Vladimir

Wladimir, Wladzimir, Vladimer, Vlado, Lado, Vlade, Włodzimierz, Volodymyr, Vladimiro, Uladzimir
**Related names**
female form Vladimira, Waldek, Walden, Waldemar, Valdemārs, Woldemar, Voldemārs, Voldemar, Valdimar, Valdemaras, Valdas, Valdis, Baldomero, Vlas

### See Also

Robert (name with the same meaning)

**Vladimir** (Russian: Влади́мир), also spelled **Wladimir** or **Vladimer**, is a masculine given name. The name itself is of Slavic origin and is widespread throughout all Slavic speaking nations in different forms and spellings. One of the earliest records of it is in a source of Old Bulgarian (Old Church Slavonic) origin. It is the Slavic form of the Germanic given name **Waldemar** and an alternative form of **Volodymyr**. The Germanic name itself is a derivative of two elements, *wald*, meaning "power", "brightness" and *mar*, meaning "fame", "glory". Due to the phonetic coincidences of the Slavic languages, the name recieves two new meanings in the Slavic languages where the first part of the name, *vladi*, coincides with the Slavic element *vlad*, meaning "to rule" and the second part *mir* coincides with the element *mir*, meaning either "world" or "peace". Thus, the name Vladimir can, depending on context, mean either "powerful and famous" or "bright and famous" as a Germanic name and "world ruler" or "peaceful ruler" as a Slavic name. Through the meaning "bright and famous" the name shares its meaning with the name **Robert**, thus the name is sometimes regarded as the "Russian equivalent of Robert", even though the names are etymologically unconnected and only happen to share the same meaning.

## Etymology

The Old Russian form of the name is *Володимѣръ* (Volodiměr), while the Old Church Slavonic form is *Vladiměr*. According to some sources, the name is a compound name. It is composed of the Slavic element владь (transliterated *\*vladĭ*), meaning "to rule"combined with the Gothic element *\*mēri* meaning "great", "famous" (related to another Gothic element *mērs*, *-mir*, c.f. Theodemir, Valamir, also meaning “famous”, simply using a slightly different dialectal spelling). The modern (mostly used in the pre-1918 years) Russian forms *Владимиръ* and *Владиміръ* are based on the Old Church Slavonic form of the name which is also the earliest recorded form of the name. The form itself replaces the element of *мѣръ* with the Slvic element *миръ* or *міръ*. As a result, the name received a folk etymological association with the Slavic element *миръ* meaning "peace" or *міръ* meaning "world". Both the similar elements have today been phonetically merged to create the suffix “-mir”, found as either a suffix or a prefix in names such as Slavomir, Miroslav, etc.
The post-1918 reformed spelling *Владимир* drops the final *-ъ*, but the (unetymological) spelling *-миръ* or -*міръ* predates the orthographic reform, indicating the folk etymological interpretation of the name as "ruler of the world" or "peaceful ruler".
Its Germanic form, **Waldemar**, consists of the elements *wald-* meaning "power", "brightness" (also found in names such as Walther, Ewald, Roald, Oswald, Gerald, Harold, etc) and *-mar* meaning "fame" (found in names such as Ilmar / Elmar, Martin, Sigmar, Morgan, Dietmar, Maria, etc). Thus, the name Waldemar / Vladimir almost exactly shares the same meaning with the name **Robert**.

## History

An early record of this name was the name of Vladimir-Rasate (died 893), ruler of Bulgaria. Vladimir-Rasate was the second Bulgarian ruler following the Christianization of Bulgaria and the introduction of Old South Slavic as the language of church and state. The name of his pre-Christian dynastic predecessor, khan Malamir (r. 831–836), sometimes claimed as the first Bulgarian ruler with a Slavic name, already exhibits the (presumably Gothic) *-mir* suffix.

The early occurrence of the name in the East Slavic culture comes with Volodimer Sviatoslavich (Old East Slavic: *Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь*, "Vladimir the Great"), first Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 980–1015). Three successors of Vladimir the Great shared his given name: Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125), Vladimir III Mstislavich (1132–1173) and Vladimir IV Rurikovich (1187–1239). The town Volodymyr in north-western Ukraine was founded by Vladimir and is named after him. The foundation of another town, Vladimir in Russia, is usually attributed to Vladimir Monomakh. However some researchers argue that it was also founded by Vladimir the Great. The veneration of Vladimir the Great as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church gave rise to the replacement of the East Slavic form of his name with the Old Church Slavonic (Old Bulgarian) one. The immense importance of Vladimir the Great as national and religious founder resulted in Vladimir becoming one of the most frequently-given Russian names.

