Famous People with Name Wladimir

Wladimir Kaminer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wladimir Kaminer: German short story writer, columnist, and disc jockey of Jewish origin.

Wladimir Klitschko            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Wladimir Klitschko: a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko currently holds the IBF, WBO, and IBO world heavyweight titles. His elder brother, Vitali Klitschko, is a former WBC and WBO heavyweight champion

Wladimir Sidorenko            Origin/Culture/Country:

Wladimir Sidorenko: is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) division. He is the former WBA world bantamweight champion. Sidorenko won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a flyweight, and a silver medal at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the same division. He won the title at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships

Wladimir Peter Köppen            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Wladimir Peter Köppen: was a Russian born geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist of German descent. After studies in St. Petersburg, he spent the bulk of his life and professional career in Germany and Austria. His most notable contribution to science was the development of the Köppen climate classification system, which, with some modifications, is still commonly used. Köppen was one of the last scholars with a broad enough background and intellectual ability to make significant contributions to several branches of science.

Wladimir Sutil            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Wladimir Sutil: is a Minor League Baseball infielder for the Houston Astros organization. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Astros on May 16, 2003. He currently plays for the Class AA Corpus Christi Hooks.