Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky was a leading Russian Imperial historian of the late imperial period. He also addressed the contemporary Russian economy in his writings.
Vasily Pavlovich Kravkov was an Imperial Russian Army medical officer, Privy Councilor (1917), and author of diaries of the Russo-Japanese War and World War I.
Vasily Ivanovich Kuzishchin was a Soviet Russian historian, Doctor of Sciences in Historical Sciences (1966), Distinguished Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (1996).
Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy was a Soviet and Ukrainian Russian actor who worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the President of Artek Festival of Films for Children. Lanovoy's honours include the KGB Prize, the Lenin Prize, and the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 2019, he received the title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation.
Vasily Leonidovich Omelianski was a Russian microbiologist and author of the first original Russian text book on microbiology. He was the only student of Sergei Winogradsky and succeeded him as head of the department of General Microbiology at the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Saint Petersburg.
Vasily Borisovich Livanov, MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV series. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988.
