter born in Bogor in 1959, whose 1980s ballads like "Burung Camar" and "Kumpul Bocah" remain standards that later artists still cover.
Vina: Sebelum 7 Hari
Vina: Sebelum 7 Hari is a 2024 Indonesian horror film directed by Anggy Umbara, based on the 2016 death of 16-year-old Vina Dewi Arsita in Cirebon, West Java.
Vinaigrette
Vinaigrette (French, from vinaigre, vinegar): an emulsion of oil and an acid, usually vinegar or citrus. Distinguished from creamy dressings by its oil-and-acid base; classic 3:1 ratio, mustard as common emulsifier.
Vinashak (विनाशक)
Vinashak (विनाशक), or Vinashak – Destroyer, is a 1998 Hindi action crime drama directed by Ravi Dewan, starring Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, and Danny Denzongpa, about an undercover policeman in a corrupt jail; not the pesticide documentary or Bhojpuri film of the same name.
Vinay Pathak (विनय पाठक)
Vinay Pathak (विनय पाठक), born 1968 in Bhojpur, Bihar, is an Indian film, television, and theater actor known for Bheja Fry (2007) as Bharat Bhushan, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dasvidaniya, Chalo Dilli, and recent series Gram Chikitsalay and Operation Safed Sagar.
Vinay Rai (வினய் ராய்)
Vinay Rai (வினய் ராய்), also credited as Vinay, is an Indian actor in Tamil cinema who debuted with Unnale Unnale (2007) and later played villains in Thupparivaalan, Doctor, and Etharkkum Thunindhavan; birth year and place are reported differently by sources.
Vinay Rajkumar (ವಿನಯ್ ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್)
Vinay Rajkumar (ವಿನಯ್ ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್), Kannada film actor, grandson of Dr Rajkumar and son of Raghavendra Rajkumar; first third-generation Rajkumar to enter films, debuting with Siddhartha (2015), later Pepe (2024) and Graamaayana (2026).
Vinaya Patrika
Vinaya Patrika (विनय पत्रिका, "Petition of Humility") is a set of 279 devotional stanzas in Braj Bhasha that Tulsidas composed as a petition to Rama in the late 16th or early 17th century.
Vinaya Prasad (ವಿನಯಾ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್)
Vinaya Prasad, also known as Vinaya Prakash, is a South Indian actress who has worked in Kannada and Malayalam cinema. She won a Karnataka State Award for Aathanka (1993).
Vinaya Vidheya Rama (వినయ విధేయ రామ)
Vinaya Vidheya Rama (వినయ విధేయ రామ), also called VVR, is a 2019 Telugu action drama by Boyapati Srinu starring Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and Vivek Oberoi; released 11 January 2019, it was panned by critics (0% on Rotten Tomatoes) and flopped despite a ₹97.90 Cr worldwide gross.
Vinayagar Agaval (விநாயகர் அகவல்)
Vinayagar Agaval (விநாயகர் அகவல்), a 72-line Tamil devotional poem to Ganesha in agaval blank verse, credited to the medieval poet Avvaiyar; opens with the lotus feet, moves into Kundalini and Saiva gnana, chanted on Tuesdays and Vinayaka Chaturthi.
Vinayakan (വിനായകൻ)
Vinayakan (വിനായകൻ), born 1970 in Kochi, is a Malayalam film actor and former fire dancer. Debut Maanthrikam (1995); breakthrough as Ganga in Kammatipaadam (2016), winning the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor; national fame as Varman in Jailer (2023).
Vinayan (വിനയൻ)
Vinayan (വിനയൻ), born T. G. Vinayakumar in 1957 in Kerala, is an Indian director, screenwriter, and producer known for over 30 Malayalam films including Albhutha Dweep.
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, born Vincas Mickevičius, was a Lithuanian prose writer, dramatist, folklorist, and professor, a classic of Lithuanian literature whose works include Skirgaila and Mindaugo mirtis.
Vincas Kudirka
Vincas Kudirka (1858–1899) was a Lithuanian writer, physician, and national revival activist who founded the monthly Varpas and wrote the words and music of Lithuania's national anthem, Tautiška giesmė.
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893–1967) was a Lithuanian writer, poet, and literary scholar, ordained a Catholic priest and laicized in 1935, best known for the novel Altorių šešėly (1933).