Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of
Walter, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People
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Walt Arfons (1916-2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record racer
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Walt Bellamy (1939-2013), American National Basketball Association player, two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
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Walt Bellamy (ice hockey)
Walter Victor Bellamy (November 27, 1881 – July 24, 1941) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association
The National Hockey Association (NHA), officially the National ...
(1881-1941), Canadian hockey player
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Walter Blackman, American member of the Arizona House of Representatives
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Walt Bowyer (born 1960), American former National Football League player
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Walt Brown (politician) (born 1926), American politician
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Walt Clago
Walter M. Clago (June 28, 1899 – January 16, 1955) was an American football end who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Tigers (1921) and Rock Island Independents (1922). He played college football for th ...
(1899-1955), American football player
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Walt Corey (born 1938), American former National Football League player
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Walt Disney (1901-1966), American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Walt Dropo (1923-2010), American Major League Baseball and college basketball player
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Walt Frazier (born 1945), American National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
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Walt Handelsman (born 1956), American editorial cartoonist, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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Walt Harris (coach) (born 1946), American retired college football player and coach and National Football League coach
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Walt Harris (cornerback)
Walter Lee Harris (born August 10, 1974) is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. He played college football for Mississippi State University and was drafted by the Chica ...
(born 1974), American former National Football League player
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Walt Hazzard (1942-2011), American college and National Basketball Association player and college basketball coach
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Walt Housman (born 1962), American former football player
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Walt Jocketty (born 1951), American baseball executive
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Walt Kellner (1929-2006), American baseball player
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Walt Kiesling (1903-1962), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach
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Walt Kelly (1913-1973), American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Pogo''
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Walt Kowalczyk (born 1935), American former college football and National Football League player
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Walt Lamb (1920-1991), American football player
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Walt Lemon Jr. (born 1992), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
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Walt Radzick (1935-2005), Canadian Football League player
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Walt Schmetzer (born 1967), American former soccer player
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Walt Simonson (born 1946), American comic book writer and artist
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Walt Singer (1911-1992), American football player
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Walt Szot (1920-1981), American National Football League player
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Walt Torrence (1936/1937–1969), American basketball player
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Walt Uzdavinis (1911-1988), American football player
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Walt Weiss (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player and manager
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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet, essayist, journalist and humanist
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Walt Zirinsky
Walter John Zirinsky (August 1, 1920 – November 30, 2001) was an American football halfback who was a member of the Cleveland Rams team that won the 1945 NFL Championship.
Biography Early years
Walter John Zirinsky, known by the nickname "Wal ...
(1920-2001), American football player
Surname
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Lewis William Walt
Lewis William Walt (February 16, 1913 – March 26, 1989) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Walt was decorated several times, including two Navy Crosses f ...
(1913–1989), United States Marine Corps four-star general
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Martin Walt Martin Walt is a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University. He specializes in magnetospheric physics. He is also the father of Stephen Walt, a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Education
He rec ...
, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, father of Stephen Walt
* Sherman Walt (1923–1989), American bassoonist
* Stephen Walt (born 1955), American professor of international affairs
Fictional characters
* Walt Lloyd, on the television series ''Lost''
* Walt Longmire, on the television series ''Longmire (TV series), Longmire''
* Walt Stone, from the series ''The Kane Chronicles''
* Walt Wallet, in the newspaper comic strip ''Gasoline Alley''
See also
* Van der Walt, a list of people with the surname
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English-language masculine given names
Hypocorisms
English masculine given names