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Vitae (World of Darkness) In White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games about vampires, vitae is a synonym of blood, especially as the symbol of life (cf Latin vita, "life"—whence English "vital"—and the derived phrase aqua vitae, or "water of life").
Vital (Sri Aurobindo) The Vital or Life faculty or part of the being, in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy, refers not simply to the life force as to the various passions, desires, feelings, emotions, affects, compulsions, and likes and dislikes that strongly determine human motivation and action through desire and enthusiasm.
Vital Borkelmans Vital Borkelmans (born June 1, 1963 in Maaseik) was a Belgian football left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches in Jupiler League with that club). He also played for SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge.
Vital currents Practitioners of yoga, especially within Hinduism, believe that vital currents are generated by the human body, and that these currents control all biological processes. The generic term for these currents is Prana, and they are categorised under the following five (functional) divisions :
Vital Center United States politics, the Vital Center is a term used to describe where the Presidential nominees of the two major political parties go to look for votes, traditionally after they have wrapped up their own party's nomination at the party convention. This is based on the concept that the nominees have each secured the support of their own party's rank-and-file activists and now must go out in search of additional voters which, when added to the base, will result in sufficient support to win the election in November.
Vital Forsikring Vital Forsikring, branded as Vital is Norway's largest life insurance and pension insurance company, and part of the DnB NOR Group. Though Vital has roots back to 1847, it was created in its present form by a merger between Vital and Gjensidige NOR's life insurance section after the mother companies merged in 2003.
Vital heat Vital heat, also called innate or natural heat, or calidum innatum, is a term that has generally referred to the heat produced within the body, usually the heat produced by the heart and the circulatory system.
Vital Kramko Vital Kramko (born 1941, Belarusian: Віталь Крамко (Крэмко), Russian: Виталий Ильич Кремко) is the chairman of "October" (Октябрь), an agricultural collective located in the Hrodna region. Kramko was awarded the title Hero of Belarus title "for selfless work and valiant efforts in the development of agricultural production.
Vital Product Data Vital Product Data (VPD) in AIX and Linux is a collection of configuration and informational data associated with a particular set of hardware or software. VPD refers to a subset of database tables in the Object Data Manager (ODM), Therefore the VPD and ODM terms are sometimes referred to interchangeably.
Vital record Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses, and death certificates. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic partnerships.
Vital statistics Vital statistics are the information maintained by a government, recording the birth and death of individuals within that government's jurisdiction. These data are used by public health programs to evaluate how effective are their programs and are the cornerstone to public health systems today.
Vital Tech Tones The Vital Tech Tones were an American fusion supergroup formed in the mid-1990s. It was composed of Vital Information drummer Steve Smith, Tribal Tech guitarist Scott Henderson, and BĂ©la Fleck and the Flecktones bassist Victor Wooten.
Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem In mathematics, the Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem states that given μn for each integer n >0, a countably additive function defined on a fixed sigma-algebra Σ, with values in a given Banach space B, such that
Vitalic Vitalic (born Pascal Arbez, born 1976) is an electronic music artist. According to a joke made in an interview, Arbez is Ukrainian and emigrated from Ukraine to East Germany when the Berlin Wall fell, accompanied by his dog, "Mini Robot".
Vitalij Kuprij Vitalij Kuprij, pianist and composer, has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. He won the prestigious first prize as the youngest person to compete in the All Union Chopin Competition held in the Republic of Kazan, Soviet Union; the gold medal in the Kiev Conservatory Competition and the Poltawa, Ukraine Mykola Lyssenko Competition.
Vitalis Takawira Vitalis "Digital" Takawira (born September 24, 1972 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean football (soccer) player. He has played forward and attacking midfield professionally in Zimbabwe and the United States, as well as for the Zimbabwe national team.
Vitalism (Jainism) Vitalism, also known as dynamism is the philosophy expounded by Mahavira, a prominent teacher of Jainism. It combined the earlier Jain teacher Pārśvanātha's asceticism and the naturalistic teachings of the Ājīvikas.
