Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of
Walter
Walter may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...
, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People
Given name
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Walt Anderson (American football) (born 1952), American football official
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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) (1881-1941), Canadian hockey player
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Walter Blackman (born 1965/1966), American member of the Arizona House of Representatives
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Walt Bowyer (born 1960), American National Football League player
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Walt Brown (politician) (born 1926), American politician
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Walt Clago (1899-1955), American football player
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Walt Conley (1929–2003), American singer
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Walt Corey (1938–2022), American National Football League player
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Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...
(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 college football player and coach and National Football League coach
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Walt Harris (cornerback) (born 1974), American 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 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
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip ''Pogo (comic strip), Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney S ...
(1913-1973), American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Pogo''
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Walt Koken (born 1946), American claw-hammer banjo player, fiddler, and singer
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Walt Kowalczyk (1935–2018), American 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 Nauta (born ), valet to
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...
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Walt Peacosh (1935–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
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Walt Radzick (1935-2005), Canadian Football League player
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Walt Schmetzer (born 1967), American soccer player
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Walt Secord (born 1964), Australian politician
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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 Szczerbiak (born 1949), American basketball player
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Walt Szot (1920-1981), American National Football League player
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Walt Tauscher (1901–1992), American baseball player
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Walt Tkaczuk (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
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Walt Tomenga (born 1946), American politician
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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 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 (1920-2001), American football player
Surname
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Lewis William Walt (1913–1989), United States Marine Corps four-star general
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Martin Walt, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, father of Stephen Walt
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Sherman Walt (1923–1989), American bassoonist
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Stephen Walt
Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is an American political scientist serving as the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. A member of the realist school of international relations, Walt ...
(born 1955), American professor of international affairs
Fictional characters
* Walt Boggis, a main antagonist of ''
Fantastic Mr. Fox''
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Walt Lloyd, on the television series ''Lost''
* Walt Longmire, on the television series ''
Longmire''
* Walt Stone, from the series ''
The Kane Chronicles
''The Kane Chronicles'' is a trilogy of adventure novels based on Egyptian mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. The series is set in the same universe as Riordan's other franchises, ''Camp Half-Blood Chronicles'' and ''Magnus Chase ...
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* Walt Wallet, in the newspaper comic strip ''
Gasoline Alley''
See also
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Van der Walt, a list of people with the surname
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English-language masculine given names
Hypocorisms
English masculine given names
Masculine given names