## Variants

The Slavic name survives in two traditions, the Old Church Slavonic one using the vocalism *Vladi-* and the Old East Slavic one in the vocalism *Volodi-*.

The Old Church Slavonic form *Vladimir* (Владимир) is used in Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Macedonian, borrowed into Slovenian, Croatian *Vladimir*, Czech and Slovak *Vladimír*.

The polnoglasie "*-olo-*" of Old East Slavic form *Volodiměr* (Володимѣръ) persists in the Ukrainian form *Володимир* (Volodymyr).

Historical diminutive forms: *Vladimirko* (Russian), *Volodymyrko* (Ukrainian).

In Belarusian the name is spelled *Uladzimir* (Uładzimir, Уладзімір) or *Uladzimier* (Uładzimier, Уладзімер).

In Polish, the name is spelled *Włodzimierz*.

In Russian, shortened and endeared versions of the name are *Volodya* (and variants with diminutive suffixes: *Volod'ka, Volodyen'ka*, etc.), *Vova* (and diminutives: *Vovka, Vovochka*, etc.), *Vovchik, Vladik, Vovan*. In West and South Slavic countries, other short versions are used: e.g., *Vlade, Vlado, Vlada, Vladica, Vladko, Vlatko, Vlajko, Vladan, Władek, Wlodik and Włodek*.

The Germanic form, *Waldemar* or *Woldemar* (derived from the elements *Wald* (power, brightness) and *Mar* (famous), is sometimes traced to Valdemar I of Denmark (1131 – 1182) named after his Russian maternal grandfather, Vladimir II Monomakh. The Germanic name is reflected in Latvian *Voldemārs* and Uralic (Finnish and Estonian) *Voldemar*.

The Greek form is *Vladimiros* (Βλαδίμηρος). The name is most common in Northern Greece especially among the Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia. Diminutives of the name among these Slavic speakers are *Vlade* and *Mire*.

## People with the name

*Whether a Royal, a political leader or a military leader is one of the principal commanders of a military engagement is determined by their inclusion in the "Commanders and leaders" section in the infobox of the armed conflict.*

### Royalty

* **Vladimir The Great**, (958–1015), prince of Novgorod, grand Prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus’
* **Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia** (1847–1909)
* **Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia** (1917–1992)
* **Jovan Vladimir**, (990–1016), King of Duklja, one of the principal commanders of Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
* **Vladimir Bulgaria**, (r.889–893), King of Bulgaria
* **Vladimir II Monomakh**, (1053–1125), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus', prince of Kiev; also ruled in Rostov and Suzdal
* **Vladimir of Staritsa** (1533–1569), the last appanage Russian prince, cousin of Ivan the Terrible
* **Vladimir The Bold** (1353–1410), prince of Serpukhov, one of the principal commanders of Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372) and Battle of Kulikovo
* **Vladimir of Novgorod**, Prince of Novgorod, principal leader of Rus'–Byzantine War (1043)

### Religious figures

* **Vladimir Bogoyavlensky** (1848–1918), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna between 1898–1912, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga between 1912–1915, and Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich between 1915–1918
* **Vladimir Gundyayev**, known as **Patriarch Kirill of Moscow** (born 1946), Russian Orthodox bishop, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
* **Vladimir Sabodan** (1935–2014), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) from 1992 to 2014

