Wolter is a given name and surname of

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

and Low Franconian origin. It is equivalent to the English

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 ...

, High German

Walther Walther is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a German form of Walter, which is derived from the Old High German ''Walthari'', containing the elements ''wald'' -"power", "brightness" or "forest" and ''hari'' -"warrior". The name was fir ...

, Dutch

Wouter Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright ar ...

and French Gauthier. People with the name Wolter include:

Given name

Wolter von Plettenberg Wolter (or Walter) von Plettenberg (c. 1450 – February 28, 1535) was the Master (''Landmeister'') of the Livonian Order from 1494 to 1535 and one of the greatest leaders of the Teutonic knights. He was an important early Baltic German. ...

(c. 1450–1535), leader of the Teutonic knights *

Gerhard Wolter Molanus Gerhard Wolter Molanus (born Gerhard Wolter van Meulen; 1 November 1633 in Hameln (25 m. s.w. of Hanover) – 7 September 1722 at Loccum) was Lutheran theologian and abbot of Loccum. Biography He studied theology at Helmstedt; and in 1659 wa ...

(1633–1722), Lutheran theologian and abbot * Wolter Robert van Hoëvell (1812–1879), Dutch minister, politician, reformer, and writer *

Koenraad Wolter Swart Koenraad Wolter Swart (1916–1992) was a Dutch-American historian, best known for his work on the role of William of Orange in the Dutch Revolt, and for his doctoral dissertation on the relationship between the state and state functionaries in ...

(1916–1992), Dutch-American historian * Robert Wolter Monginsidi (1925–1949), Indonesian independence fighter *

Wolter Wierbos Wolter Wierbos (born 1 September 1957, in Holten, Overijssel) is a Dutch trombonist. Wierbos has played throughout Europe, Canada, USA and Asia. Wierbos has many awards to his name, including the Podiumprijs for Jazz and Improvised music and the ...

(born 1957), Dutch jazz trombonist * Wolter Kroes (born 1968), Dutch pop singer

Surname

Adolph Wolter Adolph Gustav Wolter von Ruemelin (September 7, 1903 – October 15, 1980), transplanted sculptor in Indiana, was born on September 7, 1903, in Reutlingen (Baden-Württemberg), Germany, in the southern region of that country. The second of thr ...

(1903–1980), German-born American sculptor * Bernard C. Wolter (1852–1936), American politician *

Birthe Wolter Birthe Wolter (born 4 October 1981) is a German actress. Career She studied at the Munich's ''August Everding Music and Drama School'' (2002–2006). Her most popular role so far was one of the leading role in the RTL series '' Schulmädchen''. ...

(born 1981), German actress * Charlotte Wolter (1834–1897), German actress *

Franz-Erich Wolter Franz-Erich Wolter is a German computer scientist, chaired professor at Leibniz University Hannover, with research contributions especially in computational (differential) geometry and haptic/tactile Virtual reality. He currently heads the Institu ...

, German computer scientist *

Hans Wolter Hans Wolter (11 May 1911 in Dramburg – 17 August 1978 in Marburg) was a German physicist who designed an aplanatic system of grazing incidence mirrors that satisfied the Abbe sine condition (i.e. free of both spherical aberration and coma). Wol ...

(1911–1978), German physicist *

Harry Wolter Harry Meiggs Wolter (July 11, 1884 – July 7, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1907), Pittsburgh Pirates (1907), St. Louis Cardinals (1907), Bos ...

(1884–1970), American baseball player *

Horst Wolter Horst Wolter (born 8 June 1942 in Berlin, Germany) is a German former international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career A Bundesliga winner with Eintracht Braunschweig in 1967, Wolter played almost 250 West German top-flight m ...

(born 1942), German footballer * Karl Wolter (1894–1959), German footballer *

Kimberly-Rose Wolter Kimberly-Rose Wolter is an American actress, writer, producer and co-founder of VS Theatre company in Los Angeles, California. Film Wolter has written and starred in two feature films, 2003's ''Tre'' which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 ...

, American actress, writer and producer *

Maurus Wolter Maurus Wolter (4 June 1825, in Bonn – 8 July 1890, in Beuron) was the first abbot of the Benedictine Beuron Archabbey, which he founded with his brother Placidus in 1863. William M. Johnston ''Encyclopedia of Monasticism'' (2000, ), pp. 1440-14 ...

(1825–1890), German abbot * Michel Wolter (born 1962), Luxembourgian politician *

Mirko Wolter Mirko Wolter (born 6 September 1976 in Güstrow, Germany)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is a speedway rider who first rode in the United Kingdom, riding with the Sheffield Tigers in the Premier League. After a six-year abse ...

(born 1976), German speedway rider * Philippe Wolter (1959–2005), Belgian actor *

Ralf Wolter Ralf Wolter (26 November 1926 – 14 October 2022) was a German stage and screen actor. Wolter appeared in nearly 220 films and television series in his over 60 years as a character actor. Life and career Wolter began his long career on the B ...

(1926–2022), German actor *

Scott Wolter ''America Unearthed'' was an American entertainment television series, the first original series to air on the A&E Networks channel H2. The show premiered on December 21, 2012, and was produced by Committee Films of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The p ...

, American television personality and geologist * Sherilyn Wolter (born 1951), American actress *

Thomas Wolter Thomas Wolter (born 4 October 1963) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or a defender, and the current manager of SV Werder Bremen's youth academy. Club career Born in Hamburg, Wolter arrived at SV Werder Brem ...

(born 1963), German footballer *

Waldemar Wolter Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements ''wald-'' "power", "brightness" and ''-mar'' "fame". The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włodz ...

(1908–1947), German concentration camp physician * Whitey Wolter (1899–1947), American football player * Niels Wolter (born 1979), International Director of ESL, Global Esports Company

Others

* Wolter Monginsidi Airport in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia * Wolter telescope, a telescope for X-rays named after Hans Wolter

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