Walter

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Walter Given Name
Gender	masculine
Meaning	"powerful warrior," or "ruler of the world."
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Walter

Walter is a male name. It is derived from the Germanic words "wald," meaning "rule" and "heri" meaning "army."

Name variants include:

• Walt, Walten (English)
• Bhaltair or Bhátair(Scottish)
• Gwallter (Scottish)
• Gauther, Gauthier (French)
• Gualtiero (Italian)
• Gualterio, Gutierro (Spanish)
• Weit, Wolter, Wout, Wouter (Dutch)
• Walder, Walli, Walten, Walther, Waltili, Walton, Wolter (German)
• Valter, Wolter, Woulter Scandinavian
• Ladislaus (Lithuanian)
• Valtr, Vladko, Waltr (Czech language|Czech)
• Waldemar (Polish)
• Vladimir, Volya, Vova, Vovka (Russian)

Contents 1 People 1.1 Walter as a given name: Middle Ages 1.2 Walter as a given name: Modern Times 1.2.1 Fictional Characters 1.3 Walter as a family name 2 Pseudonyms 3 Places 4 Companies 5 Other 6 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Walter as a given name: Middle Ages

• Walter of Château-Thierry, French theologian
• Walter of Châtillon, 12th century French theologian
• Walter of Compiègne, 12th century French poet/monk
• Walter of St Victor, d. ca. 1180, French theologian
• Walter of Pontoise, 11th century saint
• Walter Burley, medieval English logician
• Walter Tirel, Anglo-Norman nobleman
• Gualterius de Lavendel, French ambassador

[edit] Walter as a given name: Modern Times

• Walter Owen Bentley, founder Bentley Motors
• Walter Cronkite, renowned CBS anchorman
• Walter Elias Disney, creator of Walt Disney Company
• Walter Hagen, golfer
• Walter Matthew Jefferies, aviation and mechanical artist, set designer and writer
• Walter Johnson, legendary baseball star pitcher of the 1910s and 1920s
• Walter Koenig, actor best known as "Mr. Chekov" on Star Trek
• Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States
• Walter Mfuko, Highschool Football/Basketball Player
• Walter Payton, football hall of famer
• Sir Walter Raleigh, English explorer
• Walter Schmidt, German hammer thrower
• Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet
• Walter E. Scott, (aka "Death Valley Scotty") con man, cowboy, resident of Scotty's Castle.
• Walter Slezak, actor
• Walter Veltroni, mayor of Rome
• Walther von der Vogelweide, German poet (c. 1170 - c. 1230)
• Walt Williams, basketball player
• Walt "No Neck" Williams, baseball player
• Walter Ray Williams, professional bowler and horseshoe pitcher
• Walter Winchell, gossip columnist

[edit] Fictional Characters

• An elderly, embittered puppet character named Walter, used in the act of ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham
• Walter (surname unknown), the lead character in the TV movie Walter, portrayed by Ian McKellen
• Walter Bernhard, the antagonist from the game Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
• Walter Blythe, from the book Anne of Green Gables.
• Walter C. Dornez ("the Angel of Death") from Hellsing
• Walter Harriman from the TV show Stargate SG-1
• Sir Colonel Walter S Houghington III, the hero from The Chronicles of Colonel Walter S Houghington III
• Walter Mitty, a fictional character in James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
• Walter Mosca, the fictional hero in Mario Puzo's The Dark Arena
• Walter o'Dim, also known as Randall Flagg, the antagonist from The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Radar O'Reilly, from M*A*S*H novels, television series, and film. He is rarely referred to as Walter, his given name.
• Walter Sullivan, the antagonist from the game Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Walter Tabachnik, from TV show Ugly Betty, is Betty's ex-boyfriend.
• Maynard G. Krebs, from the TV show Dobie Gillis. The 'G' stood for 'Walter'.

[edit] Walter as a family name

• Andrew Walter, quarterback with the Oakland Raiders
• Bernard Walter aka Bernard Walther, 15th century German astronomer, eponym of the lunar crater "Walther" (not to be confused with the tiny lunar crater "Walter")
• Bruno Walter, German conductor and composer
• Denis Walter, Australian singer and television/radio personality
• Eugene Walter (playwright) (1874-1941) American journalist and playwright
• Eugene Walter (1921-1998) American poet, screenwriter and storyteller
• Francis E. Walter, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Fritz Walter (politician) (1896-1977), German legislator, a member of the FDP
• Dr. Fritz Walter (1900-1981), German sports executive, best known as the chairman of VfB Stuttgart
• Fritz Walter (1920-2002), captain of the 1954 FIFA World Cup winning German national football team
• Fritz Walter (1980s footballer) (born 1960), player for VfB Stuttgart
• Hans-Jürgen Walter
• Harriet Walter
• Heini Walter
• Hellmuth Walter, engineer and inventor of various propulsion systems based on hydrogen peroxide
• Hubert Walter
• James W. Walter, Sr.
• James W. Walter
• Jessica Walter
• John Walter
• John Walter (second)
• John Walter (third)
• Kenneth Walter
• Lisa Ann Walter
• Lucy Walter
• Marie-Thérèse Walter
• Natasha Walter
• Neil Walter
• Nicolas Walter
• Norbert Walter, German volleyball player
• Otto Walter
• Peter Walter
• Ralf Walter
• Robert Walter
• Robert D. Walter
• Ryan Walter
• Thomas U. Walter
• Tracey Walter
• Tyson Walter
• Ulrich Walter
• Weasel Walter
• William Grey Walter
• Woon Cheong Ming Walter, Singapore politician

[edit] Pseudonyms

• Walter, the nom de plume of the author of My Secret Life. Some critics have identified him as Henry Spencer Ashbee, though this remains a matter of argument

[edit] Places

• Gualtieri, Italy
• Walter Township, Minnesota
• Walter crater on the Moon
• Walther crater, also on the Moon.

[edit] Companies

• Walter Engines a.s. - Czech manufacturer of aero-engines.
• Hellmuth Walter Kommanditgesellschaft - German manufacturer of rocket engines.

[edit] Other

The name "Walter" is mentioned in the German version of "The Lumberjack Song" by Monty Python, as it rhymes with "Büstenhalter".

[edit] See also

• Walters
• Wolter
• Walther