### Presidents and prime ministers

* **Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze** (born 1970), Georgian career banker, business executive, and former politician, sixth Prime Minister of Georgia, one of the principal commanders of Russo-Georgian War
* **Vladimir Ivashko** (1932-1994), Soviet Ukrainian politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
* **Vladimir Kokovtsov** (1853–1943), Russian politician who served as the prime minister of Russia from 1911 to 1914
* **Vladimir Lenin** (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary, head of government of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, founder and first leader of Soviet Union, leading perpetrator of the Red Terror, principal commander of October Revolution, Russian Civil War, 1905 Russian Revolution, Polish–Soviet War
* **Vladimír Mečiar** (born 1942), Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia three times, from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1998
* **Vladimir Pashkov** (born 1961), Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), one of the principal commanders of Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
* **Vladimir Putin** (born 1952), former KGB intelligence officer, current Dictator of Russia, serving for 18 years in total, and former prime minister of Russia, internationally recognized war criminal, leading perpetrator of War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of the principal commanders of War on Terror, International military intervention against ISIL, Syrian civil war, Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war, Jihadist insurgency in Niger, Central African Republic Civil War, Central African Republic Civil War, Abkhaz–Georgian conflict, Georgian–Ossetian conflict, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, War in Dagestan, Russo-Ukrainian War, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, War in Donbas, 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russo-Georgian War, Second Chechen War, Souther Ukraine Offensive, Oppression of Ukrainian resistance during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Kherson counteroffensive, Eastern Ukraine campaign, Northern Ukraine campaign, 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive, Wagner Group rebellion and Russian Invasion of Ukraine
* **Vladimir Shcherbytsky** (1918-1990), Ukrainian Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1972 to 1989
* **Vladimir Špidla** (born 1951), Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic
* **Vladimir Vasilyev** (born 1949), Russian politician and Head of the Republic of Dagestan, one of the principal commanders of Insurgency in the North Caucasus
* **Vladimir Voronin** (born 1941), President of Moldova
* **Vladimir Vynnychenko** (1880–1951), Ukrainian statesman, political activist, writer, playwright, artist, who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine
* **Vladimir Zelenskyy** (born 1978), Ukrainian former comedian and actor, politician, current President of Ukraine, one of the principal commanders of Russo-Ukrainian War, war in Donbas, Taliban insurgency, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Battle of Kyiv (2022), Kyiv Offensive (2022), Southern Ukraine Offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive and 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

