Vladimir History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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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 Guerrero Jr. (b. 1975), Dominican former professional baseball player for the Montreal Expos and others, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018
Vladimir "Vladica" Popovic (1935-2020), Serbian professional footballer and manager
Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (1877-1965), Russian pioneering film director and actor
Vladimir Ivanovich Andreyev (1942-2025), officer of the Soviet and later Russian Air Defence Forces
Vladimir Carvalho (1935-2024), Brazilian film director
Vladimir Ambros (b. 1993), Moldovan footballer who plays as a forward and captains Moldovan Super Liga club Petrocub
Vladimir Sosnovsky (1922-1990), Ukrainian landscape and realist painter, born in Nova Ushytsia, Khmelnitzky Region, Ukraine

Sources +

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