Famous People with Name Vitaly

Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov: was a Soviet/Russian mountaineer and inventor. Brother of Yevgeniy Abalakov, another famous alpinist, he made the first Soviet ascent of Lenin Peak in 1934 and two more ascents of this mountain. In 1936 he also made the ascent of Khan Tengri.

Vitaly Mykolayovych Potapenko            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vitaly Mykolayovych Potapenko: is a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Wright State University and was selected 12th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Nicknamed "The Ukraine Train", he has played for the Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Sacramento Kings in his NBA career. Potapenko's career scoring average is 6.8 points per game.

Vitaly Viktorovich Vishnevskiy            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Vitaly Viktorovich Vishnevskiy: is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. After playing in the Russian Super League for Torpedo Yaroslavl, Vishnevskiy was drafted 5th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

Vitaly Chekhover            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Vitaly Chekhover: was a Soviet chess player and chess composer, furthermore also a pianist.In the beginning of his career as a study composer, Chekhover ofter revised traditional studies of other authors. He strove to bring them into a more sparse and economical form, often with fewer pieces — hence focusing on the actual problem itself, rather than the position on the board. Later he found his own style and composed a number of original, independent chess studies and problems.

Vitaly Halberstadt            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Vitaly Halberstadt: was a French chess player, problemist and above all a noted endgame study composer.

Adalbert Vitalyos            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Adalbert Vitalyos: was a French journalist born in Hungary. He was the creator of the philatelic magazine Le Monde des philatélistes. Prisoner of war from 20 June 1940 to 1943, he returned to work in a printer of Temps, later working for Le Monde. He took part in the printing of the first issue, dated 19 December 1944.