Leadership

• Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (born 1870, died 1924)

  Leader of Russian Communist revolution

  • The head of the first Soviet government (see list of Twenty people who helped define the political and social fabric of the 20th century)
• Vladimir Valdimirovich Putin (born 1952)

  Russian KGB agent and politician

  • Acting President of Russia, 2000- (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Vladimir Horowitz (born 1903, died 1989)

  Russian-born American pianist.

  • 1986 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Vladimir Aksenov

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 22 (1976), Soyuz T-2 (1980) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Dezhurov (born 1962)

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-21 (1995) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Dzhanibekov

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz missions 27 (1978), 39 (1981), T-6 (1982), T-12 (1984), and T-13 (1985) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Haensel
  • 1973 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Vladimir M. Komarov

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Voskhod 1 (1964), Soyuz 1 (1967); killed when parachute failed on re-entry (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Kovalyonok
  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 25 (1977), Soyuz 29 (1978), Soyuz T-4 (1981) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Lyakhov

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 32 (1979), Soyuz T-9 (1983), Soyuz TM-6 (1988) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Prelog

  Yugoslavian-born Swiss scientist known for his work in stereochemistry.

  • 1975 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with John Cornforth (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Vladimir Remek

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 28 (1978) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir A. Shatalov

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), Soyuz 10 (1971) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Solovyev

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-15 (1986) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Solovyov

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-10B (1984) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir G. Titov (born 1947)

  Russian cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-8 (1983), Soyuz TM-4 (1987), Discovery (1995), Atlantis (1997) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Vasyutin

  Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Astronaut on Soyuz T-14 (1985) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Vladimir Zworykin (born 1889, died 1982)

  Russian-born American engineer who invented the first all-electronic television set.

  • 1966 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Vladimir Artemov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1988 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Individual All Around (see list of Gold Medalists in the Individual All-around)
  • 1988 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bars (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)
• Vladimir Golovanov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1964 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 90kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
• Vladimir Golubnichi

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1960, 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 20km Walk (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Vladimir Kiselev

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Shot Put (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Vladimir Kouts

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m and 10,000m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Vladimir Kovalev
  • 1977, 1979 World Figure Skating champion (see list of World Figure Skating Champions)
• Vladimir Melanin

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1964 Olympic Nordic skiing gold medal winner for 20km Biathlon (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Cross-country Skiing)
• Vladimir Salnikov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1980, 1988 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 1500m Freestyle; 1980 gold medal winner for 400m Freestyle (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Freestyle Swimming)
• Vladimir Smirnov

  Kazakhstanian athlete.

  • 1994 Olympic Nordic skiing gold medal winner for 50km Cross-country (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Cross-country Skiing)
• Vladimir Vasin

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1972 Olympic gold medal winner for Springboard Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Springboard Diving)

Stage and Screen

• Vladimir Horowitz (born 1903, died 1989)

  Russian-born American pianist.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Vladimir Mayakovsky (born 1893, died 1930)

  Russian poet.

  • Wrote ''''The Cloud in Trousers'''' (see list of Poets of the 20th Century)
• Vladimir Nabokov (born 1899, died 1977)

  Russian-American novelist.

  • Wrote Lolita (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)