The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''
Valerius
The gens Valeria was a patrician family at ancient Rome, prominent from the very beginning of the Republic to the latest period of the Empire. Publius Valerius Poplicola was one of the consuls in 509 BC, the year that saw the overthrow of th ...
''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The Slavic given name Valery, Valeriy or Valeri derives directly from the Latin name ''Valerius''.
Given name
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Valery Afanassiev
Valery Afanassiev (russian: Валерий Павлович Афанасьев, ''Valerij Pavlovič Afanasiev''; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor.
Life
Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at ...
, Russian pianist and author
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Valery V. Afanasyev
Valery V. Afanasyev (born September 3, 1976) is a Russian ice hockey coach. During 1994–1996 he participated in the Russian hockеy championship under H. C. Izhorets, Saint Petersburg (major league). He also participated in other hockеy l ...
, Russian hockey coach
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Valery Asratyan
Valery Georgievich Asratyan ( hy, Վալերի Հասրաթյան, russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Асратя́н, c. 1958 – 1996) was a Soviet suspected serial killer, convicted for the killing of two women in Moscow between ...
(1958–1996), Soviet serial killer
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Valery Belenky
Valeri Vladimirovich Belenki (russian: Валерий Владимирович Беленький, german: Valeri Belenki; born 5 September 1969) is a retired Azerbaijani artistic gymnast who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Career ...
, Azerbaijani-German former Olympic
artistic gymnast
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
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Valeriy Belousov
Valeriy Belousov (russian: Валерий Белоусов; born January 22, 1970 in Volgograd) is a retired male decathlete from Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and ...
, Russian decathlete
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Valeri Bojinov
Valeri Emilov Bojinov ( bg, Валери Емилов Божинов, ; born 15 February 1986) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Throughout his career, Bojinov has played for seventeen different clubs during his ...
, Bulgarian international
footballer
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Valery Bryusov
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov ( rus, Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf, a=Valyeriy Yakovlyevich Bryusov.ru.vorb.oga; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, drama ...
, Russian poet
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Valeri Bukrejev
Valeri Bukrejev (born June 15, 1964 in Tallinn) is a retired Estonian pole vaulter.
He finished seventh at the 1993 World Championships, eighth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships in a new Estonian indoor record of 5.60 metres and fourth a ...
, Estonian pole vaulter
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Valeri Bure
Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure (; rus, Валерий Владимирович Буре, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj bʊˈrɛ; born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League ( ...
, Russian ice hockey player
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Valery Chkalov
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Early life
Chkalov was bo ...
, Russian aircraft test pilot
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Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...
, Russian football manager
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Valery Gerasimov
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General Sta ...
, Russian
General
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
, the current
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff.
List
* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Afg ...
of the
Armed Forces of Russia
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...
, and first Deputy
Defence Minister
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
. He was appointed by
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
on 9 November 2012. Strategist who conceived the "Gerasimov doctrine" which is currently prevalent in Russian military strategy.
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Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...
,
president of the French Republic
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is ...
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Valery Jacobi
Valery Ivanovich Jacobi (russian: Валерий Иванович Якоби or Якобий; , Kudryakovo, Kazan Governorate, Russia - 13 May 1902, Nice, France) was a Russian painterValery Karasyov, former Olympic artistic gymnast
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Valeri Karpin
Valery Georgiyevich Karpin (russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; born 2 February 1969) is a football manager and former player who manages FC Rostov and the Russian national team. He is a former midfielder, primarily a r ...
, Russian football player
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Valeri Kharlamov
The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...
, Russian former Olympic hockey player
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Valery Kerdemelidi
Valery Panayotovich Kerdemelidi (russian: Валерий Панайотович Кердемелиди; born 18 July 1938) is a retired artistic gymnast from Russia. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and wo ...
, former Olympic artistic gymnast
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Valery Khodemchuk
Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk ( uk, Валерій Ілліч Ходемчук; russian: Валерий Ильич Ходемчук; 24 March 195126 April 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl ...
(1951–1986), Soviet engineer and first victim of the Chernobyl Disaster
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Valery Kipelov
Valery Alexandrovich Kipelov (Russian: Валерий Александрович Кипелов; born July 12, 1958) is a Russian musician and composer who was the vocalist and a founding member of heavy metal band Aria. Since 2002, Kipelov lea ...
, Russian heavy metal singer and composer (former member of
Aria (band)
Aria (russian: Ария, Ariya) is a Russian heavy metal music, heavy metal band that was formed in 1985 in Moscow. Although it was not the first Soviet band to play heavy music, Aria was the first to break through to mainstream media and comm ...
and current leader of
Kipelov
Kipelov ( rus, Кипе́лов) is a Russian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed and led by former Aria (band), Aria vocalist Valery Kipelov.
Origins
In 2002, dissension in the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Aria (band), Aria led to ...
bands)
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Valeri Kois
Valeri Kois (born 10 June 1950, Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, most notable for voting for the Estonian restoration of Independence.
