Leadership

• Vera Buchanan (born 1902, died 1955)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Pennsylvania, 1951-55 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)
• Vera Bushfield (born 1889, died 1976)

  American politician.

  • Senator, R-South Dakota, 1948-1948 (see list of Women in the Senate)
• Vera Butcharev
  • Captain of the all-female Battalion of Death in World War I (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Vera Krylova

  World War II fighter.

  • Led refugee guerrillas and a battalion of ski troops against the Germans during World War II (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)

Science and Philosophy

• Vera C. Rubin
  • 1993 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
  • First female guest investigator at the Mount Palomar Astronomical Observatory (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)

Sports

• Vera Cáslavská

  Czechoslovakian athlete.

  • 1964, 1968 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Individual All Around (see list of Gold Medalists in the Individual All-around)
  • 1964 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Beam and Horse Vault; 1968 gold medal winner for Horse Vault, Floor Exercise, and Uneven Parallel Bars (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)
• Vera Komisova

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 100m Hurdles (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Hurdles)
• Vera Krepina

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)

Stage and Screen

• Vera Miles (born 1930)

  American actress.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Vera Ralston
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Vera Vague
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Vera Donovan

  Fictional character.

  • Old woman for whom Dolores worked as a housekeeper in Stephen King''s novel Dolores Claiborne (see list of Characters in Dolores Claiborne)