General James van Fleet
Born in 1892. Graduated from same West Point Class as Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley. Star running back on Army's undefeated football team. Served in WWI, WWII, and Korean War. Lived to be 100 years old.
Harry Van Arsdale. Former New York city labor leader, introduced employer-funded pension plans into building trades, unionized New York taxi drivers, and organized the hospital workers in New York-a union now 100,000 strong.
Harold Van Doren - Early 20th Century Industrial Design pioneer, one of early proponents of Streamline or Art Deco style.
(PS: We're taking a shot at keeping names with Van going, just to see how far we can go).
Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg better known as Harry Vanda Australian musician, songwriter and producer. Member of the Easybeats in the 60's and songwriting duo Vanda and Young in the 70's.