He was born in Tallinn, but moved to Leningrad Oblast at an early age, where he graduated from the Institute ...
, Estonian politician
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Valery Larbaud
Valery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer and poet.
Life
He was born in Vichy, the only child of a pharmacist. His father died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his mother and aunt. His father had been owner ...
, French author
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Valery Legasov
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (russian: Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; 1 September 1936 – 27 April 1988) was a Soviet and Russian inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He is now ma ...
, Russian scientist. He was the chief of the investigation committee of the
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuc ...
.
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Valery Leontiev
Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (russian: link=no, Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s. He was titled a ...
, Russian pop singer
* Valery Likhodey, Russian basketball player
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Valeri Liukin
Valeri Viktorovich Liukin (russian: Валерий Викторович Люкин; born 17 December 1966 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet-born Russian-American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. As a competitor ...
, Kazakh-American former Olympic artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Father of
Nastia Liukin
Anastasia "Nastia" Liukin (; russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина ; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-born American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic All-Around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, ...
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Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
, Ukrainian football manager
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Valery Meladze
Valerian Shotayevich Meladze, ka, ვალერიან შოთას ძე მელაძე (born 23 June 1965), known professionally as Valery Meladze , is a Georgian singer and a Meritorious Artist of Russia. He is the brother of c ...
, Russian pop singer
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Valery Mezhlauk
Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk (russian: Вале́рий Ива́нович Межла́ук; lv, Valērijs Mežlauks) (1893–1938) was a government and party official in the Soviet Union during the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best re ...
, Latvian-German and former Chairman of
GOSPLAN
The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( rus, Госплан, , ɡosˈpɫan),
was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of ...
Valery Ortiz
Valery Milagros Ortiz (born August 1, 1984) is a Puerto Rican actress and model. She has appeared in various television series including ''South of Nowhere'' (2005–2008), '' Diary of a Single Mom'' (2009–2011), '' Hit the Floor'' (2013–2016 ...
, Puerto Rican actress
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Valeri Polyakov
Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, russian: Валерий Иванович Коршунов, 27 April 1942 – 7 September 2022) was a Soviet and Rus ...
, Russian former
Cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
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Valery Postnikov
Valery Viktorovich Postnikov (russian: Валepий Викторович Постников; 19 July 1945 – 3 February 2016) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach including :ru:Заслуженный тренер, Honored Coach o ...
, former Russian hockey player and coach
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Valery Ponomarev
Valery Ponomarev, Russian: Вале́рий Миха́йлович Пономарёв, ''Valery Mikhaylovich Ponomaryov'', (born 1943) is a Russian-born jazz trumpeter. He has lived in the United States since 1973.
Ponomarev became interested in j ...
, Ukrainian jazz musician
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Valery Perevozchenko
The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name '' Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The ...
, Soviet engineer
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Valeri Qazaishvili
The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...
, Georgian international footballer
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Valery Rozov
Valery Vladimirovich Rozov (December 26, 1964 – November 11, 2017) was a Russian BASE jumper, who became known for jumping from the world's highest summits. He currently holds the record for highest BASE jump in the world.
Notable jumps
;22 ...
Valery Shary
Valery Shary ( be, Валерый Пятровіч Шарый, born 2 January 1947) is a former Belarusian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.
Biography
He was born in Chervyen.
Shary won a gold medal at th ...
, Belarusian Olympic champion weightlifter
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Valery Sigalevitch
Valery Sigalevitch (Russian: Валерий Львович Сигалевич, ''Valerij Lvovič Sigalevič''; born 1950) is a Russian classical concert pianist.
Biography
Sigalevitch was born in Simferopol, Crimea. His father Lev Sigalevitch was ...
, Russian pianist
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Valeriy Sydorenko
Valeriy Petrovych Sydorenko (born 23 September 1976) is a Ukrainian former amateur boxer. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Olympics and later won the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
He is the twin brother of Volodymyr S ...
Valery Todorovsky
Valery Petrovich Todorovsky (russian: Вале́рий Петро́вич Тодоро́вский; born 9 May 1962, in
Odessa) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, TV producer whose best known film is '' Hipsters'' (2008). He is the son of ...
, Russian film director
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Valeri Zolotukhin
Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin (russian: link=no, Валерий Сергеевич Золотухин, 21 June 1941 – 30 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor who performed at the Taganka Theatre which he also headed between ...
, Russian actor
Surname
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Carl Valeri Carl may refer to:
*Carl, Georgia, city in USA
*Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
*Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name
*Carl², a TV series
* "Carl", an episode of tel ...
,
Australian
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
footballer
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Diego Valeri
Diego Hernán Valeri (born 1 May 1986) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
From 2013 to 2021, Valeri played for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers, and is regarded as one of the league' ...
