Gary Vermeer was an American entrepreneur who founded Vermeer Manufacturing in Pella, Iowa, in 1948. His innovations in agricultural machinery helped transform modern farming equipment and built a global manufacturing company.
Jan Vigne was among the earliest Europeans born in New Netherland, likely in 1624. The son of Huguenot immigrants, he later became a brewer, landowner, and civic official in New Amsterdam.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate whose pioneering work in quantum magnetism and electron behavior in solids helped establish the modern theory of magnetism.
John Monroe Van Vleck was an American astronomer and mathematician who taught at Wesleyan University for decades and began the Van Vleck academic dynasty that later included Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate whose pioneering work in quantum magnetism and electron behavior in solids helped establish the modern theory of magnetism.
Don Van Vliet (1941–2010), known as Captain Beefheart, was an American experimental rock musician and visual artist who led The Magic Band. After a prolific recording career from 1965–1982, he retired from music to pursue painting.
Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897) was an Indiana lawyer and Democratic statesman who served in both the U.S. House and Senate, representing Indiana in Congress for thirty-six years and becoming one of the state’s best-known nineteenth-century political figures.
Charles Stewart Voorhees was an Indiana-born lawyer and Democratic politician who represented Washington Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889 before returning to private legal practice.
Foster M. Voorhees (1856–1927) was a Republican lawyer and politician who served as the 30th governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902 after earlier service in the New Jersey Senate.
Tracy S. Voorhees (1890–1974) was an American lawyer, military officer, and public administrator who served as U.S. Under Secretary of the Army and later advised the Defense Department while remaining active in Rutgers University leadership.
