Lives listing by occupation: scholar
- Thomasseau de Cursay, Jean Marie Joseph (born 1705–died 1781), French scholar, academic
- Tscharner, Vincenz Bernhard (born 1728–died 1778), Swiss scholar, publisher, politician, academic
- Ussher, James, archbishop of Armagh (born 1581–died 1656), Irish churchman, scholar, academic
- Valpy, Abraham John (born 1787–died 1854), English scholar, classicist, publisher, newspaper editor
- Valvasor, Johann Weichart, Freiherr von Valvasor (born 1641–died 1693), Slovenian scholar, intellectual, academician, academic, printer, collector
- Varagne, François de, marquis de Bélestat (born 1725–died 1808), French army officer, scholar, academic
- Vaughan, John, 3rd earl of Carbery (born 1639–died 1713), English academic, scholar, colonial governor, academician
- Villion, Francis (born 1723–died 1808), Italian merchant, scholar, academic
- Wanley, Humphrey (born 1672–died 1726), English scholar, librarian, academician, academic, archivist
- Warden, David Bailie (born 1772–died 1845), Irish midwife, diplomat, author, journalist, science-writer, scholar
- Warmholz, Carl Gustaf (born 1713–died 1785), Swedish scholar, historian, academic
- Wigglesworth, Edward (born 1732–died 1794), American scholar, academician
- Willard, Reverend Joseph (born 1738–died 1804), American churchman, university administrator, scholar, classicist, mathematician, astronomer
- Willis, Browne (born 1682–died 1760), English antiquarian, scholar, author
- Wood, Robert (born c. 1717–died 1771), Irish traveller, scholar, classicist, archaeologist, government minister, historian
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