Vitaliy Kononov Vitaly Kononov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Green Party of Ukraine, which he chairs. He was a national deputy of Ukraine, has worked on youth politics issues, physical training issues, and sports issues.
VitalKey The VitalKey is a USB flash drive keychain designed to store medical and health insurance information. Unlike other portable devices that can be used to store medical information entered by the user, Vital Key contains information from the user’s actual medical records as documented in their physician’s office.
Vitaly Bugrov Vitaly Bugrov was an award-winning Russian science fiction author. In the 1980s he was a co-winner, with Dmitri Bilenkin, of the Ivan Yefremov Award and won life achievement in the "Velikoye Koltso, The Great Ring Award.
Vitaly Denisov Vitaly Denisov (born February 27, 1976) is a Russian cross country skier who competed from 1997 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
Vitaly Efimov Vitaly Efimov is a Russian theoretical physicist who, in 1970 proposed the existence of a novel and exotic state of matter now dubbed the Efimov State. This state of matter has just recently been confirmed to exist.
Vitaly Fen Vitaly Fen (Russian: Виталий Фен) has been Uzbekistan's ambassador to South Korea since 12 November, 1999. During his ambassadorship in South Korea, Fen has sought to improve economic cooperation between the two nations, stating that "I would like to especially emphasize exclusive importance of the development of cooperation in trade, investment, banking and financial spheres".
Vitaly Ginzburg Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (; born October 4 1916 in Moscow) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the successor to Igor Tamm as head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of Academy's physics institute (FIAN).
Vitaly Gusev Vitaly Gusev (born 1985 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian rugby league player currently playing for RC Lokomotiv Moscow in the Championship of Russia competition. His position of choice is usually in the forwards at second-row.
Vitaly Kolesnik Vitaly Kolesnik (born on August 20, 1979 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan) The 6'2", 198 pound ice hockey goalie was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche on August 16th, 2005. Unlike the vast majority of ice hockey players, he was never drafted into the NHL.
Vitaly Kornilov Vitaly Kornilov (born 17 July 1979) is a Latvian road bicycle racer that specializes in individual time trial events. He is a Latvian National Time Trial Championship 2006 bronze medalist and 2006 World Time Trial Championship participant.
Vitaly Nikolayenko Vitaly Nikolayenko was a Russian self-educated natural scientist and photographer notable for his extensive research on the ethology of Russian bears. He spent 33 years living with the Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) native to the Kamchatka peninsula.
Vitamin B6 Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin. Seven forms of this vitamin are known: pyridoxine (PN), pyridoxine 5'-phosphate (PNP), pyridoxal (PL), pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxamine (PM), pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (PMP), and 4-pyridoxic acid (PA).
Vitamin C Vitamin C is a nutrient required in very small amounts to allow a range of essential metabolic reactions in the body. Vitamin C is principally known as a water-soluble anti-oxidant and has been found to prevent scurvy.
Vitamin C (song) "Vitamin C" is a song by the krautrock band Can on their 1972 album Ege Bamyasi. It is known for its thick bass line, bouncy percussion, and catchy chorus, which has Damo Suzuki repeating the line "you're losing your Vitamin C".
Vitamin D Vitamin D refers to a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two major forms of which are vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol. The term vitamin D also refers to metabolites and other analogues of these substances.
Vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein Vitamin D-dependent calcium binding proteins were discovered in the cytosolic fractions of chicken intestine, and later in mammalian intestine and kidney, by workers including Robert Wasserman of Cornell University.
Vitamin K Vitamin K denotes a group of lipophilic, and hydrophobic, vitamins that are needed for the posttranslational modification of certain proteins, mostly required for blood coagulation. Chemically they are 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives.
Vitamin Red Vitamin Red is a 5 piece alternative rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Formed in mid 2006, the band has began their career with winning performances at several local competitions, including the joondalup battle of the bands.
