Namesakes
Walt Disney
(m) 1901-1966 
Notable Businesspeople
Notable Filmmakers
Walt Whitman
(m) 1819-1892
Notable Writers
Walter Scott
(m) 1771-1832
Notable Writers
Walter Gropius
(m) 1883-1969
Notable Artists
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
(m) 1956-
German Chancellors and Presidents 2017- (president)
Richard Burton
(middle name Walter) (m) 1925-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Christian Wulff
(middle name Walter) (m) 1959-
German Chancellors and Presidents 2010-2012 (president)
Luis Walter Alvarez
(m) 1911-1988
Nobel Prize Winners 1968 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Walter Houser Brattain
(m) 1902-1987
Nobel Prize Winners 1956 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Walter Raleigh
(m) 1552-1618
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Walter Mondale
(m) 1928-2021
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Gustav Heinemann
(middle name Walter) (m) 1899-1976
German Chancellors and Presidents 1969-1974 (president)
Howard Florey
(middle name Walter) (m) 1898-1968
Nobel Prize Winners 1945 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Walter Scheel
(m) 1919-2016
German Chancellors and Presidents 1974; 1974-1979 (chancellor/president)
Norman Haworth
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1883-1950
Nobel Prize Winners 1937 (chemistry)
Walter Matthau
(m) 1920-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1967 Fortune Cookie (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1965 The Odd Couple (actor)
Walter Rudolf Hess
(m) 1881-1973
Nobel Prize Winners 1949 (medicine)
Eros Ramazzotti
(middle name Walter) (m) 1963-
Notable Musicians
Harry Kroto
(middle name Walter) (m) 1939-2016
Nobel Prize Winners 1996 (chemistry)
Walter Brennan
(m) 1894-1974
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1937; 1939; 1941 Come and Get It; Kentucky; The Westerner (actor)
Walter Gilbert
(m) 1932-
Nobel Prize Winners 1980 (chemistry)
Walter Huston
(m) 1883-1950
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1949 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (actor)
Walter Kohn
(m) 1923-2016
Nobel Prize Winners 1998 (chemistry)
Walter Cronkite
(m) 1916-2009
Notable Journalists
Conrad Veidt
(middle name Walter) (m) 1893-1943
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sterling Hayden
(middle name Walter) (m) 1916-1986
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walter Gargano
(m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Walter Chrysler
(m) 1875-1940
Notable Businesspeople
Ray Allen
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1975-
Hall-of-Famers 2018 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2000 basketball (gold)
Walter Pidgeon
(m) 1897-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stacy Keach
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1941-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Richard, Duke of Gloucester
(middle name Walter) (m) 1944-
Other Royalty 1944- United Kingdom (prince)
Walter Hill
(m) 1942-
Notable Filmmakers
Walter B. Tewksbury
(m) 1876-1968
Olympic Medalists 1900 100 m; 200 m; 200 m hurdles; 400 m hurdles; 60 m (bronze/gold/silver)
Walter Koenig
(m) 1936-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walt Frazier
(m) 1945-
Hall-of-Famers 1987 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Walter Dix
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2008 100 m; 200 m (bronze)
Walt Bellamy
(m) 1939-2013
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1960 basketball (gold)
Walter Ayoví
(m) 1979-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Walter White
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2008 Breaking Bad
Paul Walter Hauser
(m) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
W. O. Bentley
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1888-1971
Notable Businesspeople
Walter Brack
(m) 1880-1919
Olympic Medalists 1904 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 400 m breaststroke (gold/silver)
Lane Smith
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1936-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walt Lloyd
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Walter Becker
(m) 1950-2017
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 Steely Dan
Walter Herrmann
(m) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2004 basketball (gold)
Wally Ris
(m) 1924-1989
Olympic Medalists 1948 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold)
Walt Davis
(m) 1931-2020
Olympic Medalists 1952 high jump (gold)
Walter Abel
(m) 1898-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walter Bathe
(m) 1892-1959
Olympic Medalists 1912 swimming - 200 m breaststroke; swimming - 400 m breaststroke (gold)
Walter Breisky
(m) 1871-1944
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents 1922 (chancellor)
Walter Hauser
(m) 1837-1902
