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