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Early Origins of the Vladimir family

The surname Vladimir was first found in Westphalia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Vladimir family

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Vladimir Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vlatten, Flatten, Latten, Flaten and others.

Early Notables of the Vladimir family

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Migration of the Vladimir family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Wm. Latten, who settled in Virginia in 1673; John Latten, who arrived in New York, NY in 1833; Ove Flaten, who arrived in Missouri in 1868; Andreas Flatten, who came to New York, NY in 1870.


Contemporary Notables of the name Vladimir (post 1700) +

  • Ada Vladimir, American politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly, 1933, 1936; Candidate for New York State Senate 5th District, 1934 1
  • Daniel "Danny" Vladimir Lewicki (b. 1931), Canadian retired NHL ice hockey forward
  • Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (1903-1989), Russian-born, American classical pianist and composer, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Vladimir Keyser (b. 1878), Russian Olympic fencer
  • Vladimir Emmanuilovich Grabar (1865-1956), Russian and Soviet jurist, brother of painter Igor Grabar, and the husband of philologue and translator Maria Grabar-Passek
  • Vladimir Košak (1908-1947), Croatian economist, lawyer, politician and diplomat, Croatian Ambassador to the Third Reich (1944-1945), Croatian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Hungary (1943-1944); he was executed on June 18th, 1947
  • Vladimir Genrikhovich Dolgov (1960-2022), Russian bronze medalist backstroke swimmer in the men's 100m backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
  • Vladimir Mendelssohn (1949-2021), Romanian composer, violist, and professor who served as Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival since August 2005
  • Vladimir Nikolaevich Shadrin (1948-2021), Russian ice hockey centre who played in the Soviet Hockey League from 1964 to 1979 for HC Spartak Moscow, inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971
  • Vladimir Evgenyevich Morozov (b. 1992), Russian pair skater. He is a three-time World medalist (2018 and 2019 silver, 2017 bronze), a two-time European champion (2017, 2018), the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final champion, and a three-time Russian national champion (2018, 2019, 2021). Earlier in his career he and skating partner became the 2014 World Junior silver medalists and the 2014 Russian junior national champions


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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