Walter

Walter is a masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin. Common variants of the name include Walt, Walters, Walther, Wolter, Wouter, Valder, Valter, Gauthier, Gautier, Gaultiero, and Gutierre.

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Notable Walters include:

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Walt Disney (1901–1966), Statesian animator, film producer, and oligarch who co-founded Disney in 1923
Walter Buch (1883–1949), German officer, jurist, and Nazi Party official who served as Chairman of the Supreme Party Court from 1927 to 1945
Walter Hill (1940–), Statesian film director and screenwriter
Walter Krueger (1881–1967), German-born Statesian soldier and military officer
Walter Lippmann (1889–1974), Statesian journalist and publicist
Walter Model (1891–1945), German military officer and war criminal who achieved the rank of Generalfeldmarschall
Walter Mondale (1928–2021), Statesian politician who served as the Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Walter Nash (1882–1968), New Zealander politician who served as the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1957 to 1960
Walter Raleigh (1552/54–1618), English sailor, explorer, soldier, spy, poet, writer, statesman, and colonialist
Walter Roban, Bermudan politician serving as the Deputy Premier of Bermuda
Walter Reuther (1907–1970), Statesian labour leader
Walter Rodney (1942–1980), Guyanese Marxist historian and politician
Walter Russell Shaw (1887–1981), Canadian politician and civil servant who served as Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1959 to 1966
Walter Scott (1771–1832), British poet, novelist, lawyer, and historian
Walter Scott (1867–1938), Canadian politician and journalist who served as Premier of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1916
Walter Ulbricht (1893–1973), East German politician who served as the leader of the Socialist Unity Party from 1950 to 1971
Walt Whitman (1819–1892), Statesian poet, essayist, and journalist

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Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), Yugoslav Marxist politician, theoretician, revolutionary, and statesman who ruled Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980

Fictional characters[edit | edit source]

Walter White, the protagonist and main villain of the 2008–2013 crime drama series Breaking Bad