Arts and Music

• Walter Crane (born 1845, died 1915)

  English illustrator, painter, cartoonist and designer.

  • Set the standard for quality book illustrations (see list of Graphic Designers)
• Walter Gropius (born 1883, died 1969)

  German architect. Director of the Bauhaus, 1919-28

  • 1959 American Institute of Architects gold medal winner (see list of Winners of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal)
• Walter Lantz (born 1900, died 1994)

  American cartoonist.

  • Woody Woodpecker (see list of Cartoonists)
• Walter Piston
  • 1948 and 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music)

Leadership

• Walter J. Cummings

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Seventh Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Walter J. Sanders III
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Advanced Micro Devices (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Walter L. Jacobs (born 1898, died 1985)

  American businessman.

  • Founded the first car-rental agency (see list of Miscellaneous Business Leaders)
• Walter Scott, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Peter Kiewit Sons'' (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Walter Reuther (born 1907, died 1970)

  American labor leader.

  • Working Class Hero (see list of Twenty innovators who changed the 20th century)
  • President of the United Automobile Workers union, 1946-70; president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1952-55 (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)
• Walter V. Shipley
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Chemical Banking Corp. (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Walter K. Stapleton

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Third Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Walter H. Weiner
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Republic New York Corp. (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Walter F. White (born 1893, died 1955)

  American civil-rights leader.

  • Secretary of the NAACP, 1931-55 (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)

Miscellaneous

• Walter H. Annenberg (born 1908)

  American publisher, philanthropist and diplomat.

  • 1986 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Walter P. Chrysler (born 1875, died 1940)

  American industrialist and automobile manufacturer. Founded the Chrysler Corporation.

  • 1928 Time Magazine Man of the Year (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)
• Walter Huston (born 1884, died 1950)

  Canadian-born American actor. Father of director John Huston.

  • Born in Toronto, Ontario (see list of Famous Canadians)
• Walter H. Judd
  • 1981 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Walter Lippmann
  • 1964 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Walter Pidgeon (born 1898, died 1984)

  Canadian actor.

  • Had tuberculosis (see list of People Who Have Had Tuberculosis)
  • Born in Saint John, New Brunswick (see list of Famous Canadians)
• Walter Reuther (born 1907, died 1970)

  American labor leader.

  • 1995 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Walter
  • Hurricane or tropical storm (see list of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Names)
• Walter F. White (born 1893, died 1955)

  American civil-rights leader.

  • 1937 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Walter H. Beech

  American aircraft manufacturer; co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Walter Bothe (born 1891, died 1957)

  German physicist who studied radiation and subatomic particles.

  • 1954 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Max Born (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Walter H. Brattain (born 1902, died 1987)

  American physicist who helped develop the transistor.

  • 1956 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with John Bardeen and William Shockley (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
  • Known for his work in solid-state physics (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)
• R. Walter Cunningham

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Apollo 7 (1968) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Walter M. Elsasser (born 1904, died 1991)

  German-born American physicist.

  • 1987 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Walter Gilbert

  American scientist known for studies of nucleic acids.

  • 1980 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Paul Berg and Frederick Sanger (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Walter N. Haworth

  British chemist known for his studies of carbohydrates and vitamin C.

  • 1937 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Paul Karrer (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Walter Rudolf Hess (born 1881, died 1973)

  Swiss physiologist who studied the autonomic nervous system.

  • 1949 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Antonio Moniz (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Walter Kohn (born 1923)
  • Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for '''' his development of the density-functional theory.'''' He shares the award with John A. Pole. (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
  • 1988 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Walter Munk

  American geophysicist and oceanographer.

  • 1985 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Walter S. Reed (born 1851, died 1902)

  American physician.

  • Discovered the cause of yellow fever (see list of Medical Practitioners)
• Walter M. Schirra (born 1923)

  American astronaut.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Walter M. Shirra

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Mercury 8 (1962), Gemini 6A (1965), Apollo 7 (1968) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Walter H. Stockmayer
  • 1987 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Walter Bathe

  German athlete.

  • 1912 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 200m breaststroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
• Walter Brack

  German athlete.

  • 1904 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 100yd backstroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
• Walter Browne
  • 1974-77 and 1980-83 U.S. Chess champion (see list of United States Chess Champions)
• Walter Burkemo
  • 1953 Professional Golf Association tournament winner (see list of PGA Champions)
• Walter Hagen
  • 1914, 1919 U.S. Open golf tournament winner (see list of U.S. Open Golf Champions)
  • 1921, 1924-27 Professional Golf Association tournament winner (see list of PGA Champions)
  • 1922, 1924, 1928-29 British Open golf champion (see list of British Open Golf Champions)
• Walter Johnson

  Baseball player.

