Valery Babich (Russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Ба́бич) (born January 27, 1941) is a Ukrainian writer, ethnographer and journalist.

Born in Zaporizhia, Ukraine Valery Babich moved to Mykolaiv with his parents in 1950.

After graduation assigned to work to chief designer department of Black Sea Shipyard.

Later during 1970–1991 he worked on the construction of all soviet aircraft carriers: Kiev (1970–1975), Minsk (1976–1978), Novorossiysk, Baku, Tbilisi, Varyag and Ulyanovsk (1979–1991).

He is a Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Writers' Union of Russia, winner of the regional competition of Mykolaiv media ProMedia (2002) awards Golden Pen (2006) and named after Mykola Arkas (2012).