Victor Van Hoegaerden
Victor Van Hoegaerden( 1828 in Brussels – 1905) was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium( NBB) from 1891 until 1905.
Victor van den Bogert
Victor van den Bogert( born 12 August 1999) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a centre back for Willem II.
Victor Van Schil
Victor Van Schil( 21 December 1939 – 30 September 2009) was a Belgian racing cyclist.
He rode in 21 Grand Tours in his career, including 11 editions of the Tour de France, four editions of the Vuelta a España, and six editions of the Giro d'Italia.
Mary Melfi
Mary Melfi( born 1 July 1951) is a Canadian writer of Italian descent.
A prolific poet, novelist, and playwright, Melfi was born in Casacalenda, a small mountain town in the province of Campobasso,( Molise), south of Rome in 1951.
At the age of six, she immigrated with her family to Montreal, Quebec where she attended the local English schools.
She received a B.A. in English Literature from Concordia University and a Masters of Library Science from McGill University.
Since completing her studies in 1977 she has published over a dozen books of critically acclaimed poetry and prose.
Her first novel," Infertility Rites," was published by Guernica Editions in 1991; it was later translated into French and Italian.
In 1994 Doubleday Canada published her children's fantasy book:" Ubu, the Witch Who Would be Rich."
Also a playwright, Mary Melfi's works for the theater have been workshopped in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Noted for her black humour, wry wit and imaginative style critics have suggested that this author manages" not only to make us laugh, but also think."
In- depth reviews of her writings can be found in William Anselmi's book entitled:" Mary Melfi, Essays on her Work"( Guernica Editions, 2007).
Melfi's account of peasant life in Southern Italy during the 1930s entitled" Italy Revisited: Conversations with my Mother" was published in 2009 by Guernica Editions.
To complement the book, Melfi has created a website in which she has compiled thousands of photos of peasant life in turn of the century Italy.
Mary Melfi presently lives in Montreal.
She lived with her husband until his death in 2009.
Victor E. van Vriesland
Victor Emanuel van Vriesland( 27 October 1892, Haarlem – 29 October 1974, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Jewish writer and critic.
He studied at the gymnasium in The Hague and then at the University of Dijon.
He was literary and artistic journalist, editor of a weekly magazine.
He received the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1958 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1960.
He was the president of the Dutch Pen Club.
From 1962 to 1965 van Vriesland was President of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers.
Van Vriesland writes as easily in French as in his native language and likes even the refinement of sintaxe and prosody:
Te souviendra t- il de mon nom, de ma tendresse?-
Le vent qui bat ma fenetre sans cesse L'effacera.
Erik Van't Hof
Erik Victor Van't Hof (born November 12, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Giovanni Doria (bishop)
Giovanni Doria( 24 March 1573, Genoa – Palermo, Sicily, 19 October 1642), called Giannettino, the son of Giovanni Andrea Doria, 6th Prince of Melfi, and Princess Zenobia Doria del Carretto, 5th Princess of Melfi.
Victor van der Chijs
Victor van der Chijs( born in Ede, Netherlands, 1960) is a Dutch entrepreneur.
Since October 1, 2013 he is the President of the Executive Board of the University of Twente, the highest managing body of this university of technology.
He holds various supervisory and advisory positions.
Van der Chijs has advised the government of the Netherlands in a range of areas such as international trade, innovation, and creative industries.
Godwin Davy
Godwin Davy( born 15 December 1979) is an Anguillan international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
He made his international debut in a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, resulting in a lopsided match, losing 12- 0 in February 2008, and also played in the 4 – 0 loss to the same country in the return match in March 2008.
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit( born 4 February 1984) is a Thai writer, screenwriter and film director.
His notable work are" Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy" and" Heart Attack" which has won several awards in the Suphannahong National Film Awards.

Question: Are Mary Melfi and Victor E. Van Vriesland both from the same country?
Answer: no