### Military leaders

* **Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko** (1883–1938), Ukrainian Bolshevik leader and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of October Revolution, Ukraine Offensive (1919), Battle of Kiev (January 1919), Aleksandrovsk Bolshevik Uprising, Occupation of Kharkiv (1917), 1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine and Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
* **Vladimir Antyufeyev** (born 1951), former Soviet OMON police officer who was one of organizers of the attempt to overthrow the Latvian government in 1991, head of the Ministry of State Security of Moldova's pro-Moscow separatist state of Transnistria between 1992 and 2012, one of the principal commanders of Transnistria War and The Barricades
* **Vladimir Arshba** (1958-2018), Abkhaz soldier and politician who served as the first Minister of Defence of the Republic of Abkhazia, an unrecognised state, from 1992 until 1993, one of the principal commanders of  War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)
* **Vladimir Atlasov** (between 1661 and 1664–1711), Siberian Cossack and military leader who was the first Russian to organize systematic exploration of the Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the principal commanders of Russian conquest of Siberia
* **Vladimir Boldryev** (born 1949), Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, one of the principal commanders of Second Chechen War, Russo Georgian War and Insurgency in the North Caucasus
* **Vladimir Chirkin** (born 1955), Russian military officer and a former commander of Russian Ground Forces, one of the principal commanders of Insurgency in the North Caucasus
* **Vladimir Constantinescu** (1895–1965), Romanian general in World War II, one of the principal commanders of Battle of the Caucasus
* **Vladimir Cukavac** (1884-1965), Serbian general holding the title of army general in the Royal Yugoslav Army, one of the principal commanders of Invasion of Yugoslavia
* **Vladimir Dolgorukov**, Russian military leader, one of the principal commanders of Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595)
* **Vladimir Gelfand**, Soviet soldier in World War II who became known for his published war time diaries
* **Vladimir Gittis** (1881–1938), Soviet military commander and komkor, one of the principal commanders of Battle for the Donbas (1919) and Latvian War of Independence
* **Vladimir Grendal** (1884-1940), Red Army colonel general and artillery theorist, one of the principal commanders of Winter War
* **Volodymyr Kedrowsky** (1890–1970), political activist, diplomat, writer, and a colonel in the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic
* **Vladimir Klimovskikh** (1885-1941), Soviet general, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Białystok–Minsk
* **Vladimir Kondić** (1863-1940), 20th-century Serbian general, one of the principal commanders of Srem offensive
* **Vladimir Kornilov** (1806-1854), Russian naval officer, one of the principal commanders of Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
* **Vladimir Kostylev**, Soviet general, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Bautzen (1945)
* **Vladimir Kren** (1903-1948), Croatian major general and convicted war criminal, commander of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia (ZNDH) during World War II
* **Vladimir Laksa** (1870-1945), Croatian general who served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I and in the Croatian Home Guard  during World War II, Army Chief of Staff of the Axis puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia
* **Vladimir Lazarević** (born 1949), Serbian general and convicted war criminal, one of the principal commanders of Kosovo War and Battle of Paštrik
* **Vladimir Lobov** (born 1935), former Soviet and Russian military commander, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1991, General of the Army, Doctor of Military Sciences and People's Deputy of the USSR from 1989 to 1991
* **Vladimir Marushevsky** (1874-1951), Imperial Russian general, last chief of staff of the Russian Republic
* **Vladimir May-Mayevsky** (1867-1920), general in the Imperial Russian Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle for the Donbas (1919)
* **Vladimir Mikhaylov** (1943), Russian general, former commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force
* **Vladimir Romanovsky** (1896-1967), Soviet general, commander in chief of Arkhangelsk Military District
* **Vladimir V. Sakharov** (1853-1920), Russian general of the cavalry who served in the Russian Imperial Army, one of the principal commanders of Brusilov offensive, Battle of Kowel and Romania in World War I
* **Vladimir Shcherbakov** (1901-1918), Soviet general of the Red Army during World War II
* **Vladimir Shamanov** (born 1957), retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV), one of the principal commanders of First Chechen War, First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Russo-Georgian War, the leading perpetrator of Alkhan-Yurt massacre
* **Vladimir Smirnov** (1849–1918), Imperial Russian Army general of the infantry who was a division, corps and field army commander, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Humin-Bolimów
* **Vladimir Stoychev** (1892-1990), Bulgarian Colonel General, one of the principal commanders of Operation Spring Awakening, Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive, Battle of Transdanubian Hills, Belgrade offensive, and Vienna offensive
* **Vladimir Sudets** (1904-1981), Soviet Air force commander, one of the principal commanders of Operation Spring Awakening and Battle of Prokhorovka
* **Vladimir Sukhomlinov** (1848–1926), Russian general of the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staff from 1908 to 1909 and the Minister of War from 1909 to 1915
* **Vladimir Sviridov** (1897-1963), Soviet military commander an artillery lieutenant general, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Krasny Bor
* **Vladimir Triandifalov** (1894-1931), Soviet military commander and theoretician considered by many to be the "father of Soviet operational art"
* **Vladimir Tributs** (1900-1977), Soviet naval commander and admiral, one of the principal commanders of Summer War, Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, Baltic operation, Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944)Eastern Front (World war II) and Leningrad strategic defensive
* **Vladimir Uzorinac**, Slovenian military officer, one of the principal commanders of Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia
* **Vladimir Vazov** (1868-1945), Bulgarian military officer, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Doiran (1917), Battle of Doiran (1918), Vardar offensive and First Balkan War
* **Vladimir Vol'skii** (1877–1937), Russian revolutionary, one of the principal commanders of Russian Civil War
* **Vladimir Yudovsky**, Soviet Bolshevik revolitionary, one of the principal commanders of Odessa Bolshevik uprising
* **Vladimir Zavadsky** (1978-2023) Major General, deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps of the Russian Navy
* **Vladimir Zhdanov** (1902-1964), Russian tank commander, one of the principal commanders of Belgrade offensive
* **Vladimir Zhoga** (1993 - 2022), Russian-Ukrainian separatist who was the commander of the Sparta Battalion, a pro-Russian separatist force, one of the principal commanders of Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, Siege of Sloviansk and Battle of Volnovakha

### Intelligence officers

* **Vladimir Dekanozov** (1898–1953), Soviet senior state security operative and diplomat, deputy chief of GUGB
* **Vladimir Kolokoltsev** (born 1961), Russian politician and police officer, General of the police, Moscow Police Commissioner and Russian Minister of Internal Affairs
* **Vladimir Kryuchkov** (1924-2007), Soviet politician and intelligence officer, Chairman of KGB, one of the principal commanders of 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
* **Vladimir Kvachkov**, Russian former Spetsnaz colonel and military intelligence officer, known for being arrested and charged for the attempted assassination
* **Vladimir Pozner Sr.** (1908-1975), Russian-Jewish émigré to the United States who spied for Soviet intelligence while employed by the US government
* **Vladimir Purishkevich** (1870-1929), far-right politician in Imperial Russia, noted for his monarchist, ultra-nationalist, antisemitic and anticommunist views, one of the officers personally involved in the killing of Grigori Rasputin, one of the principal commanders of February Revolution
* **Vladimir Semichastny** (1924–2001), Soviet politician, who served as chairman of the KGB

