Johnny Van RynAge: 94 paired with Wilmer Allison to anchor the United States Davis Cup teams from 1929-36 that made five final-round appearances; posted an impressive 7-1 singles record and…
Jean-Claude Van Damme(Jean-Claude Van Varenberg)actorBorn: 10/18/1960Birthplace: Berchem-Sainte Agathe, Belgium As a teenager, Van Damme won the European Professional Karate Association's…
Duong Van MinhAge: 85 Vietnamese army officer and political leader who served as a military adviser to President Diem and then led the 1963 coup that ousted him. He is believed to have given…
Nguyen Van ThieuAge: 76 former president of South Vietnam (1967–75) who led the country during most of the war against North Vietnam. He began his military career with the Vietminh, but later…
Townes Van Zandt singer, songwriter Van Zandt's spare delivery and melancholy lyrics influenced folk and rock musicians such as Steve Earle, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson,…
James Van Der BeekactorBorn: 3/8/1977Birthplace: Cheshire, Connecticut Van Der Beek became instantly famous playing the sensitive Dawson Leery on the TV series Dawson's Creek (1998– ), a megahit…
(Encyclopedia) Beethoven, Ludwig vanBeethoven, Ludwig vanlŭdˈwĭg văn bāˈtōvən, Ger. l&oobreve;tˈvĭkh fän bātˈhōfən [key], 1770–1827, German composer. He is universally recognized as one of the…
James Van AllenAge: 91 physicist who made the first major discovery of the Space Age—two radiation belts that circle Earth. They were later named in his honor. The belts were discovered when…
(Encyclopedia) Cameron, SimonCameron, Simonkămˈərən [key], 1799–1889, American politician and financier, b. Lancaster co., Pa. From humble beginnings he rose to be a newspaper publisher and with…
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