List of Famous people with last name Vasilyeva

Vera Kuzminichna Vasilyeva is a Soviet and Russian movie and stage actress. She was honored with People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. She was twice awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948 and in 1951. She was known for her roles in Bride with a Dowry (1954), Pokhozhdeniya zubnogo vracha (1965) and Bezumnyy den ili zhenitba Figaro (1974).

Olga Yurevna Vasilieva is a Russian politician and historian, who served in Vladimir Putin's government as Minister of Education and Science (2016—2018), and as Minister of Education from May 2018 to January 2020. She is known for defending Soviet policies and for making controversial statements that were perceived as supportive of Joseph Stalin.