Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is

Vladimir of Bulgaria Vladimir-Rasate () was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 889 to 893. Biography In 853 or 854, the Bulgar Army led by Vladimir, the son of Boris I of Bulgaria, invaded Serbia in an attempt to exact vengeance for the previous defeat of ...

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Etymology

The

Old East Slavic Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian) was a language (or a group of dialects) used by the East Slavs from the 7th or 8th century to the 13th or 14th century, until it diverged into the Russian language, Russian and Ruthenian language ...

form of the name is Володимѣръ ''Volodiměr'', while the

Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic ( ) is the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language and the oldest extant written Slavonic language attested in literary sources. It belongs to the South Slavic languages, South Slavic subgroup of the ...

form is ''Vladiměr''. According to

Max Vasmer Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer (; ; 28 February 1886 – 30 November 1962) was a Russian and German linguist. He studied problems of etymology in Indo-European, Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages and worked on the history of Slavic, Baltic, ...

, the name is composed of Slavic владь ''vladĭ'' "to rule" and ''*mēri'' "great", "famous" (related to Gothic element ''mērs'', ''-mir'', cf. Theode''mir'', Vala''mir''). The modern ( pre-1918) Russian forms Владимиръ and Владиміръ are based on the Church Slavonic one, with the replacement of мѣръ by миръ or міръ resulting from a folk etymological association with миръ "peace" or міръ "world".

, ''Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language'' s.v. "Владимир"
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The Bolshevik reform of Russian spelling in 1918 abolished the orthographic distinction between миръ (peace) and міръ (universe, world): both are now spelled as мир, so the name came to be spelled Владимир. Its Germanic relative, Waldemar, almost exactly shares the same meaning with the name

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

History

The earliest known record of this name was the name of Vladimir-Rasate (died 893), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire. Vladimir-Rasate was the second Bulgarian ruler following the Christianization of Bulgaria and the introduction of

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 name Vladimir also gave rise to an East Slavic adaptation, ''Vladimir'' () or ''Volodimir'' (). Following the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in 988 during the reign of

Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (; Christian name: ''Basil''; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox ...

, the name Vladimir, along with other pagan names, was gradually replaced with Christian names, although the name Vladimir retained its popularity within the princely family in the following centuries. 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 II 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

one using the vocalism ''Vladi-'' and the

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 ''Vladimir'' (Владимиръ) (probably pronounced as ''Volodymyr'') persists in the Ukrainian form '' Volodymyr'' (Володимир), borrowed into Slovak ''Volodymýr''. Historical diminutive forms include: 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, Volodechka etc.), Vova (and diminutives: Vovka, Vovochka, etc.), Vovchik, 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, is sometimes traced to

Valdemar I of Denmark Valdemar I Knudsen (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great (), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his s ...

(1131–1182) named after his Russian maternal grandfather, Vladimir II Monomakh.Ф.Б. Успенский
"ИМЯ И ВЛАСТЬ (Выбор имени как инструмент династической борьбы в средневековой Скандинавии)"
In: ''Фольклор и постфольклор: структура, типология, семиотика''

The Germanic name is reflected in Latvian Voldemārs and Finnic ( 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''. Wladimir for an alternative spelling of the name.

People with the name

Royalty

:''Ordered chronologically'' *

(), Knyaz (king) of

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

(c. 958–1015), prince of Novgorod, grand Prince of

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, and ruler of

Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...

* Vladimir of Novgorod (1020–1052), Prince of Novgorod * Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125), Grand Prince of

, prince of Kiev; also ruled in Rostov and Suzdal * Vladimir II Mstislavich (1132–1173), Prince of Dorogobuzh, Vladimir, and Volyn, Slutsk, Tripolye and Grand Prince of Kiev * Vladimir III Rurikovich (1187–1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl, Smolensk and Grand Prince of Kiev * 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 Staritsa (1533–1569), Appanage Prince of Russia, cousin to Tsar Ivan the Terrible * Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847–1909) * Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1917–1992)

Presidents and prime ministers

* Vladimir Ivashko (1932-1994), Soviet Ukrainian politician,

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. was the Party leader, leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1924 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, country's dissoluti ...

and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic * Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853–1943), Russian politician, prime minister of

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

from 1911 to 1914 * Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary, head of the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...

, founder and first leader of the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

* Vladimír Mečiar (born 1942), Slovak politician who served as the

prime minister of Slovakia The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak language, Slovak: ''Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky''), commonly referred to in Slovakia as ''Predseda vlády'' or informally as ''Prem ...

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). *

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...

(born 1952), current

president of Russia The president of Russia, officially the president of the Russian Federation (), is the executive head of state of Russia. The president is the chair of the State Council (Russia), Federal State Council and the President of Russia#Commander-in-ch ...

and former prime minister. * Vladimir Špidla (born 1951), Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic * Vladimir Vasilyev (politician) (born 1949), Russian politician and Head of the Republic of Dagestan *

Vladimir Voronin Vladimir Voronin (; born Vladimir Bujeniță, 25 May 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the leader of the Party of ...

