Namesakes
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor
(chancellor) Walter Breisky 1922 
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters
Walter Elliot 1818 Persuasion
Walter Mitty 1939 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Fictional Characters from Movies:
2 characters
Walter Kurtz 1979 Apocalypse Now
Walter Sobchak 1998 The Big Lebowski
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Walter 1982 Walter's Walk
Fictional Characters from Television:
7 characters
Walter Skinner 1993 The X-Files
Walter Simmons 2002 CSI: Miami
Walt Lloyd 2004 Lost
Andy Bernard (a.k.a. Walter) 2005 The Office
Walter Bishop 2008 Fringe
Walter White 2008 Breaking Bad
Walter White Jr. 2008 Breaking Bad
German Chancellors and Presidents:
3 presidents, 1 chancellor/president
(president) Gustav Heinemann (middle name Walter) 1969-1974
(chancellor/president) Walter Scheel 1974; 1974-1979
(president) Christian Wulff (middle name Walter) 2010-2012
(president) Frank-Walter Steinmeier 2017-
Hall-of-Famers:
5 baseball, 3 basketball, 3 football, 2 ice hockey
(baseball) Walter Johnson 1936
(baseball) Walter "Rabbit" Maranville 1954
(football) Walt Kiesling 1966
(ice hockey) Walter "Babe" Pratt 1966
(ice hockey) Walter Edward "Turk" Broda 1967
(baseball) Buck Leonard (a.k.a. Walter) 1972
(baseball) Walter Alston 1983
(basketball) Walt Frazier 1987
(basketball) Walt Bellamy 1993
(football) Walter Payton 1993
(baseball) Walter O'Malley 2008
(football) Walter Jones 2014
(basketball) Ray Allen (a.k.a. Walter) 2018
Most Valuable Players:
3 winners
Walter Johnson 1924 baseball
Walter "Babe" Pratt 1944 ice hockey
Walter Payton 1977 football
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Walter Nash 1957-1960
Nobel Prize Winners:
4 chemistry, 2 medicine, 2 physics
(chemistry) Norman Haworth (a.k.a. Walter) 1937
(medicine) Howard Florey (middle name Walter) 1945
(medicine) Walter Rudolf Hess 1949
(physics) Walter Houser Brattain 1956
(physics) Luis Walter Alvarez 1968
(chemistry) Walter Gilbert 1980
(chemistry) Harry Kroto (middle name Walter) 1996
(chemistry) Walter Kohn 1998
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
15 actors
Walter Huston 1883-1950
Conrad Veidt (middle name Walter) 1893-1943
Walter Brennan 1894-1974
Walter Pidgeon 1897-1984
Walter Abel 1898-1987
Walter Slezak 1902-1983
Dub Taylor (a.k.a. Walter) 1907-1994
Sterling Hayden (middle name Walter) 1916-1986
Walter Matthau 1920-2000
Richard Burton (middle name Walter) 1925-1984
Lane Smith (a.k.a. Walter) 1936-2005
Walter Koenig 1936-
Stacy Keach (a.k.a. Walter) 1941-
Will Keen (middle name Walter) 1970-
Paul Walter Hauser 1986-
Notable Artists:
1 architect
Walter Gropius 1883-1969
Notable Athletes:
3 basketball, 2 soccer, 1 baseball, 1 football, 1 golf, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Walter Johnson 1887-1946
(golf) Walter Hagen 1892-1969
(ice hockey) Walter Edward "Turk" Broda 1914-1972
(basketball) Walt Bellamy 1939-2013
(basketball) Walt Frazier 1945-
(football) Walter Payton 1954-1999
(basketball) Ray Allen (a.k.a. Walter) 1975-
(soccer) Walter Ayoví 1979-
(soccer) Walter Gargano 1984-
Notable Businesspeople:
3 businesspersons
Walter Chrysler 1875-1940
W. O. Bentley (a.k.a. Walter) 1888-1971
Walt Disney 1901-1966
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Walter Raleigh 1552-1618
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director, 1 producer
Walt Disney 1901-1966
Walter Hill 1942-
Notable Journalists:
1 news presenter
(news presenter) Walter Cronkite 1916-2009
Notable Musicians:
1 composer, 1 musician, 1 singer
Angela Morley (a.k.a. Walter) 1924-2009
Jim Rodford (middle name Walter) 1941-2018
Eros Ramazzotti (middle name Walter) 1963-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Walter Mondale 1928-2021
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists, 1 biologist
Howard Florey (middle name Walter) 1898-1968
Walter Houser Brattain 1902-1987
Luis Walter Alvarez 1911-1988
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 poet
Walter Scott 1771-1832
Walt Whitman 1819-1892
Olympic Medalists:
10 gold, 7 bronze, 2 silver, 1 bronze/gold/silver, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/bronze/gold, 1 silver/gold
(bronze/gold/silver) Walter B. Tewksbury 1900 100 m; 200 m; 200 m hurdles; 400 m hurdles; 60 m
(gold/silver) Walter Brack 1904 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 400 m breaststroke
(bronze) Ernest Ebbage (middle name Walter) 1908 tug of war
(gold) Walter Bathe 1912 swimming - 200 m breaststroke; swimming - 400 m breaststroke
(silver) Walter Harold Porter 1924 3000 m team
(bronze) Walter Spence 1928 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver/bronze) Walter Rangeley 1924; 1928 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Garnet Ault (middle name Walter) 1928 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver/gold) Walter Laufer 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Wally Ris 1948 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Wally Halder 1948 ice hockey
(gold) Walt Davis 1952 high jump
(bronze) Nelson Demarco (middle name Walter) 1952; 1956 basketball
(silver/bronze/gold) Thane Baker (a.k.a. Walter) 1952; 1956 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(silver) Walter Krüger 1960 javelin throw
(gold) Walter Mahlendorf 1960 4x100 m relay
(gold) Walt Bellamy 1960 basketball
(gold) Walt Hazzard 1964 basketball
(bronze) James Slatton (middle name Walter) 1972 water polo
(bronze) Walter Kusch 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Walter Davis 1976 basketball
(gold) Ray Allen (a.k.a. Walter) 2000 basketball
(gold) Walter Herrmann 2004 basketball
(bronze) Walter Dix 2008 100 m; 200 m
Oscar Award Winners:
3 actors
(actor) Walter Brennan 1937; 1939; 1941 Come and Get It; Kentucky; The Westerner
(actor) Walter Huston 1949 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(actor) Walter Matthau 1967 Fortune Cookie
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Walter Kieber 1974-1978 Liechtenstein
Other Royalty:
1 prince
Richard, Duke of Gloucester (middle name Walter) 1944- United Kingdom
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
4 musicians
Walter "Junie" Morrison 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Walter Becker 2001 Steely Dan
Walter Williams 2005 The O'Jays
Walter Parazaider 2016 Chicago
Saints:
5 saints, 3 blessed
Saint Walter of Pontoise 1030-1095
Saint Walter of L'Esterp ?-1070
Saint Walter ?-1150
Saint Gualtero (a.k.a. Walter) 1184-1224
Blessed Walter of Bierbeeke ?-1220
Saint Walter of Serviliano ?-1250
Blessed Walter of Guimaraes ?-1258
Blessed Walter Pierson ?-1537
Shakespearian Characters:
5 characters
Lord Walter Fitzwalter Richard II
Sir Walter Herbert Richard III
Walter Whitmore Henry VI (2)
Chatillon (a.k.a. Walter) King John
Sir Walter Blunt Henry IV (1)
Swiss Presidents:
1 president
Walter Hauser 1892; 1900