Valentin Stepanovich Vlasov (1946 - ) Russian politician and administrator, was kidnapped in Chechnya and then freed;

Andrey Vlasov (1900-1946) - Soviet General who later cooperated with Nazi Germany;

Maxim Vlasov (1767-1848) - Cossack, ataman of Don cossacks, accused in massacres of Circassians;

Yury Vlasov (b. 1935) - Russian weightlifter, writer and politician, son of Pyotr Parfenovich;

Vlasov or Vlasoff (Russian: Власов) is a common Russian surname formed from the first name Vlas or from the Slavonic vlas meaning hair. The feminine form of the surname is Vlasova (Russian: Власова). Among notable people with this last name are:

Anatoly Vlasov (1908-1975) - Soviet physicist, author of the Vlasov equation;

Pyotr Parfenovich Vlasov, - Komintern agent and Soviet diplomat;

Pyotr Vlasov - Russian ambassador to Persia, in 1902-1903;