Vitani Vitani is a fictional lioness character who first appeared in Disney's 1998 direct-to-video animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, sequel to 1994's The Lion King. She was voiced as a cub by Lacey Chabert and as an adult by Jennifer Lien.
Vitaphone Vitaphone was a sound film process used on features and nearly 2,000 short subjects produced by Warner Brothers and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930. Many early talkies, such as The Jazz Singer (1927), used the Vitaphone process.
Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 18, 1994) was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the Australian Open in 1977.
Vitascope Vitascope is an early film projector which was debuted in 1895 by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. The pair publicly demonstrated an image projection device at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia which they called the "Phantoscope.
VitĂłria FC (Santiago) VitĂłria Futebol Clube (Portuguese meaning victory, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: BitĂłria Futibol Klubi, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: VitĂłria Futebol Klube) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League South Zone in Cape Verde. The team has won no titles in its history.
Vitéz Vitéz or Order of Vitéz (Vitézi Rend in Hungarian) was a Hungarian Order founded in 1678 by Imre Thököly, (1657-1705), a Hungarian nobleman, who was leading a rebellion against Leopold I of Austria, who suspended the Constitution and placed Hungary under a Directorate headed by the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. Thököly gathered behind him a force of disaffected Hungarians composed mainly of disbanded soldiers and peasantry.
Vitebsk Vitsyebsk (Belarusian: Ві́цебск; Russian: Ви́тебск; Russian BGN/PCGN: Vitebsk) is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city.
Vitelliform macular dystrophy Vitelliform macular dystrophy or vitelliform dystrophy is a genetic eye disorder that can cause progressive vision loss. This disorder affects the retina, specifically cells in a small area near the center of the retina called the macula.
Vitellius Aulus Vitellius Germanicus (September 24, 15 – December 22, 69) was Roman Emperor from April 17, 69 to December 22 of the same year, one of the emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors" (the others being Galba, Otho, and Vespasian). He was the son of Lucius Vitellius and his wife Sextilia, and had one brother, Lucius Vitellius the younger.
Vitellogenesis Vitellogenesis (also known as yolk deposition) is the process of nutrients being deposited in oocytes, a female germ cell involved in reproduction. It starts when the fat body stimulates the release of juvenile hormones and produces vitellogenin protein.
Vitellogenin Vitellogenin (Vg) is an egg yolk precursor protein expressed in female fish, dormant in male fish and female insects, but in the presence of estrogenic EDCs, males can express the Vg gene in a dose dependent manner. The use of Vg gene expression in male fish can be used as a molecular marker of exposure to estrogenic EDCs.
Viterbi algorithm The Viterbi algorithm is a dynamic programming algorithm for finding the most likely sequence of hidden states – called the Viterbi path – that result in a sequence of observed events, especially in the context of hidden Markov models. The forward algorithm is a closely related algorithm for computing the probability of a sequence of observed events.
Viterbi School of Engineering The Viterbi School of Engineering (formerly the USC School of Engineering) is located at the University of Southern California in the United States. It was renamed following a $52 million donation by Andrew Viterbi.
Vitex Vitex is a genus of about 250 species of shrubs and trees from 1-35 m tall, native to tropical, subtropical and also warm temperate regions throughout the world. In the past widely included in the family Verbenaceae, it has recently been transferred to the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae).
Vithoba Vithoba is a colloquial form of Vitthala, one of the manifestations of Krishna. Vithoba of Pandharpur is traditionally one of the most important deities in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh drawing millions of devotees across several cultures and languages of these states.
Viti Levu East Maritime (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Viti Levu East Maritime Indian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).
Viti Levu Group The Viti Levu Group in Fiji consists of the island of Viti Levu and its outliers, including Bau, Beqa, Nukulau, and Vatulele. The group had an aggregate area of 10,453 square kilometers and a population of 574,801 at the 1996 census.
Viti Levu South Kadavu (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Viti Levu South Kadavu Indian Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians. (Of the remaining 52 seats, 27 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).
