Wladimir is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is an alternative spelling of the name Vladimir. Notable people with the name include: * Wladimir Brunet de Presle (1809–1875), French historian *

Wladimir de Schoenefeld Wladimir de Schoenefeld (12 January 1816 in Berlin – 8 September 1875 in Paris) was a German-born, French botanist. From 1817 to 1833 he lived in France, then moved back to Berlin, where he stayed with botanist Karl Sigismund Kunth for sever ...

(1816–1875), German-French botanist *

Wladimir Guedroitz Prince Wladimir Cesarevich Guedroitz (in Russian: Владимир Цезаревич Гедройц) was Chamberlain of the Imperial Court of Russia, Actual State Councilor and Chairman of the Control Commission of the Russian Empire. Biography P ...

(1873–1941), Russian chamberlain * Wladimir Aïtoff (1879–1963), French rugby player *

Wladimir Burliuk Wladimir Davydovych Burliuk (russian: Владимир Давидович Бурлюк; – 1917) was a Russian avant-garde artist (Neo-Primitivist and Cubo-Futurist) and book illustrator. He died at the age of 32 in 1917 in World War I. Biograp ...

(1886–1919), Ukrainian artist *

Wladimir d'Ormesson Wladimir d'Ormesson (2 August 1888, Saint Petersburg – 15 September 1973) was a French essayist, novelist, journalist and diplomat. He was successively ambassador in Vatican City, Buenos Aires and Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as ...

(1888–1973), French essayist and writer *

Wladimir von Pawlowski Wladimir von Pawlowski (29 August 1891 – 1961) was an Austrian lawyer and Nazi politician, who served as Gauleiter (Party Leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of Carinthia after Austria was annexed by the Nazi Germany. Pawlowski h ...

(1891–1961), Austrian lawyer *

Wladimir Vogel Wladimir Rudolfowitsch Vogel (17 February/29 February 1896 – 19 June 1984) was a Swiss composer of German and Russian descent. Life Born in Moscow, Vogel first studied composition in Moscow with Alexander Scriabin, then between 1918 and 1924 wi ...

(1896–1984), Russian composer * Wladimir Seidel (1907–1981), Russian mathematician *

Wladimir A. Smirnoff Wladimir Alexandre Smirnoff or Vladimir A. Smirnoff (1 September 1917 – 1 November 2000) was a Soviet-born entomologist who worked in French Morocco and Canada on biological control particularly for the use of ''Bacillus thuringiensis'' for the ma ...

(1917–2000), Soviet entomologist *

Wladimir Zwalf Wladimir Zwalf (1932-2002) was a Sanskritist and expert on Buddhist art and Buddhist iconography, iconography in India and Tibet. An Assistant Keeper at the British Museum, he produced ''A Catalogue of Gandharan Sculpture in the British Museum'' (1 ...

(1932–2002), British sanskritist and Buddhist expert *

Wladimir Jan Kochanski Wladimir Jan Kochanski (5 December 1935 – 24 March 2015) was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and enjoyed a long career as a concert pianist. Throughout his career, the Texas-born virtuoso retained a loyal following. Other pianists adm ...

(1935–2015), American pianist *

Wladimir Wertelecki Wladimir Wertelecki is a Pediatrician and Medical Geneticist who in 1974 established one of the first free-standing Departments of Medical Genetics at the new South Alabama University College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. Since 1996 and ...

(born 1936), Polish-American pediatrician * Wladimir Troubetzkoy (1942–2009), French literary historian * Wladimir Yordanoff (1954–2020), French actor * Wladimir (footballer) (b. 1954), Brazilian football left-back *

Wladimir Skulener Vladimir Elikovich Skulener (russian: Владимир Еликович Скуленер; born January 24, 1958, in Bălți) is a German (formerly Soviet) chess player who won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 1981. FIDE Master. Trained by Laza ...

(born 1958), Soviet-German chess player *

Wladimir Resnitschenko Wladimir Resnitschenko (born 27 July 1965) is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics representing the Soviet Union. At the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Ol� ...

(b. 1965), Russian fencer * Wladimir Ribeiro (b. 1967), a Brazilian swimmer * Wladimir Kaminer (b. 1967), Russian writer * Wladimir Belli (b. 1970), Italian cyclist * Wladimir Klitschko (b. 1976), Ukrainian professional boxer * Wladimir Herrera (b. 1981), Chilean football defender * Wladimir Balentien (b. 1984), Dutch outfielder for the Seattle Mariners * Wladimir Tchertkoff (fl. 2003–present), Italian journalist * Wladimir Köppen, creator of the Köppen climate classification * Wladimir Talanczuk, Ukrainian aeronautical engineer * Wladimir van Wilgenburg, Dutch journalist

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