Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as an author, artist and occasional actor.

Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (6 November 1937 – 31 July 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the last chairman of the KGB in 1991.

Vadim Aleksandrovich Nemkov (born 20 June 1992) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and a sambo competitor.

Vadim Yevgenyevich Shishimarin (born 17 October 2000) is a Russian soldier who was the first person to go on trial for war crimes committed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Vadim Nikolayevich Krasnoselsky (born 14 April 1970) is a Transnistrian politician who is the 3rd and current President of Transnistria.

Vadim Zinovyevich Rabinovich (born 4 August 1953) is an Israeli and formerly Ukrainian oligarch and Jewish community leader.

Christian Plemiannikov known as Christian Vadim (born 18 June 1963), is a French actor.

Corneliu Vadim Tudor (28 November 1949 – 14 September 2015), also colloquially known as "Tribunul", was a poet, writer, and journalist who was the leader of the Greater Romania Party and a Member of the European Parliament.

(born 8 September 1963) a Ukrainian-Canadian-American film director.

(born March 28, 1972) a Ukrainian-American actor who appeared in the movies Air Force One, Exit Wounds, G.I. Jane and Punisher: War Zone.

Vadim Mikhailovich Kozhevnikov (Togur20 October 1984, Moscow) was a Soviet writer and journalist.