Vitigudino Vitigudino is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 67 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 3016people.
Vitim event The Vitim event or Bodaybo event is believed to be an impact by a bolide or comet nucleus in the Vitim River basin. It occurred near the town of Bodaybo in the Mamsko-Chuisky district of Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia on September 25, 2002 at approximately 10:00 p.
Vitis riparia Vitis riparia Michx, also commonly known as River Bank Grape or Frost Grape, is a native American climbing or trailing vine, widely distributed from Quebec to Texas, and Montana to New England. It is long-lived and capable of reaching into the upper canopy of the tallest trees.
Vitis x labruscana Vitis x labruscana is a subgroup of grapes originating from a hybridization of Vitis labrusca and other species, most commonly Vitis vinifera. Popular examples include Concord and Niagara grapes, which comprise nearly all grapes processed for juice or jelly in the United States.
Vito Arcilesi Vito Arcilesi (1894-1979) was a mafioso, bootlegger, and rumrunner who came from Alcamo, on the island of Sicily to the United States by way of Ellis Island in 1910. Vito married Francesca Amato and they settled in Detroit, Michigan with their four children Guiseppe, Vincenzo, Gaspare and Stefano, where they lived together until her death following the birth of their fifth son; Vito's last son was eventually adopted by his brother.
Vito Arena Vito Arena (1930-1991) was an associate of the Gambino crime family, one of the 5 Italian Mafia families located in New York. For a short time, he was a member of the DeMeo crew, a notorious group of car thieves, drug dealers and murderers led by Gambino soldier Roy DeMeo that were responsible for between 75-200 killings in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
Vito Bonventre Vito Bonventre (1875-July 15, 1930) was a New York mobster involved in bootlegging with Brooklyn mobster Cola Schiro thoughout Prohibition and later served as underboss to Salvatore Maranzano during the Castellammarese War. During the early months of the war, Bonventre became a target as the Brooklyn-based Castellmmarese began to threaten Joe "the Boss" Masseria's domination over Italian organized crime and he was eventually gunned down by Masseria gunmen outside his garage on July 15, 1930.
Vito Bratta Vito Bratta (born July 1, 1961) was the guitarist and main songwriter for the 80s rock band White Lion from 1983 to 1992. Bratta's style earned him worldwide acclaim, as well as numerous awards, including Guitar World magazine's "Best New Guitarist" in 1988.
Vito Cascio Ferro Vito Cascio Ferro (January 22, 1862 - 1943), known as Don Vito, was a prominent Sicilian gangster who also operated for a time in the United States, where he was a "pioneer" of sorts in the American Mafia.
Vito Ciancimino Vito Ciancimino (Corleone, April 2, 1924 - Rome, November 19, 2002 ) was an Italian politician, who served as mayor of Palermo, Sicily. He belonged to the Christian Democrat party, and was the first Italian politician to be found guilty of mafia membership.
Vito Corleone Vito Corleone (December 7, 1891 - June 25, 1955), born as Vito Andolini, aka 'The Godfather' or The Don, is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of films based on it. In the first film, he was portrayed by Marlon Brando.
Vito Genovese Vito Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was a mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family and mentor to many future mob bosses including Vincent Gigante, Nephew Michael Genovese and Carlo Gambino.
Vito LoGrasso Vito LoGrasso (born June 18, 1969), also known as Big Vito or simply Vito, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on the SmackDown brand. He is the current Deep South Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.
Vito Marcantonio Vito Anthony Marcantonio (December 10 1902 – August 9 1954) was an American lawyer and politician. Though originally a member of the Republican Party, he later switched to the American Labor Party and became one of the most successful third party American politicians since the 1800s.
Vito Miceli Vito Miceli was chief of the SIOS (Servizio Informazioni), Italian Army Intelligence's Service from 1969 and SID's head from October 18, 1970 to 1974. A P2 member, he would later become part of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement.