  • 1913, 1924 American League Most Valuable Player (see list of American League Most Valuable Players)
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Walter Ray Williams, Jr.
  • Member of the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame (see list of Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame)
• Walter Fenner ''Buck'' Leonard (born 1907)

  American Negro League baseball player.

  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Walter ''Rabbit'' Maranville
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Walter E. Meanwell

  British basketball coach.

  • Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Walter Mercurio
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Walter Paepke

  Skier.

  • Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1978 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
• Walter Jerry Sweetness Payton (born 1954, died 1999)

  American football player.

  • 1976-77 National Football Conference Player of the Year (see list of NFL Players of the Year)
  • Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1993 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
• Walter ''Babe'' Pratt (died 1988)

  Hockey player.

  • 1944 Hart Trophy winner (see list of Hart Trophy Winners)
• Walter Ris

  American athlete.

  • 1948 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 100m Freestyle (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Freestyle Swimming)
• Walter Tewksbury

  American athlete.

  • 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m Hurdles (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Hurdles)
  • 1900 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Walter Ward
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Walter Young

  Canadian runner.

  • 1937 Boston Marathon champion (see list of Boston Marathon Winners)

Stage and Screen

• Walter Barber

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Young and the Restless'')
• Walter Beardsley

  Fictional character.

  • Played by Moroni Olsen (see list of Character from Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious)
• Walter Brennan (born 1894, died 1974)

  American actor.

  • Three-time Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor: 1936, for Come and Get It; 1938, for Kentucky; and 1940, for The Westerner (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter Catlett (born 1889, died 1960)

  American comic actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter ''Pee Wee'' Hunt (born 1907)

  American jazz trombonist and singer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter Huston (born 1884, died 1950)

  Canadian-born American actor. Father of director John Huston.

  • 1948 Academy Award winner for his performance in Treasure of Sierra Madre (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter Koenig (born 1936)

  American actor.

  • On Hollywood''s Footprints of Fame (see list of Celebrities Honored by Mann's Chinese Theater)
  • Portrayed Ensign Pavel Chekov (see list of Actors on ''Star Trek'')
• Walter Lang
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter Lantz (born 1900, died 1994)

  American cartoonist.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter Matthau (born 1920)

  American actor and director.

  • 1965 Tony Award winner for his performance in The Odd Couple (see list of Tony winners for Best Actor in a Play)
  • 1966 Academy Award winner for his performance in The Fortune Cookie (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter O'Keefe (born 1900, died 1983)

  American writer, actor and radio quiz-show host.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter ''Radar'' O'Reilly

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Gary Burghoff (see list of Characters on ''M*A*S*H*'')
• Walter Pidgeon (born 1898, died 1984)

  Canadian actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Walter Skinner

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Mitch Pileggi (see list of Characters on ''The X-Files'')
• Walter Winchell (born 1897, died 1972)

  American gossip columnist.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Walter Jackson Bate (born 1918)

  American literary critic and biographer.

  • Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, in 1964 for John Keats and in 1978 for Samuel Johnson (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
  • 1978 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for Samuel Johnson (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
• Walter Duranty
  • 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner for Correspondence (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence)
• Walter D. Edmonds (born 1903, died 1998)
  • 1942 Newbery Medal winner, for The Matchlock Gun (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
• Walter Kerr
  • 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner for Criticism (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism)
• Walter Savage Landor (born 1775, died 1864)

  Welsh poet.

  • Wrote Imaginary Conversations (see list of Writers of the Romantic Period (1785-1830))
• Walter Lippmann
  • 1962 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)
• Walter A. McDougall
  • 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for . . . the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
• Walter Mears
  • 1977 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)
• Walter Myers
  • Author of Fallen Angels (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (born 1552, died 1618)

  English adventurer, poet and historian. A favorite of Elizabeth I.

  • Wrote ''''Farewell, False Love'''' (see list of Writers of the 16th Century)
• Sir Walter Scott (born 1771, died 1832)

  Scottish poet and novelist.

  • Wrote Waverly (see list of Writers of the Romantic Period (1785-1830))
• Walter W. ''Red'' Smith
  • 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary)