Walton is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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Walton (surname)
Walton is a toponymic surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon origins. It derives from a place with the suffix ''tun'' ('town, farm, hamlet') and one of the prefixes ''wald'' ('a wood'), ''walesc'' ('foreigner') or ''walh'' ('farm worker'). First reco ...
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Walton as a given name may refer to:
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Walt Bachrach
Walton H. Bachrach (December 22, 1904—December 17, 1989) was a businessman, lawyer, and Republican politician who served as the mayor of Cincinnati from 1961—1967 and on the City Council from 1953—1967.
Early life
Bachrach was born in Cinc ...
(1904–1989), American politician, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
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Chadwick Walton
Chadwick Antonio Kirkpatrick Walton (born 3 July 1985) is a West Indies cricketer from Jamaica. Nicknamed Rope, Walton is a right-hand batsman and wicket keeper who played a series of first class cricket matches for Combined Campuses and Colleg ...
(born 1985), West Indian cricketer
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Walton Ford
Walton Ford (born 1960 in Larchmont, New York) is an American artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. Each of his paintings is a meticulous, realistic study in flora and fa ...
(born 1960), American painter
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Walton Goggins
Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred in a number of television series, including ''The Shield'' (2002–2008), '' Justified'' (2010–2015), ''Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), ''The Righteous ...
(born 1971), American actor
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Walton Hale Hamilton
Walton Hale Hamilton (October 30, 1881 – October 27, 1958) was an American law professor who taught at Yale Law School (1928–1948), although he was an economist, not a lawyer. In 1919, Hamilton coined the term "institutional economics".
Life ...
(1881–1958), American law professor and economist
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Walt Kirk
Walton Kirk Jr. (September 3, 1924 – December 12, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.
Walton Kirk Jr, the son of Walton Sr. and Gertrude Kirk, grew up in Mount Vernon, Illinois and graduated from Mt. Vernon Township High Sc ...
(1924–2012), American National Basketball Association player
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Walton Musser Clarence Walton Musser (April 5, 1909, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Mount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,346 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 8,323 in 2021.
Name and origin
The name is ofte ...
(1909–1998), American inventor and engineer
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Walton Walker
Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 – December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying ...
(1889–1950), United States Army four-star general
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Walton Alfonso Webson
Walton Alfonso Webson is an Antiguan diplomat. He has served as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014. (), Antiguan diplomat
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English-language masculine given names