Vladimir

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