Valdis

Valdis is a Latvian language masculine given name. It is derived from two possible sources; from the Latvian word valdīt ("rule") or as a shortened form of Valdemārs, the Latvian form of Waldemar. Valdis may refer to the following:
 * Valdis Birkavs (born 1942), Latvian politician and Prime Minister of Latvia
 * Valdis Celms (born 1943), Latvian artist and neopagan leader
 * Valdis Dombrovskis (born 1971), Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (2009–2013)
 * Valdis Ģīlis (born 1954), Latvian politician
 * Valdis Mintals (born 1979), Estonian figure skater
 * Valdis Muižnieks (1935–2013), Latvian basketball player
 * Valdis Muktupāvels (born 1958), Latvian ethnomusicologist, composer, musician and teacher
 * Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 1950), Icelandic film editor
 * Valdis Pelšs (born 1967), Latvian-born Russian television personality, musical artist and actor
 * Valdis Pultraks (1922–1972), Latvian footballer
 * Valdis Valters (born 1957), Latvian basketball player
 * Valdis Zatlers (born 1955), Latvian politician, President of Latvia (2007–2011)
 * Valdis Zeps (1932–1996), Latvian-American linguist and professor