Vladimir
Vladimir may refer to:
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Names
- Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
- Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
- Volodymyr for the Ukrainian version of the name
- Włodzimierz (given name) for the Polish version of the name
- Valdemar for the Germanic version of the name
- Wladimir for an alternative spelling of the name
Places
- Vladimir, Russia, a city in Russia
- Vladimir Oblast, a federal subject of Russia
- Vladimir-Suzdal, a medieval principality
- Vladimir, Ulcinj, a village in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro
- Vladimir, Gorj, a commune in Gorj County, Romania
- Vladimir, a village in Goiești Commune, Dolj County, Romania
- Vladimir (river), a tributary of the Gilort in Gorj County, Romania
- Volodymyr (city), a city in Ukraine
Religious leaders
- Metropolitan Vladimir (disambiguation), multiple
- Jovan Vladimir (d. 1016), ruler of Doclea and a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Musicians
- Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989), a Russian American legendary classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937–), a Russian-Icelandic renowned classical pianist and conductor
Nobles
- Vladimir of Bulgaria (fl. 889–893), King of Bulgaria
- Vladimir I of Kiev (Vladimir the Great, 980–1015), medieval ruler of Kievan Rus
- Vladimir II Monomakh (1053–1125), Veliky Knyaz of Kievan Rus, 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 of Novgorod (1020–1052), Prince of Novgorod
- Vladimir III Rurikovich (1187–1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl, Smolensk and Grand Prince of Kiev
- Vladimir of Staritsa (1533–1569), Appanage Prince of Russia, cousin to Tsar Ivan the Terrible
Political and military leaders
- Vladimir the Bold (1353–1410), commander of the Muscovite armies in the 14th century
- Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), pseudonym of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first leader of the Soviet Union
- Vladimir Putin (b. 1952), current President of the Russian Federation
Athletes
- Vladimir González (b. 1978), a Colombian road cyclist
- Vladimir Guerrero (b. 1976), a baseball player
- Vladimir Latocha (b. 1973), a French breaststroke swimmer
- Vladimir Núñez (b. 1975), a Cuban Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Vladimir Timoshinin (b. 1970), a Russian diver
- Vladimir Parfyonov (b. 1970), an Uzbekistani javelin thrower
- Vladimir Popov (weightlifter) (b. 1977), a Moldovan weightlifter
- Vladimir Portnoi (b. 1931), a Soviet Olympic silver and bronze medalist in gymnastics
- Vladimir Orlando Cardoso de Araújo Filho (b. 1989), a Brazilian footballer
- Oleg Prudius (a.k.a. Vladimir Kozlov) (b. 1972), a Ukrainian professional wrestler
- Vladimir Vujovic (b. 1982), a Montenegrin footballer who played for Bhayangkara F.C.
Fictional characters
- Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), also known as Vladimir "Albert" and "Didi", a character in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
- Vovochka, diminutive form of Vladimir, common character in Russian jokes
- 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
- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, character from Dune
Actors, writers, poets
- Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (1938–1980), an actor, poet, bard, and writer
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899–1977), a multilingual Russian novelist
- Vladimir Oravsky (b. 1947), a multilingual Slovak novelist
Artists
- Vladimír Havlík (b. 1959), a Czech action artist
- Vladimir Kush (b. 1965), a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor
Ships
- Vladimir (ship, 1848) Imperial Russian Navy ship
See also
- Vlad
- Vladimirov
- Vladimirovka (disambiguation)
- Vladimirsky (disambiguation)
- Vladimirovsky
- Hvaldimir, a beluga whale found in Norway
- Vlademir (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
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