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Vladimir may refer to:

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

See also

• Vlad
• Vladimirov
• Vladimirovka (disambiguation)
• Vladimirsky (disambiguation)
• Vladimirovsky
• Hvaldimir, a beluga whale found in Norway
• Vlademir (born 1979), Brazilian footballer