### Cosmonauts

* **Vladimir Aksyonov** (born 1935), former Soviet cosmonaut
* **Vladimir Dezhurov** (born 1962), Russian former cosmonaut
* **Vladimir Dzhanibekov** (born 1942), former cosmonaut
* **Vladimir Komarov** (1927–1967), Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut, commander of Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member, solo pilot of Soyuz 1 and the first human to die in a space flight
* **Vladimir Kovalyonok** (born 1942), retired Soviet cosmonaut
* **Vladimir Lyakhov** (1941–2018), Ukrainian Soviet cosmonaut
* **Vladimír Remek** (born 1948), Czech politician and diplomat and former cosmonaut and military pilot
* **Vladimir Shatalov** (1927–2021), Soviet cosmonaut
* **Vladimir Solovyov** (born 1946), former Soviet cosmonaut
* **Vladimir G. Titov** (born 1947), retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut
* **Vladimir Vasyutin** (1952–2002), Soviet cosmonaut

### Musicians

* **Vladimir Ashkenazy** (born 1937), internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer and conductor
* **Vladimir Dashkevich** (born 1934), Russian film composer
* **Vladimir Horowitz** (1903–1989), Russian-American classical pianist and composer
* **Vladimir A. Komarov** (born 1976), Russian musician, singer, songwriter, sound producer, DJ, and journalist
* **Vladimir Krakhotkin**, Russian record producer known as Evilwave
* **Vladimir de Pachmann**, Russian-German pianist
* **Vladimir Rosing** (1890–1963), Russian-born American and English operatic tenor and stage director
* **Vladimir Vysotsky** (1938–1980), Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor

### Actors and TV hosts

* **Vladimir Duthiers** (born 1969), American journalist and TV host at CBS
* **Vladimir Fogel**, Russian actor of the silent film era
* **Vladimir Mashkov** (born 1963), Russian actor and film director
* **Vladimir Solovyov** (born 1963), Russian journalist, television presenter, writer and propagandist
* **Vladimir Yeryomin**, Soviet and Russian actor, screenwriter and producer, member of the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation

### Politicians

* **Vladimir Bidyovka** (born 1981), politician from the Donbas region, who served as Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)
* **Vladimir Buzayev** (born 1951), Latvian Russian hydrogeologist, politician and Member of the 8th and 9th Saeima from For Human Rights in United Latvia
* **Vladimir Chirskov** (born 1935), Soviet politician
* **Vladimír "Vlado" Clementis** (1902-1952), was a Slovak minister, politician, lawyer, publicist, literary critic, author and a prominent member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
* **Vladimir Dedijer**, Yugoslav partisan fighter during World War II who became known as a politician, human rights activist, and historian, representative of Yugoslavia at the United Nations
* **Vladimir Horbulin** (born 1939), Ukrainian politician, Head of the Council for Foreign and Security Policy, former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, former Head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine
* **Vladimír Hučín** (born 1952), Czech political celebrity and dissident of both communist and post-communist era
* **Vladimir Kara-Murza** (born 1981), Russian opposition politician, journalist, author, and filmmaker
* **Vladimir Konstantinov**, Crimean and Russian politician serving as Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea, one of the principal commanders of Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
* **Vladimir Korolenko**, Ukrainian-born Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian of Ukrainian and Polish origin
* **Vladimir Linderman**, Latvian and Russian publicist, political dissident and opposer of Latvian independence of Jewish origin, and a member of Russia's unregistered National Bolshevik party
* **Vladimir Makei**, Belarusian politician who has served as the minister of foreign affairs of Belarus since 2012, one of the principal commanders of 2020–2021 Belarusian protests and 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis
* **Vladimir Medinsky** (born 1970), Russian political figure, academic and publicist who served as the Minister of Culture of Russia from May 2012 to January 2020
* **Vladimir Milov** (born 1972), Russian opposition, economist, associate of Alexey Navalny
* **Vladimir D. Nabokov** (1870–1922), Russian criminologist, journalist, and progressive statesman
* **Volodymyr Ohryzko** (born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine from December 18, 2007 to March 3, 2009
* **Vladimir Plahotniuc** (born 1966), Moldovan politician, businessman and philanthropist, chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova
* **Vladimir Terebilovv** (1916–2004), Soviet judge and politician
* **Vladimir Trofimov**, Ukrainian judge who was mysteriously murdered in 2012
* **Vladimir Veselica**, Croatian politician and economist
* **Vladimir Vladimirov**, Russian politician, Governor of Stavropol Krai
* **Vladimir A. Yakovlev** (born 1944), Russian politician and former governor of Saint Petersburg
* **Vladimir Yakushev** (born 1968), Russian politician serving as the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Ural Federal District
* **Vladimir Yelagin** (born 1955), Russian politician