(born 1941), former president of Moldova

Religious figures

* Metropolitan Vladimir (disambiguation) * Vladimir Bogoyavlensky (1848–1918), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna between 1898 and 1912, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga between 1912 and 1915, and Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich between 1915 and 1918 * Vladimir Gundyayev (born 1946), known as Patriarch Kirill of Moscowm

Russian Orthodox The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...

bishop, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and

Primate Primates is an order (biology), order of mammals, which is further divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and Lorisidae, lorisids; and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include Tarsiiformes, tarsiers a ...

of the Russian Orthodox Church

Military leaders

* Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko (1883–1938), Ukrainian Bolshevik leader and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of October Revolution, Ukraine Offensive (1919) and Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War * 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 Baer (1853-1905), Russian captain of the Russo-Japanese War * Vladimir Boldyrev (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 World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, 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 Dobrovolsky (1834-1877), Russian general of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) * 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 Kondić (1863-1940), Serbian general of World War I * Vladimir Kotlinsky (1894–1915), Russian Second Lieutenant of World War I * Vladimir Lazarević (born 1949), Serbian general and convicted war criminal, one of the principal commanders of Kosovo War * 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 and People's Deputy of the USSR * 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 Miklukha (1853–1905), Russian captain of the Russo-Japanese War * Vladimir Shamanov (born 1957), retired Russian colonel general, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops, one of the principal commanders of the

First Chechen War The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the invading Russia, Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. After a mutually agreed on treaty ...

, First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Russo–Georgian War, the leading perpetrator of Alkhan-Yurt massacre * Vladimir Stoychev (1892–1990), Bulgarian general in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

* Vladimir Sukhomlinov (1848–1926) Russian general of the Imperial Russian Army, Chief of the General Staff and Minister of War * Vladimir Triandafillov (1894-1931), Soviet military commander and theoretician considered by many to be the "father of Soviet operational art" * Vladimir Tributs (1900-1977), Soviet admiral * Vladimir Vazov (1868–1945), Bulgarian general in the Balkan Wars and the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

* Vladimir Vol'skii (1877–1937), Russian revolutionary, one of the principal commanders of

Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...

* Vladimir Zaimov (1888–1942), Bulgarian general and Soviet spy * Vladimir Zhoga (1993–2022), Russian-Ukrainian separatist who commanded the Sparta Battalion, a pro-Russian separatist force

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 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 Semichastny (1924–2001), Soviet politician, who served as chairman of the KGB

Cosmonauts

* Vladimir Aksyonov (1935–2024), 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, cosmonaut and the first person to die in a space flight * Vladimir Kovalyonok (born 1942), Soviet retired 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 (cosmonaut) (born 1946), former Soviet cosmonaut * Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut) (born 1947), retired Russian Air Force colonel and former cosmonaut * Vladimir Vasyutin (1952–2002), Soviet cosmonaut

Musicians

* Vladimir Ashkenazy (born 1937), pianist, chamber music performer and conductor * Vladimir Djambazov (born 1954), Bulgarian composer and horn player * Vladimir Feltsman (born 1952), Russian musician * Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989), Russian-American classical pianist and composer * Vladimir Andreyevich Komarov (born 1976), Russian musician, singer, songwriter, sound producer, DJ, and journalist * Vladimir Kranjčević (1936–2020), Croatian musician, conductor, pianist, and pedagogue * Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist * Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. (born 1968), Soviet and Russian singer, musician, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and actor * Vladimir Rosing (1890–1963), Russian-born American and English operatic tenor and stage director * Vladimír Válek (1935–2025), Czech conductor and educator * 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 Kozlov (born 1972), Ukrainian actor and professional wrestler * Vladimir Mashkov (born 1963), Russian actor and film director * Vladimir Solovyov (TV presenter) (born 1963), Russian journalist, television presenter, writer and propagandist * Vladimir Yeryomin (actor), Soviet and Russian actor, screenwriter and producer * Vladimir Karamazov (born 1979), Bulgarian actor, producer and photographer

Politicians

* Vladimir Chirskov (born 1935), Soviet politician * Vladimir Dedijer, Yugoslav partisan fighter during World War II who became known as a politician, human rights activist, and historian, representative of

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

at the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

* 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 (politician), Crimean and Russian politician, Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea, one of the principal commanders of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation * Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian-born Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian * Vladimir Makei, Belarusian politician who has served as the minister of foreign affairs of Belarus since 2012 * Vladimir Medinsky (born 1970), Russian political figure, academic and publicist who served as the Minister of Culture of Russia * Vladimir Milov (born 1972),

Russian opposition Opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, commonly referred to as the Russian opposition, can be divided between the parliamentary opposition parties in the State Duma and the various Non-system opposition, non-systemi ...

