Namesakes
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars:
1 king
King Vladimir 889-893 
Hall-of-Famers:
1 baseball
(baseball) Vladimir Guerrero 2018
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Vladimir Guerrero 2004 baseball
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry
(chemistry) Vladimir Prelog 1975
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Vladimir Lenin 1870-1924
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
3 actors
Vladimir Vysotsky 1938-1980
Vladimir Menshov 1939-2021
Vladimir Tintor 1978-
Notable Athletes:
4 soccer, 3 handball, 1 baseball, 1 boxing
(handball) Vladimir Jelčić 1968-
(handball) Vlado Šola 1968-
(handball) Vladimir Šujster 1972-
(baseball) Vladimir Guerrero 1975-
(boxing) Wladimir Klitschko (a.k.a. Vladimir) 1976-
(soccer) Vlada Avramov 1979-
(soccer) Vladimir Granat 1987-
(soccer) Vladimír Weiss 1989-
(soccer) Vladimír Darida 1990-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Vladimir Komarov 1927-1967
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Vladimir Menshov 1939-2021
Notable Musicians:
2 musicians
Vladimir Horowitz 1903-1989
Vladimir Vysotsky 1938-1980
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 chemist
Vladimir Prelog 1906-1998
Notable Writers:
3 poets, 1 author
Vladimir Nazor 1876-1949
Vladimir Mayakovsky 1893-1930
Vladimir Nabokov 1899-1977
Lado Asatiani 1917-1943
Olympic Medalists:
15 silver, 13 bronze, 12 gold, 3 silver/bronze, 2 bronze/silver, 2 gold/silver, 1 bronze/gold/silver
(silver) Vladimir Kazantsev 1952 3000 m steeplechase
(silver) Vladimir Sukharev 1952; 1956 4x100 m relay
(gold) Vladimir Kuts 1956 10000 m; 5000 m
(silver) Vladimir Ivković 1952; 1956 water polo
(bronze) Vladimir Struzhanov 1956 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Vladimir Torban 1956 basketball
(silver) Vladimir Novikov 1960 water polo
(silver) Vladimir Goryaev 1960 triple jump
(silver) Vladimir Ugrekelidze 1960 basketball
(bronze) Vladimir Kuznetsov 1964 water polo
(bronze/silver) Vladimir Semyonov 1960; 1964; 1968 water polo
(silver) Vladimir Cvetković 1968 basketball
(silver/bronze) Vladimir Kosinsky 1968 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 200 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Vladimir Andreev 1968 basketball
(bronze) Vladimir Nemshilov 1968 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze/gold/silver) Volodymyr Holubnychy (a.k.a. Vladimir) 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972 20 km walk
(gold) Vladimir Zhmudsky 1972 water polo
(gold) Vladimir Vasin 1972 diving - springboard
(silver/bronze) Vladimir Bure 1968; 1972 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Vladimir Lovetskiy 1972 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Vladimir Arzamaskov 1976 basketball
(bronze) Vladimir Zhigily 1976; 1980 basketball
(bronze/silver) Vladimir Aleynik 1976; 1980 diving - platform
(gold) Vladimir Akimov 1980 water polo
(gold) Vladimir Kiselyov 1980 shot put
(bronze) Vladimir Tkachenko 1976; 1980 basketball
(silver) Vladimir Belov 1980 handball
(bronze) Vladimir Dolgov 1980 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze) Vladimir Yesheyev 1988 archery - individual
(gold) Vladimir Muravyov 1980; 1988 4x100 m relay
(gold) Vladimir Salnikov 1980; 1988 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; swimming - 1500 m freestyle
(gold) Vladimir Krylov 1988 4x100 m relay
(silver) Volodymyr Tkachenko (a.k.a. Vladimir) 1988 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Vladimir Karabutov 1992 water polo
(gold) Vladimir Jelčić 1996 handball
(silver) Vladimir Predkin 1996 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) Vladimir Pyshnenko 1992; 1996 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver) Vladimir Selkov 1992; 1996 swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Vladimir Dubrovshchik 1996 discus throw
(gold) Vladimir Šujster 1996 handball
(gold) Wladimir Klitschko (a.k.a. Vladimir) 1996 boxing
(bronze) Vladimir Andreyev 2000 20 km walk
(gold) Vlado Šola 2004 handball
(silver) Vladimir Gojković 2004 water polo
(bronze) Vladimir Lebedev 2006 freestyle skiing
(silver/bronze) Vladimir Vujasinović 2000; 2004; 2008 water polo
(bronze) Vladimir Morozov 2012 swimming
(gold/silver) Vladimir Grigorev 2014 speed skating
Other Leaders:
4 prime ministers, 1 premier, 1 president, 1 prime minister/president
Premier Vladimir Lenin 1917-1924 Soviet Union
Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar 1990-1991; 1992-1994; 1994-1998 Slovakia
Prime Minister Vladimir Yermoshin 2000-2001 Belarus
President Vladimir Voronin 2001-2009 Moldova
Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla 2002-2004 Czech Republic
Prime Minister Vlad Filat (a.k.a. Vladimir) 2009-2013 Moldova
Prime Minister/President Vladimir Putin 2000-2008; 2008-2012; 2012- Russia
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
2 dukes
Duke Vladimir I the Great 980-1015
Duke Vladimir II Monomakh 1113-1125
Saints:
1 saint
Saint Vladimir of Kiev c. 958-1015