Vito Rizzuto Vito Rizzuto, known as Montreal's Teflon Don, is alleged to be the leading mafia boss in Canada. He was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy, on February 21, 1946, and was brought to Montreal by his parents in 1954.
Vito Scotti Vito Scotti (26 January 1918–5 June 1996) was a character actor who played many roles, primarily from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. He had minor roles in movies such as The Godfather and Cactus Flower, and also appeared in television series such as Gunsmoke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hogan's Heroes and Gilligan's Island.
Vitor Belfort Vitor Belfort (born April 1, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has fought both in Japan and the United States. The majority of his bouts have taken place in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and he is the former UFC Light Heavy Weight Champion.
Vitor Negrete Vitor Negrete (November 13, 1967 - May 18, 2006) was a prominent mountaineer and the first Brazilian to reach the summit of Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak outside Asia and one of the Seven Summits, from its south face.
Vitor Ribeiro (martial artist) Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and mixed martial artist practioner (record: 13-1-0). He has fought in several promotions including Shooto Japan, Shooto Hawaii, Rumble on the Rocks (Hawaii), Cage Rage (England), and the Abu Dhabi Combat Championship.
Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spanish: Vitoria, Basque: Gasteiz, known officially as Vitoria-Gasteiz in both languages), is a city in northern Spain, capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous region of the Basque Country, being the second largest city in the Basque Country by population.
Vitorino Vitorino is a Portuguese singer-songwriter born in 1942. His music combine his two life-long passions: the traditional music of his native region of Alentejo and his personal style of urban popular song built around his rich, smooth voice.
Vitosha Boulevard Vitosha Boulevard (, often called just , Vitoshka) is the main commercial street in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and is famous for the many brand name shops and boutiques on it. Possessing a shop on the boulevard is thought of as a matter of image and advertising for companies operating in Bulgaria.
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower Vitosha Mountain TV Tower, better known as Kopitoto () after the rock outcrop (1,348 m) it stands on, is a 108 metre tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, Bulgaria. The footprint of the tower has the shape of a hexagon with three of the sides extended (i.
Vitosha Saddle Vitosha Saddle (Vitoshka Sedlovina 'vi-tosh-ka se-dlo-vi-'na) is an ice-covered saddle extending 400m in SW-NE direction between Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja) and Vihren Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The saddle has an elevation of approximately 1,050 m and is part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Huron Glacier to the N and Magura Glacier to the S.
Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine Vitré (Breton: Gwitreg; Gallo: Vitræ) is a French town and commune in the département of Ille-et-Vilaine, in Brittany. Vitré, a former sub-prefecture until 1926, is the chief town of a canton of around 18,000 inhabitants (2006).
Vitrectomy Vitrectomy is a surgery to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye. Anterior vitrectomy entails removing small portions of the vitreous from the front structures of the eye - often because these are tangled in an intraocular lens or other structures.
Vitreous enamel In a discussion of art technology, enamel (or vitreous enamel, or porcelain enamel in American English) is the colorful result of fusion of powdered glass to a substrate through the process of firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows to harden as a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic.
Vitrification Vitrification is a process of converting a material into a glass-like amorphous solid which is free of any crystalline structure, either by the quick removal or addition of heat, or by mixing with an additive. Solidification of a vitreous solid occurs at the glass transition temperature (which is lower than melting temperature, Tm, due to supercooling).
Vitrified clay pipe Vitrified Clay Pipe (VCP) is pipe made from clay that has been subjected to vitrification, a process which fuses the clay particles to a very hard, inert, glass-like state. VCP is commonly used in sewer gravity collection mains because of its reasonable price and resistance to almost all domestic and industrial sewage, particularly the sulfuric acid that is generated by hydrogen sulfide, a common component of sewage.
Vitrified fort Vitrified fort is the name given to certain crude stone enclosures whose walls have been subjected in a greater or less degree to the action of fire. They are generally situated on hills offering strong defensive positions.