, Argentinian football player
*
Edmond Valléry Gressier
Edmond Valléry Gressier (21 December 1813, Corbie – 1 November 1892) was a French lawyer, senator for Constituency (France)#Somme (80) - 6 seats, Somme (and President of its General Council) and the Ministry of Agriculture (France), Minister ...
, French lawyer
*
Franca Valeri
Alma Franca Maria Norsa (31 July 1920 – 9 August 2020), known professionally as Franca Valeri, was an Italian actress, playwright, screenwriter, author, and theatre director.
Life and career
Born in Milan as Alma Franca Maria Norsa, she manage ...
, Italian actress
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François Valéry
François Valéry (real name : Jean-Louis Mougeot, born on 4 August 1954, in Oran, French Algeria) is a French singer-songwriter and composer.
Biography
He became famous for his romantic songs and his disco hits of the 1970s and for having co ...
, French singer-songwriter and composer
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Jean Joseph Valéry
Count Jean Joseph Valéry (1828 – 26 March 1879) was a French shipowner and politician who was Senator of Corsica in 1876–79. He inherited a line of steamships for passenger, cargo and mail services that he greatly expanded to operate between ...
(1828–1879), French businessman, diplomat and senator.
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Paul Valéry
Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...
, French author
Fictional characters
*Valery, a character in ''
The Sopranos
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'' played by Vitali Baganov. Valery was a member of the Russian mob and acquainted with Tony Soprano.
Other
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Valleri
"Valleri" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart for the Monkees. The single reached #3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent two weeks at #1 on the ''Cash Box'' chart in early 1968. The song also rose to #1 in Canada and #12 in the ...
, a song performed by The Monkees
See also
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Valerie (given name)
Valerie is generally a feminine given name, derived directly from the French ''Valérie'' (a female-only name).
Valéry or Valery is a masculine given name in parts of Europe (particularly in France and Russia), as well as a common surname in Fra ...
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Valerii (name)
Valerii redirects to Valeria (gens), a patrician family at Rome, prominent from the very beginning of the Republic to the latest period of the Empire.
It may refer to:
* Valerius, Ancient Roman family
;Given name
* Valerii Kichin (born 1992), Ky ...
*
Valeriu (given name)
Valeriu is a Romanian-language masculine given name, and may refer to:
* Valeriu Cosarciuc
*Valeriu Cotea
*Valeriu Traian Frențiu
* Valeriu Gaiu
*Valeriu Ghilețchi
*Valeriu Graur
*Valeriu Lazăr
*Valeriu Lazarov
*Valeriu Marcu
* Valeriu Matei
*V ...
*
Valerius (name)
Valerius or Valeria was a patrician family at Rome.
Valerius may also refer to:
Given name
* Valerius of Trèves, a 4th-century bishop of Trier
* Valerius of Saragossa, bishop of Zaragoza in 290-315
* Valerius (consul 432), a politician of the ...
*
Valeria (given name)
Valeria or Valéria is a female given name dating back to the Latin verb ''valere'', meaning strong, brave and healthy "to be strong".
List of people with the given name Valeria
Religion
*Valeria of Milan, or Saint Valeria, Christian martyr (1st ...
*
Valerian (name)
Valerian is a given name and surname.
Ancient world
* Valerian (emperor) (200–c. 260), Roman emperor (253-260)
* Valerian II (died 257), Roman Caesar, grandson of the Emperor Valerian
* Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
* Valerian of Abbe ...
*
Valeriano (name)
Valeriano may refer to the following people
;Given name
* Valeriano Abello (1913–2000), Filipino scout during World War II
* Valeriano Bécquer (1833–1870), Spanish painter and graphic artist
*Valeriano López (1926–1993), Peruvian football ...
*
Valerianus (disambiguation)
Valerianus or Valerian the Elder was Roman Emperor from 253 AD to 260 AD.
Valerianus is a name also held by:
* Valerian II (Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus; died 258), Roman Caesar, son of Emperor Gallienus and grandson of Emperor Valerian ...
Valera (disambiguation) Valera is city in Venezuela.
Valera may also refer to:
Places
* Valera, Texas, unincorporated community in United States
* Valera District, Peru
* Valera Municipality, Venezuela
Other uses
* Valera (crater), a tiny crater in the Mare Imbrium ...
*
Valérien (disambiguation)
Valérien may refer to:
* Fort Mont-Valérien, a fortress
* Harry Valérien (1923-2012), German sports journalist and television presenter
* Valérien Ismaël (born 1975), French footballer
See also
*
*
* Valeri (name)
* Valerian (disambiguat ...
*
Vale (disambiguation)
A vale is a type of valley.
Vale may also refer to:
Places Georgia
* Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region
Norway
* Våle, a historic municipality
Portugal
* Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipali ...
*
Vallery
Vallery () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
History
The town was acquired by Louis de Bourbon, ''prince de Condé'' - uncle of the future Henry IV of France. The town thus formed part o ...
Saint-Vaury
Saint-Vaury (; oc, Sent Vauric) is a commune in the Creuse department in central France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and ter ...