Walther is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a

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Walter Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

, which is derived from the Old High German '' Walthari'', containing the elements ''wald'' -"power", "brightness" or "forest" and ''hari'' -"warrior". The name was first popularized by the famous epic German hero Walther von Aquitaine and later with the

Minnesänger (; "love song") was a tradition of lyric- and song-writing in Germany and Austria that flourished in the Middle High German period. This period of medieval German literature began in the 12th century and continued into the 14th. People who wr ...

Walther von der Vogelweide.

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* Walther Bauersfeld (1879–1959), German engineer who built the first projection planetarium * Walther Bothe (1891–1957), German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate * Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948), German World War II field marshal *

Walther Dahl Walther Dahl (27 March 1916 – 25 November 1985) was a German pilot and a fighter ace during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Dahl claimed some 128 enemy aircraft shot do ...

(1916–1985), German World War II flying ace * Walther von Dyck (1856–1934), German mathematician * Walther Flemming (1843–1905), German biologist and a founder of cytogenetics * Walther Funk (1890–1960), economist and Nazi official convicted of war crimes in the Nuremberg Trials * Walther Hahm (1894–1951), German World War II general * Walther Hewel (1904–1945), German diplomat and one of Hitler's few personal friends * Walther Kossel (1888–1956), German physicist * Walther von Lüttwitz (1859–1942), German general and a leader of the unsuccessful Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch against the Weimar Republic * Walther Meissner (1882–1974), German technical physicist and discoverer of the Meissner effect * Walther Müller (1905–1979), German physicist * Walther Otto Müller (1833–1887), German botanist * Walther Nehring (1892–1983), German World War II general *

Walther Nernst Walther Hermann Nernst (; 25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the wa ...

(1864–1941), German physical chemist and physicist; Nobel laureate in chemistry * Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), German industrialist, politician, writer, statesman and Foreign Minister of Germany for the Weimar Republic * Walther Ritz (1878–1909), Swiss theoretical physicist * Walther Schroth (1882–1944), German World War II general *

Walther Schwieger Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger (Wilhem Otto Walther Schwieger) (7 April 1885 – 5 September 1917) was a U-boat commander in the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine'') during First World War. In 1915, he sank the passenger liner wi ...

(1885–1917), German World War I U-boat commander who sank the ''Lusitania'' *

Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach Walther Kurt von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (; 22 August 1888 – 28 April 1976) was a German general during World War II who commanded the LI Army Corps during the Battle of Stalingrad. At the end of the battle, he gave his officers freedom of action ...

, German World War II general *

Walther Stampfli Walther Stampfli (3 December 1884 in Büren, Solothurn – 11 October 1965) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1940–1947). He was elected to the Federal Council on 18 July 1940 and handed over office on 31 Dece ...

(1884–1965), Swiss politician * Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170–c. 1230), High German lyric poet * Walther Wenck (1900–1982), youngest general in the German Army during World War II * Walther Wever (general) (1887–1936), German general, commander of the Luftwaffe and proponent of strategic bombing *

Walther Wever (pilot) Walther Wever (16 January 1923 – 10 April 1945) was a Luftwaffe flying ace during the Second World War. The son of former Chief of the Luftwaffe General Walther Wever, Wever served during 1943 on the Eastern Front and from 19 June 1943 until 1 ...

(1923–1945), German flying ace and son of the above

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* Andrea Walther (born 1970), German mathematician *

Augustin Friedrich Walther Augustin Friedrich Walther (26 October 1688 – 12 October 1746) was a German anatomist, botanist and physician who was a native of Wittenberg. He was the son of theologian Michael Walther the Younger (1638–1692). In 1712 he earned his degree ...

(1688–1746), German anatomist *

Bernhard Walther Bernhard Walther (1430June 19, 1504) was a German merchant, humanist and astronomer based in Nuremberg, Germany. Walther was born in Memmingen, and was a man of large means, which he devoted to scientific pursuits. When Regiomontanus settled in N ...

(1430–1504), German astronomer for whom a lunar crater is named *

C. F. W. Walther Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (October 25, 1811 – May 7, 1887) was a German-American Lutheran minister. He was the first president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and its most influential theologian. He is commemorated by that ...

(1811–1887), German-American first President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and its most influential theologian *

Carl Walther Carl Wilhelm Freund Walther (22 November 1858 – 9 July 1915) was a German gunsmith from Zella-Mehlis, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Go ...

(1858–1915), German gunsmith and founder of Walther Arms * Christoph Walther (born 1950), German computer scientist *

Edgar Walther Edgar Walther (24 December 1930 – 23 October 2013) was a Switzerland, Swiss chess player who held the chess titles, titles of FIDE Master and International Correspondence Chess Master (1978). He was a Chess Olympiad individual medalist (11th Ch ...

(1930-2013), Swiss chess player * Eric Walther (born 1975), German pentathlete * Erich Walther (1903–1947), German World War II general * Frédéric Henri Walther (1761–1813), Alsatian-born general in Napoleon's army *

George Walther Sr. George Walther Sr. (August 13, 1876 – April 10, 1961) was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, civic leader and the holder of over 100 patents for truck wheels, brake drums, fifth wheels, and landing gear/legs for the trucking industr ...

(1876–1961), American inventor *

George H. Walther George H. Walther (November 28, 1828July 30, 1895) was a German American immigrant, surveyor, and politician. He served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War and later served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the ...

(1828–1895), American politician *

Geraldine Walther Geraldine Lamboley Walther (born July 22, 1950) is an American violist. From 2005 to May 2020 she was a member of the Takács Quartet. During this time she also taught at the University of Colorado Boulder. She was also the principal violist of ...

(born 1950), American violist *

Gesine Walther Gesine Walther (born 6 October 1962) is a retired German sprinter. Biography In 1982 Walther became the first European indoor champion in the 200 m event. At the 1982 European Championships she finished fifth in the 100 m, fourth in th ...

(born 1962), German sprinter *

Johann Gottfried Walther Johann Gottfried Walther (18 September 1684 – 23 March 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Walther was born at Erfurt. Not only was his life almost exactly contemporaneous to that ...

(1684–1748), German organist and composer *

Johann Jakob Walther (composer) Johann Jakob Walther (1650 – 2 November 1717) was a German violinist and composer. Life All the known facts of his life and activity are from the ''Musikalischen Lexikon'' by Johann Gottfried Walther (Johann Sebastian Bach's cousin), a dict ...

(1650–1704), German composer/violinist * Johann Jakob Walther (1600–1679), German artist and botanical illustrator * Johannes Walther (1860–1937), German geologist *

Kerstin Walther Kerstin Walther (born 15 April 1961 in Altenburg, Thuringia) is a retired East Germany, East German sprinter. She won both the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships. At the 19 ...

(born 1961), German sprinter *

Kirsten Walther Kirsten Walther (31 August 1933 – 19 February 1987) was a Danish actress. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1956 and 1983. She is well known for her role in the films of the Olsen Gang and died unexpectedly at ...

(1933–1987), Danish actress *

Philipp Franz von Walther Philipp Franz von Walther (3 January 1782 – 29 December 1849) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist. Biography He was born in Burrweiler. He studied medicine in Vienna under Georg Joseph Beer and Johann Peter Frank, obtaining his medic ...

(1782–1849), German doctor

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