Leading Figures in History

Walter Bonatti

Italian mountaineer and alpinist (1930–2011)

Walter C. Alvarez

American medical doctor (1884–1978)

Walter Davis (triple jumper)

American triple jumper (born 1979)

Walter de Gray

Archbishop of York (1215–1255) and Lord Chancellor of England (1205–1214)

Walter de la Mare

English poet and fiction writer (1873–1956)

Walter de Luci

12th-century Anglo-Norman Abbot of Battle Abbey

Walter Dean Myers

American children's book author (1937–2014)

Walter Egan (golfer)

American golfer

Walter F. Otto

German classical philologist (1874–1958)

Walter Farley

American writer

Walter Giesler

American soccer player, administrator, and coach

Walter Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

Walter Hadlee

New Zealand cricketer (1915–2006)

Walter Hawkins

American gospel singer (1949–2010)

Walter Herrmann

Argentine basketball player (born 1979)

Walter Horak

Austrian footballer (1931–2019)

Walter J. Zable

American businessman and entrepreneur (1915–2012)

Walter Jakob Gehring

Swiss developmental biologist (1939–2014)

Walter Jens

German philologist and writer (1923–2013)

Walter Kempowski

German writer (1929–2007)

Walter Kieber

Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1974 to 1978

Walter Kittredge

Walter Lantz

American animator (1899–1994)

Walter Lee (Australian politician)

Australian politician