### Literary figures

* **Vladimir Mayakovsky** (1893–1930), Soviet poet, playwright, artist, and actor
* **Vladimir Menshov** (1939-2021), Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker
* **Vladimir Nabokov** (1899–1977), Russian and American novelist, poet, translator and entomologist
* **Vladimir Oravsky** (born 1947), Swedish author and film director
* **Volodymyr Sosiura** (1898–1965) Ukrainian lyric poet, writer.
* **Vladimir Sorokin** (born 1955), Russian writer and dramatist

### Scientists

* **Vladimir Derevenko**, Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor and surgeon who served at the court of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia
* **Vladimir Hachinski**, Canadian clinical neuroscientist and researcher
* **Vladimir L. Komarov** (1869–1945), Russian botanist
* **Vladimir Kostitsyn** (born 1945), Russian geophysicist
* **Vladimir Kovalevsky**, Russian statesman, scientist and entrepreneur
* **Vladimir Vernadsky**, Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology
* **Vladimir K. Zworykin**, Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology

### Artists

* **Vladimir Makovsky** (1846–1920), Russian painter, art collector, and teacher

### Businessmen

* **Vladimir A. Antonov** (born 1975), Russian-British banker, entrepreneur and investor
* **Vladimir Potanin** (born 1961), Russian business oligarch
* **Vladimir Romanov** (born 1947), Russian-Lithuanian businessman

### Criminals

* **Vladimir Romanov** (1950-2006), Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile
### Sportsmen

* **Wladimir Balentien** (born 1984), Curaçaoan-Dutch baseball player
* **Vladimír Coufal** (born 1992), Czech footballer
* **Vladimir Dubov**, Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
* **Vladimir Guerrero** (born 1975), Dominican baseball player
* **Vladimir Guerrero Jr.** (born 1999), Canadian-Dominican baseball player
* **Wladimir Klitschko** (born 1976), Ukrainian boxer
* **Vladimir Konstantinov** (born 1967), Russian-American ice hockey player
* **Vladimir Kozlov** (born 1979), Ukrainian-American producer and wrestler
* **Vladimir Kramnik** (born 1975), Russian chess grandmaster
* **Vladimir Lutchenko**, retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League
* **Vladimir Moragrega** (born 1998), Mexican footballer
* **Vladimir Obuchov** (1935–2020), Soviet basketball coach
* **Vladimir Orlando Cardoso de Araújo Filho** (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
* **Vladimir Popov** (born 1977), Moldovan weightlifter
* **Vladimir Proskurin** (1945–2020), Russian footballer
* **Vladimir Salkov** (1937–2020), Russian footballer
* **Vladimir Sotnikov** (born 2004), Russian Paralympic swimmer
* **Vladimir Stojković**, Serbian professional footballer
* **Volodymyr Sydoernko** (born 1976) Ukrainian former Professional boxer
* **Vladimir Tarasenko** (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
### Fictional characters

* **Vladimir The Crimson Reaper**, a powerful character of the video game League of Legends
* **King Vladimir Vassily Gonereo Tristian Mangegi Fortunov**, the tyrannical ruler of Latveria who was extremely harsh to the gypsies in the Marvel Comics
* **Baron Vladimir Harkkonen**, fictional character from the Dune franchise

## References

https://www.behindthename.com/name/vladimir