The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name '' Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The Slavic given name Valery, Valeriy or Valeri derives directly from the Latin name ''Valerius''.

Given name

* Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and author * Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian hockey coach * Valery Asratyan (1958–1996), Soviet serial killer * Valery Belenky, Azerbaijani-German former Olympic artistic gymnast * Valeriy Belousov, Russian decathlete * Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian international

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* Valery Bryusov, Russian poet * Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter *

Valeri Bure Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure (; rus, Валерий Владимирович Буре, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj bʊˈrɛ; born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey Leagu ...

, Russian ice hockey player * Valery Chkalov, Russian aircraft test pilot *

Valery Gazzaev Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...

, Russian football manager *

Valery Gerasimov Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General St ...

, Russian

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, the current

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces ( militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff ( ...

of the Armed Forces of Russia, and first Deputy

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. He was appointed by President

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on 9 November 2012. Strategist who conceived the "Gerasimov doctrine" which is currently prevalent in Russian military strategy. *

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company di ...

, Ossetian-Russian

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...

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Valery Jacobi Valery Ivanovich Jacobi (russian: Валерий Иванович Якоби or Якобий; , Kudryakovo, Kazan Governorate, Russia - 13 May 1902, Nice, France) was a Russian painter Valery Karasyov Valery Nikolayevich Karasyov (russian: Валерий Николаевич Карасёв; born 23 September 1946) is a retired Russian gymnast. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in t ...

, former Olympic artistic gymnast * Valeri Karpin, Russian football player * Valeri Kharlamov, Russian former Olympic hockey player * Valery Kerdemelidi, former Olympic artistic gymnast * Valery Khodemchuk (1951–1986), Soviet engineer and first victim of the Chernobyl Disaster * Valery Kipelov, Russian heavy metal singer and composer (former member of Aria (band) and current leader of Kipelov bands) * Valeri Kois, Estonian politician * Valery Larbaud, French author * Valery Legasov, Russian scientist. He was the chief of the investigation committee of the

Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor, reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainia ...

. * Valery Leontiev, Russian pop singer *

Valery Likhodey Valery Vitalevich Likhodey (alternative spelling: Valerii Likhodei) (russian: link=no, Валерий Витальевич Лиходей; born 23 October 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player for BC Astana of the Kazakhstan Basketball ...

, Russian basketball player * Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-American former Olympic artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Father of Nastia Liukin *

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...

, Ukrainian football manager * Valery Meladze, Russian pop singer * Valery Mezhlauk, Latvian-German and former Chairman of GOSPLAN from 1934 to 1937 *

Valeri Nichushkin Valeri Ivanovich Nichushkin (russian: Валерий Иванович Ничушкин; born March 4, 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He w ...

, Russian NHL hockey player * Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress * Valeri Polyakov, Russian former

Cosmonaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

* Valery Postnikov, former Russian hockey player and coach * Valery Ponomarev, Ukrainian jazz musician * Valery Perevozchenko, Soviet engineer * Valeri Qazaishvili, Georgian international footballer * Valery Rozov, former Russian BASE jumper * Valery Shary, Belarusian Olympic champion weightlifter * Valery Sigalevitch, Russian pianist * Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer *

Valeriy Syutkin Valeriy Miladovich Syutkin (russian: Вале́рий Миладович Сю́ткин; born March 22, 1958, in Moscow) is a Russian singer and musician, best known as the vocalist and songwriter for the rock-n-roll band "Bravo". Syutkin is an ...

, Russian singer * Valery Todorovsky, Russian film director * Valeri Zolotukhin, Russian actor

Surname

* Carl Valeri, Australian footballer * Diego Valeri, Argentinian football player * Edmond Valléry Gressier, French lawyer * Franca Valeri, Italian actress * François Valéry, French singer-songwriter and composer * Jean Joseph Valéry (1828–1879), French businessman, diplomat and senator. *

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mu ...

, French author

Fictional characters

*Valery, a character in ''

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'' played by

Vitali Baganov Vitali Aleksandrovich Baganov (russian: Виталий Александрович Баганов; born 6 September 1952) is a Russian actor of film and television currently based in the United States who guest starred as Valery the Russian gangste ...

. Valery was a member of the Russian mob and acquainted with Tony Soprano.

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* Valleri, a song performed by The Monkees

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