Valentin A. Bazhanov is a professor, chairperson of Philosophy Department at Ulyanovsk State University, Russia.

Valentin Ferdinandovich Asmus was a Soviet philosopher. He was one of the small group who continued the classical European philosophical tradition through the early Soviet times. He was an independent thinker and unorthodox Marxist, with interests in the history of philosophy and aesthetics.

Valentin Dmitrievich Berestov was a Russian poet, lyricist, who wrote for both adults and children, translator, memoirist, Pushkin scholar, researcher.

Valentin Vladimirovich Blazhes was a Soviet and Russian folklorist and literary scholar, Professor of the Ural State University, Doctor of Sciences, a member of the Russian Head Council for Philological Sciences. He was an expert in the fields of Old Russian literature, folk literature and folklore, especially the folklore of the Ural region, which he became interested in as a student. He studied Russian epic poetry, folk culture and language, workers' folklore, the Remezov Chronicle, the Stroganov Chronicle, and other Old Russian Chronicles. He authored a number of articles on historical, toponymic, family folklore.

Valentin Fyodorovich Bulgakov was the last secretary of Leo Tolstoy and his biographer. He was director of a number of literary museums and was engaged in Tolstoyan, pacifist activities. He was imprisoned by the Tsarist regime and in a Nazi internment camp. During the final 20 years of his life he was head of the Yasnaya Polyana museum.

Valentin Konstantinovich Chernykh was a Soviet and Russian screenwriter, playwright and director. He wrote for more than 35 films between 1972 and 2011. He was the Head of the Jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.

Valentin Conrart was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2.

Valentin Ivanovich Dikul is a circus artist and rehabilitation specialist. He is a People's Artist of Russia (1999) and the head of the Russian medical and rehabilitation center of the musculoskeletal system diseases.

Valentin[e] Alexandrovich Dogiel was a Russian and Soviet zoologist, specialized in parasitology and protozoology. He has been considered the founder of evolutionary parasitology and was the author of an influential textbook of parasitology.

Valentin Iosifovich Gaft was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).