Walter Nicks (1925 – 2007) was an African-American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher of jazz and modern dance. He was a certified master teacher of Katherine Dunham technique. He was professionally active for nearly 60 years.
Walter Harper, the first person to set foot on the summit of Denali. He was a 20-year-old Irish-Koyukon guide for the Stuck-Karstens expedition of 1913.
Walter Mirisch (born November 8, 1921) is an American film producer who is the oldest living Academy Award recipient. He received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1968 for In the Heat of the Night.
Walter Dempster, Jr., better known by his alias Walterina Markova, was a Filipino gay man who was forced as a "comfort gay" for Japanese soldiers during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II.
Walter Hartwell White (alias Heisenberg) is the main protagonist in the American television drama Breaking Bad. He was created by series creator Vince Gilligan and is portrayed by Bryan Cranston. The character's son is called Walter Jr. Given the popularity of the series, it will be interesting to see if there is a renewed interest in the name.
This name brings to mind Paul Stewart's book Muddle Earth, where the Horned Baron, named Walter, has an incredibly annoying wife who has ordered him to buy her some singing curtains. The wife always yells, "WAL-TER! Where are my singing curtains?"
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Walter Kovacs is the name of the alter-ego of the vigilante Rorschach in the comic book/graphic novel Watchmen.
A famous bearer was Canadian-born actor Walter Huston (April 6, 1884 - April 7, 1950). He is well-known for his roles in 'The Virginian' (1929), 'American Madness' (1932), 'Dodsworth' (1936), 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' (1941), 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (1942), the latter three for which he received Academy Award nominations for. He also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948).
Walter Cronkite (journalist), Walter Matthau (actor), Walter Mondale (politician), Walter Gropius (architect), Sir Walter Raleigh (writer and explorer), and Sir Walter Scott (writer) are particularly famous bearers of the name. It was also actor Bruce Willis's original first name. Incidentally, Walter Blythe, Anne's son in the Anne of Green Gables books, was named after Anne's late father, Walter.
Walter C. Dornez is a butler in the manga Hellsing, by Kohta Hirano. Walter Sullivan is also the name of a serial killer in the fourth installment of the Silent Hill video game series.