Namesakes
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Wassily Kandinsky (a.k.a. Vasiliy) 1866-1944 
Notable Athletes:
1 chess
(chess) Vasiliy Smyslov 1921-2010
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze, 1 gold
(gold) Vasiliy Rudenkov 1960 hammer throw
(bronze) Vasiliy Khmelevskiy 1972 hammer throw
(bronze) Vasiliy Kaptyukh 1996 discus throw
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
4 dukes, 1 tsar
Duke Vasiliy 1272-1277
Duke Vasiliy I 1389-1425
Duke Vasiliy II 1425-1462
Duke Vasiliy III 1505-1533
Tsar Vasiliy IV 1606-1610