[1] His father, Sergey Petrovich Velyaminov (1898-1976), was from a hereditary military and ancient noble family, known from the 11th century.

[2] Pyotr Velyaminov was arrested at the age of sixteen in 1943 charged with anti-communist activities and sentenced to a Gulag camp.

He had three children, including a son Sergei Velyaminov (born 5 February 1964) who became an actor like his father.

He was married to the daughter of popular Soviet actor Georgy Burkov.

He was buried on 17 June 2009 at Literatorskiye Jetty of Volkovo Cemetery in St. Petersburg.