, economist, associate of

Alexei Navalny Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (, ; 4 June 197616 February 2024) was a Russian Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, opposition leader, anti-corruption in Russia, corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Found ...

* Vladimir D. Nabokov (1870–1922), Russian criminologist, journalist, and progressive statesman * Vladimir Plahotniuc (born 1966), Moldovan politician, businessman and philanthropist, chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova * Vladimir Terebilov (1916–2004), Soviet judge and politician * Vladimir Tsyganko (1886/1887–1938), Bessarabian and Soviet politician * Vladimir Veselica, Croatian politician and economist * Vladimir Vladimirov (politician), Russian politician, Governor of Stavropol Krai * Vladimir Yakovlev (politician) (born 1944), Russian politician and former governor of

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

* Vladimir Yakushev (born 1968), Russian politician serving as the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Ural Federal District * Vladimir Yelagin (born 1955), Russian politician

Writers

* Vladimir Cavarnali (1910–1966), Romanian poet and editor * Vladimir Duthiers (born 1969), American journalist * 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 Nazor (1876-1949), Croatian poet * Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947), Czechoslovakian-born Swedish author and film director * Vladimir Sorokin (born 1955), Russian writer and dramatist * Vladimir Vidrić (1875-1909), Croatian poet

Scientists and engineers

* Vladimir Hachinski, Canadian clinical neuroscientist and researcher * Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (1869–1945), Russian botanist * Vladimir Kostitsyn (born 1945), Russian geophysicist * Vladimir Kovalevsky, Russian statesman, scientist and entrepreneur * Vladimir Shkodrov (1930–2010), Bulgarian astronomer * Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), Russian mineralogist and geochemist * Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology

Artists

* Vladimir Becić (1886–1954), Croatian painter and photographer * Vladimir Dimitrov (1882–1960), Bulgarian painter, draughtsman and teacher * Vladimír Havlík (born 1959), Czech action artist * Vladimir Kush (born 1965), Russian-born American painter, jewelry designer, and sculptor * Vladimir Makovsky (1846–1920), Russian painter, art collector, and teacher

Sportsmen

* Vladimir Arabadzhiev (born 1984), Bulgarian racing driver * Vladimír Coufal (born 1992), Czech footballer * Vladimir Dubov, Bulgarian freestyle wrestler * Vladimir Gadzhev (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer * Vladimir González (born 1978), Colombian road cyclist * Vladimir Guerrero (born 1975), Dominican baseball player * Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (born 1999), Canadian-Dominican baseball player * Vladimir Iliev (born 1987), Bulgarian biathlete * Vladimir Konstantinov (born 1967), Russian-American ice hockey player * Vladimir Kozlov (born 1979), Ukrainian-American producer and wrestler * Vladimir Latocha (born 1973), a French breaststroke swimmer * Vladimir Lutchenko, retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League * Vladimir Moragrega (born 1998), Mexican footballer * Vladimir Nikolov (volleyball) (born 1977), Bulgarian volleyball player * Vladimir Nunez (born 1975), Cuban baseball pitcher * Vladimir Obuchov (1935–2020), Soviet basketball coach * Vladimir Orlando Cardoso de Araújo Filho (born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Vladimir Parfyonov (born 1970), an Uzbekistani javelin thrower * Vladimir Popov (weightlifter) (born 1977), Moldovan weightlifter * Vladimir Portnoi (1931–1984), Soviet gymnast * Vladimir Proskurin (1945–2020), Russian footballer * Vladimir Salkov (1937–2020), Russian footballer * Vladimir Sotnikov (born 2004), Russian Paralympic swimmer * Vladimir Stojković, Serbian professional footballer * Vladimir Tarasenko (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player * Vladimir Timoshinin (born 1970), Russian diver * Vladimir Vujović (footballer, born 1982) Montenegrin footballer * Vladimir Zagorodniy (born 1983), Ukrainian road bicycle racer

Others

* Vladimir Derevenko, Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor and surgeon who served at the court of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia * Vladimír Hrinčár, co-developer of Beat Saber * Vladimir Kramnik (born 1975), Russian chess grandmaster * Vladimir Petkov (born 1971), Bulgarian chess grandmaster * Vladimir Potanin (born 1961), Russian business oligarch * Vladimir Socor (born 1945), Romanian-American political analyst of East European affairs for the Jamestown Foundation and its ''Eurasia Daily Monitor'' * Vladimir Tenev (born 1987), Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and billionaire

Fictional characters

* Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), also known as Vladimir "Albert" and "Didi", a character in Samuel Beckett's ''Waiting for Godot'' * Vladimir, a character from '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' * Vladimir "Uncle Vlad" Glebov, character from '' GTA IV'' * Vladimir Makarov, character from '' Call of Duty'' * Vladimir DeMordrey, character from ''

Sacred Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects ( ...

'' * Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, character from ''Dune''

References

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