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

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* Walt Anderson (American football) (born 1952), American football official * Walt Arfons (1916-2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record racer * Walt Bellamy (1939-2013), American National Basketball Association player, two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee * Walt Bellamy (ice hockey) (1881-1941), Canadian hockey player * Walter Blackman (born 1965/1966), American member of the Arizona House of Representatives * Walt Bowyer (born 1960), American National Football League player * Walt Brown (politician) (born 1926), American politician * Walt Clago (1899-1955), American football player * Walt Conley (1929–2003), American singer * Walt Corey (1938–2022), American National Football League player *

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 * Walt Dropo (1923–2010), American Major League Baseball and college basketball player * Walt Frazier (born 1945), American National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame * Walt Handelsman (born 1956), American editorial cartoonist, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize * Walt Harris (coach) (born 1946), American college football player and coach and National Football League coach * Walt Harris (cornerback) (born 1974), American National Football League player *

Walt Hazzard Mahdi Abdul-Rahman (born Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr.; April 15, 1942 – November 18, 2011) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He played in college for the UCLA Bruins and was a member of their first natio ...

(1942-2011), American college and National Basketball Association player and college basketball coach * Walt Housman (born 1962), American football player * Walt Jocketty (born 1951), American baseball executive * Walt Kellner (1929-2006), American baseball player *

Walt Kiesling Walter Andrew Kiesling (May 27, 1903 – March 2, 1962) was an American professional football guard and coach who spent 36 years in the National Football League (NFL). He was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and ...

(1903-1962), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach *

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'' *

Walt Koken Walt Koken (born October 9, 1946, Columbia, Missouri) is an American claw-hammer banjo player, fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for ...

(born 1946), American claw-hammer banjo player, fiddler, and singer *

Walt Kowalczyk Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (April 17, 1935 – November 7, 2018) was an American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. He also played in the American Football ...

(1935–2018), American college football and National Football League player *

Walt Lamb Walter G. "Dub" Lamb (December 21, 1920 – January 5, 1991) was an American professional football end who played one season with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Bears in the tenth round of the 1 ...

(1920-1991), American football player *

Walt Lemon Jr. Walter Lemon Jr. (born July 26, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for four years with the Bradley Braves. High sch ...

(born 1992), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League *

Walt Nauta Waltine Torre Nauta Jr. (born ) is an American valet and body man to U.S. president Donald Trump. He was a defendant in a Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (government documents case), criminal case over violations of the Espionage Act and re ...

(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 ...

Walt Peacosh Walt Peacosh (September 16, 1935 – July 23, 2017) was a Canadian ice hockey player. Peacosh was a member of the Trail Smoke Eaters who won a gold medal at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland Switzerland, official ...

(1935–2017), Canadian ice hockey player *

Walt Radzick Walter Raymond Radzick (May 25, 1935 – March 31, 2005) was a Canadian football defensive tackle who played in the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1965. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Radzick first played football with the Toro ...

(1935-2005), Canadian Football League player *

Walt Schmetzer Walter M. Schmetzer (born April 26, 1967, in Seattle, Washington) is a former U.S. soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Western Soccer Alliance and Major Indoor Soccer League. Schmetzer grew up in Seattle, Washington where he atte ...

(born 1967), American soccer player * Walt Secord (born 1964), Australian politician *

Walt Simonson Walter Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' ''Thor'' from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned ...

(born 1946), American comic book writer and artist * Walt Singer (1911-1992), American football player * Walt Szczerbiak (born 1949), American basketball player * Walt Szot (1920-1981), American National Football League player * Walt Tauscher (1901–1992), American baseball player * Walt Tkaczuk (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player * Walt Tomenga (born 1946), American politician * Walt Torrence (1936/1937–1969), American basketball player * Walt Uzdavinis (1911-1988), American football player * Walt Weiss (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player and manager *

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature. Whitman incor ...

(1819-1892), American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist * Walt Zirinsky (1920-2001), American football player

Surname

* Lewis William Walt (1913–1989), United States Marine Corps four-star general * Martin Walt, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, father of Stephen Walt * Sherman Walt (1923–1989), American bassoonist *

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'' * 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 ...

'' * Walt Wallet, in the newspaper comic strip '' Gasoline Alley''

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