Namesakes for WALTER:
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Sir Walter Elliot 1818 Persuasion
German Chancellors:
1 chancellor
Walter Scheel 1974
Hall-of-Famers:
4 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 football, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Walter Johnson 1936 
(baseball) Walter "Rabbit" Maranville 1954 
(ice hockey) Walter "Babe" Pratt 1966 
(baseball) Walter Alston 1983 
(basketball) Walter Frazier 1987 
(football) Walter Payton 1993 
(baseball) Walter O'Malley 2008
Nobel Prize Winners:
3 chemistry, 2 medicine, 1 physics
(chemistry) Walter Norman Haworth 1937 
(medicine) Sir Howard Walter Florey 1945 
(medicine) Walter Rudolf Hess 1949 
(physics) Walter H. Brattain 1956 
(chemistry) Walter Gilbert 1980 
(chemistry) Walter Kohn 1998
Notable Actors and Actresses:
3 actors
Walter Huston 1883-1950 
Walter Brennan 1894-1974 
Walter Matthau 1920-2000
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
Walter Chrysler 1875-1940 
W. O. Bentley (a.k.a. Walter) 1888-1971
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Sir Walter Raleigh 1552-1618
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
1 television
Television Walter Cronkite 1916-2009
Notable Musicians:
1 composer
Angela Morley (a.k.a. Walter) 1924-2009
Notable Professional Athletes:
2 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 football, 1 golf, 1 ice hockey
(basketball) Walter Frazier 
(baseball) Walter Johnson 
(baseball) Walter "Rabbit" Maranville 
(football) Walter Payton 
(ice hockey) Walter "Babe" Pratt 
(golf) Walter Hagen 1892-1969
Notable Writers:
1 author
Walter Scott 1771-1832
Oscar Award Winners:
3 actors
(actor) Walter Brennan 1936; 1938; 1940 Come and Get It; Kentucky; The Westerner 
(actor) Walter Huston 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 
(actor) Walter Matthau 1966 Fortune Cookie
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:
4 characters
Sir Walter Blunt Henry IV (1) 
Lord Walter Fitzwalter Richard II 
Sir Walter Herbert Richard III 
Walter Whitmore Henry VI (2)