Vladimir Kramnik (1946-present) is a Chess Grandmaster hailing from Russia. He held the title for Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 - 2006, and the invincible World Chess Champion title from 2006 - 2007.
Vladimir Komarov was a Soviet cosmonaut who died in 1967, when the chutes failed on the Soyuz-1 spacecraft. He is known as the first person to die during a space mission.
Vladimir Romanyuk is a Russian programmer. He is the developer of the 2019 space simulation game SpaceEngine.
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Vladimir Tod is the main character in the book series "The Chronicles Of Vladimir Tod." Vladimir Tod is a vampire, of course. (My edgy, goth side really likes the series though.)
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is a Russian politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He is fiercely nationalist and has been described as "a showman of Russian politics, blending populist and nationalist rhetoric, anti-Western invective and a brash, confrontational style". His views have sometimes been described as fascist.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the current President of the Russian Federation, holding the office since 7 May 2012. He was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000, President from 2000 to 2008, and again Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012. During his second term as Prime Minister, he was the Chairman of the ruling United Russia Party.
Vladimir Borisovich Gabulov is a Russian-Ossetic association footballer who plays goalkeeper. He was part of Russia's Euro 2008 squad as the third choice goalkeeper.
Vladimir Ranskahov in the 2015 Netflix 'Daredevil' series. Along with his brother Anatoly, he heads the Russian mob in Hell's Kitchen. He is portrayed by Nikolai Nikolaeff.
David Burliuk (1882-1967) and Vladimir (1886-1916) were Russian painter brothers. There was another brother Nikolai (1890-1920) and two sisters: Lyudmila and Nadezhda.
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Love this name! Character Vladimir Todd from the Vladimir Todd series has this name, an he is a vampire. The original Count Dracula, Vlad the impaler of Romania also has this name.
I noticed a lot of people think this name is rather vampiric, so on a side note Vladimir is the name of one of the Romanian vampires in Stephenie Meyer's book Breaking Dawn.
Vladimir Putin is, as of this moment, the president of Russia. His term expires on May 7th, 2008.Vladimir was also the first name of renowned Russian revolutionary leader Lenin. His real name was Vladimir Ulyanov.
A famous bearer of the name is Vlad Topalov, of the Russian band SMASH!
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Vladimir is the Christian name of a Bulgarian king ("êíÿç Âëàäèìèð", with the Pagan name of Hrasate) who ruled Bulgaria between 889 and 893, soon after the convertion of Bulgarians into Christianity and long before the Russian king Vladimir (980-1015) who was later canonozed as Saint Vladimir.
Vladimir Horowitz is a famous bearer. He was a great pianist; born in Ukraine, he played in Russia from 1920, but then left the country in 1925. He had a unique career, and he died in New York in 1989.
Vladimir Holstinin (Владимир Холстинин) plays the guitar with the Russian heavy metal group Aria (Ария).
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Vladimir Voronin is the current president of Moldova.
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Vladimir, or Di-di, was one of the two main characters in Samuel Beckett's tragi-comedy "Waiting for Godot". "Godot" can also be described as an absurdist play.