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View from the Window at Le Gras

View from the Window at Le Gras (Point de vue du Gras), Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's heliograph on pewter of 1826 or 1827, made at his Saint-Loup-de-Varennes estate with a camera obscura; the earliest surviving camera photograph, now at the Harry Ransom Center.

View of Delft

View of Delft (Gezicht op Delft) is an oil painting of the city of Delft by Johannes Vermeer, made around 1660 to 1661 and held in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

View of Toledo

View of Toledo is an oil-on-canvas landscape of the Spanish city painted by El Greco around 1599 to 1600, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Viewing the Blue Sea

Viewing the Blue Sea, or Guan Cang Hai (观沧海), is a yuefu poem by Cao Cao, written in 207 CE after his victory over the Wuhuan.

Viewpoints

Viewpoints (Six Viewpoints, SSTEMS) is a performance training method created by Mary Overlie in 1970s postmodern dance and adapted by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau into nine physical plus vocal Viewpoints, published in The Viewpoints Book (2005).

Views (album)

Views (formerly Views From the 6) is Drake's fourth studio album, released April 29, 2016 on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic. Produced largely by Noah "40" Shebib, it topped the Billboard 200, set a 20-song Hot 100 record, and was 2016's top US album.

Views and Lessons

Al-Nazarat and al-'Abarat are collections of essays and stories by Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti, a celebrated Egyptian prose stylist who wrote much of the content for the newspaper al-Mu'ayyad.

Vigdís Grímsdóttir

Vigdís Grímsdóttir (born 1953 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author whose novels about women and outsiders blend realism with Icelandic folklore; she won the Icelandic Literary Prize in 1994.

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, New York) is a Danish-American actor, director, and publisher, best known as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and a three-time Best Actor Oscar nominee (Eastern Promises, Captain Fantastic, Green Book); he founded Perceval Press and directs his own films.

Vighnaharta Ganesha

Vighnaharta Ganesha is a Hindi mythological serial about the Hindu deity Ganesha, produced by Contiloe Pictures. It premiered in 2017 and used motion capture technology.

Vigil (TV series)

Vigil (BBC One, 2021–) is a British police thriller by Tom Edge starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie; series 1 investigates a death aboard a Trident Vanguard-class submarine, later series cover RAF drones and an Arctic station, drawing over 13 million UK viewers and an International Emmy.

Vigilante (비질란테)

Vigilante (비질란테) is a 2023 Disney+ Korean action thriller, 8 episodes, adapted from CRG and Kim Kyu-sam's Naver webtoon; Nam Joo-hyuk plays police cadet Kim Ji-yong, a night vigilante pursued by Yoo Ji-tae's detective.

Vignesh Shivan (விக்னேஷ் சிவன்)

Vignesh Shivan (விக்னேஷ் சிவன்), also credited as Vignesh Shivn, is a Tamil film director, lyricist, and producer born 1985 in Chennai; directed Podaa Podi, Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Thaanaa Serndha Koottam, Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal, and Love Insurance Kompany, and is married to Nayanthara.

Vignette (literature)

Vignette (literature): a short, descriptive literary sketch capturing a moment, character, or mood without plot; from French vigne, "little vine." Distinguished from short stories, anecdotes, and flashbacks; exemplified by Cisneros's The House on Mango Street and used in ethnography and social research.

Viguen

Viguen (Vigen Derderian, ویگن) was an Armenian-Iranian pop singer and guitarist, born in Hamadan in 1929, regarded as Iran's first male pop star and known as the "Sultan of Jazz".

Viineet Kumar (विनीत कुमार सिंह)

Viineet Kumar (विनीत कुमार सिंह), born 1981 in Varanasi, is an Indian actor and Ayurvedic doctor known for Danish Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur, writing and leading Mukkabaaz, and Kavi Kalash in Chhaava (2025).

Viivi Luik

Viivi Luik, born in 1946 in Estonia, is an Estonian poet and novelist, a leading figure of the 1960s poetry revival and one of the most translated Estonian novelists.

Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins is a Latvian-born American artist, born in Riga in 1938, known for meticulously detailed, mostly gray and black paintings and drawings of ocean surfaces and night skies.

Vijai Bulganin

Vijai Bulganin (విజయ్ బుల్గానిన్), born Gorthi Vijay in Vedurupaka, Andhra Pradesh, is an Indian composer and singer in Telugu cinema. Not to be confused with the Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin; known for Baby (2023), the Filmfare Best Music Director – Telugu award, and the viral indie song Koyila.

Vijay (விஜய்) (actor)

Vijay (விஜய்), Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, Thalapathy Vijay: Tamil film actor (69 films, 1992–2026), star of Ghilli, Mersal, Leo; founder of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam; reported 2026 Tamil Nadu chief minister.

Vijay 69

Vijay 69 (विजय 69) is a 2024 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Akshay Roy, starring Anupam Kher as a 69-year-old ex-swimming coach training for a triathlon; released on Netflix 8 November 2024 by YRF Entertainment.

Vijay Antony (விஜய் ஆண்டனி)

Vijay Antony (விஜய் ஆண்டனி), born 1975 in Nagercoil, is an Indian composer, singer, actor, producer, director, and editor in Tamil and Telugu cinema, famous for "Nakka Mukka," the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion, and Pichaikkaran; not the actor-politician Joseph Vijay.

Vijay Arora (विजय अरोरा)

Vijay Arora (विजय अरोरा) was an Indian actor who worked in films and television, best remembered for Yaadon Ki Baaraat and his role in the serial Ramayan.

Vijay Crishna

Vijay Crishna (Vijay Mohan Crishna, 1945-2026), Indian English-theatre actor and Godrej executive; Jairaj in Dance Like a Man, Devdas's father in Devdas (2002); also Gandhi, PK, Guzaarish; distinct from Kannada actor Vijay Krishna.

Vijay Deverakonda (విజయ్ దేవరకొండ)

Vijay Deverakonda (విజయ్ దేవరకొండ), born 1989, Telugu film actor and producer; breakthrough with Pelli Choopulu (2016) and Arjun Reddy (2017), Filmfare and Nandi Award winner, founder of Rowdy brand and King of the Hill Entertainment.

Vijay filmography

The Vijay filmography covers the career of Joseph Vijay, the Indian Tamil cinema actor who began in child roles in 1984 and made his lead debut in 1992.

Vijay Kapoor (विजय कपूर)

Vijay Kapoor (विजय कपूर), 1939–1990, Indian Hindi film director and actor of the Kapoor family; son of Trilok Kapoor; directed Call Girl (1974), Raadha Aur Seeta (1979), Parakh (1981), Akanksha (1989), and a Hema Malini documentary.

Vijay Mallya

Vijay Mallya, born 1955, Indian businessman, former United Breweries Group chairman and founder of defunct Kingfisher Airlines; left India in 2016 owing banks over $1 billion, declared a fugitive economic offender in 2019, with Rs 14,131.6 crore in assets recovered.

Vijay Prakash

Vijay Prakash, Indian playback singer and music director from Mysore, Karnataka; Carnatic-trained, moved to Mumbai 1996. Known for "Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire, Oscar and Grammy winner), two Filmfare Kannada awards, and judging Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Vijay Raaz (विजय राज़)

Vijay Raaz (विजय राज़), born 1963 in Delhi, is an Indian actor and director in Hindi cinema. Broke through as wedding planner P.K. Dubey in Monsoon Wedding (2001); won a 2004 Dhaka festival Best Actor prize for Raghu Romeo; directed Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014); over 90 films since 1999.