Swiss Presidents 1892; 1900
Walter Johnson
(m) 1887-1946
Hall-of-Famers 1936 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1924 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Thane Baker
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1931-
Olympic Medalists 1952; 1956 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/bronze/gold)
Walter Slezak
(m) 1902-1983
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walter Hagen
(m) 1892-1969
Notable Athletes (golf)
Walter Nash
(m) 1882-1968
New Zealand Prime Ministers 1957-1960
Walter Payton
(m) 1954-1999
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1977 football
Notable Athletes (football)
Nelson Demarco
(middle name Walter) (m) 1925-2009
Olympic Medalists 1952; 1956 basketball (bronze)
Walt Hazzard
(m) 1942-2011
Olympic Medalists 1964 basketball (gold)
Walter Mahlendorf
(m) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1960 4x100 m relay (gold)
Walter Davis
(m) 1954-2023
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (gold)
Walter Krüger
(m) 1930-2018
Olympic Medalists 1960 javelin throw (silver)
Walter Laufer
(m) 1906-1984
Olympic Medalists 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver/gold)
Dub Taylor
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1907-1994
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walter Kieber
(m) 1931-2014
Other Leaders 1974-1978 Liechtenstein (prime minister)
Walter Rangeley
(m) 1903-1982
Olympic Medalists 1924; 1928 200 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/bronze)
Chatillon
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) ?-1219
Shakespearian Characters King John
Ernest Ebbage
(middle name Walter) (m) 1873-1943
Olympic Medalists 1908 tug of war (bronze)
Garnet Ault
(middle name Walter) (m) 1905-1993
Olympic Medalists 1928 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Walter Edward "Turk" Broda
(m) 1914-1972
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Jim Rodford
(middle name Walter) (m) 1941-2018
Notable Musicians
Wally Halder
(m) 1925-1994
Olympic Medalists 1948 ice hockey (gold)
Walter Alston
(m) 1911-1984
Hall-of-Famers 1983 (baseball)
Walter Spence
(m) 1901-1958
Olympic Medalists 1928 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Angela Morley
(a.k.a. Walter) (f) 1924-2009
Notable Musicians
Walter "Babe" Pratt
(m) 1916-1988
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1944 ice hockey
Walter of Pontoise
(m) 1030-1095
Saints
Walter Bishop
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2008 Fringe
Walter Jones
(m) 1974-
Hall-of-Famers 2014 (football)
Walter Skinner
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 The X-Files
Will Keen
(middle name Walter) (m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Walter O'Malley
(m) 1903-1979
Hall-of-Famers 2008 (baseball)
Walter Kusch
(m) 1954-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (bronze)
Walter White Jr.
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2008 Breaking Bad
James Slatton
(middle name Walter) (m) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1972 water polo (bronze)
Buck Leonard
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1907-1997
Hall-of-Famers 1972 (baseball)
Walter Mitty
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1939 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter "Rabbit" Maranville
(m) 1891-1954
Hall-of-Famers 1954 (baseball)
Walter Parazaider
(m) 1945-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2016 Chicago
Walter Harold Porter
(m) 1903-1979
Olympic Medalists 1924 3000 m team (silver)
Andy Bernard
(a.k.a. Walter) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 The Office
Walter "Junie" Morrison
(m) 1954-2017
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Walt Kiesling
(m) 1903-1962
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (football)
Sir Walter Blunt
(m) ?-1403
Shakespearian Characters Henry IV (1)
Walter Kurtz
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1979 Apocalypse Now
Walter of Serviliano
(m) ?-1250
Saints
Walter Sobchak
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1998 The Big Lebowski
Walter Elliot
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1818 Persuasion
Walter Simmons
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 CSI: Miami
Sir Walter Herbert
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Richard III
Lord Walter Fitzwalter
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Richard II
Walter Whitmore
(m)
Shakespearian Characters Henry VI (2)
Gualtero
(a.k.a. Walter) (m) 1184-1224
Saints
Walter of L'Esterp
(m) ?-1070
Saints
Walter
(m) ?-1150
Saints
Walter of Bierbeeke
(m) ?-1220
Saints
Walter of Guimaraes
(m) ?-1258
Saints
Walter
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1982 Walter's Walk
Walter Pierson
(m) ?-1537
Saints
Walter Williams
(m) 1943-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2005 The O'Jays