Vitrinite Vitrinite is one of the primary components of coals and most sedimentary kerogens. Vitrinite is a type of maceral, where "macerals" are organic components of coal analogous to the "minerals" of rocks.
Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône Vitrolles is a commune in southern France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Aix-en-Provence, and is adjacent to its southwest side.
Vitruvian Man The Vitruvian Man is a world renowned drawing with accompanying notes created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1492 as recorded in one of his journals. It depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square.
Vitsentzos Kornaros Vitsentzos Kornaros (Greek: Βικέντιος or Βιτσέντζος Κορνάρος) or Vincenzo Cornaro (March 29 1553–1613/1614) was a Cretan poet of the Greek Renaissance who wrote the romantic epic poem Erotokritos. He was the leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance.
Vittal Mallya Youngest of the three children of an army doctor Lt Col Bantwal Ganapathi Mallya, Vittal Mallya capped an academic career with two of India's most prestigious educational institutions (Doon School and Presidency College) and traveled abroad for over two years to gain first-hand, practical knowledge that he believed to be more valuable than formal education.
Vittariaceae Vittariaceae is a family of ferns in the order Pteridales. Members of the family are primarily epiphytic in tropical regions and all have simple leaves with sori that follow the veins and lack true indusia; the sori are most often marginal with a false indusium formed from the reflexed leaf margin.
Vittoria Bentivoglio Vittoria Bentivoglio was a singer in the 16th century Ferrarese court of Alfonso II d'Este and a member of the first period of the court's concerto delle donne. She was born into the noble Cybò family, and later married member of the renowned Bentivoglio family.
Vittoria, Ontario Vittoria (not to be confused with Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), is a small village east of Walsh and southwest of Simcoe in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. Noted today for being one of the most historic communities in Norfolk County it has a fire station, a community hall, a town hall, three active churches and a variety store.
Vittorio Adorni Vittorio Adorni (Parma, Emilia-Romagna, November 14, 1937) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1965 Giro d'Italia and capturing the rainbow jersey at the 1968 World Cycling Championships Road Race.
Vittorio Alinari Vittorio Alinari (1859-1932) was an Italian photographer. His father, Leopoldo Alinari, founded a photographic company in 1854 and his brothers, Giuseppe and Romualdo, soon became partners in the firm, which was known for its specialty of documenting masterpieces of art.
Vittorio Ambrosio Vittorio Ambrosio (1879-1958) was an Italian General who served in the Turco-Italian War, World War I, and World War II. He led the Italian offensive in Yugoslavia in 1941 and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Italian Army in 1943.
Vittorio Colizzi Professor Vittorio Colizzi is an Italian virologist and one of the most eminent HIV/AIDS researchers in Europe. He directs the Immunochemical and Molecular Pathology laboratory in the biology department of Tor Vergata University in Rome.
Vittorio Ghielmi Vittorio Ghielmi is a viola da gamba player, born in 1968, in Milano, Italy. Vittorio has performed in the most important concert halls of Europe and the USA as a soloist with orchestras such as Il Giardino Armonico, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra London.
Vittorio Mangano Vittorio Mangano (Palermo, August 18 1940 - Palermo, 23 July 2000) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra. He was well-known as the stable keeper at the villa of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in Arcore and as such Mangano is known as "lo stalliere di Arcore" (the stable keeper of Arcore).
Vittorio Nino Novarese Vittorio Nino Novarese (born May 15, 1907, Rome, Italy, died October 17, 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an Italian costume designer who found great success in Hollywood after decamping there in 1949. In his first year there he scored an Oscar nomination for his work on the film Prince of Foxes, winning the Academy Award 14 years later for the grandiose epic Cleopatra.
Vittorio Pozzo Vittorio Pozzo (born March 2 1886 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy – Ponderano (Biella) December 21 1968) was an Italian football (soccer) coach who was most famous for leading the Italian national team to win the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 1936 Olympic football gold medal. He was also famous for creating the Metodo tactical formation.

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