Walt
Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of Walter, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People
Given name
- 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
- Walt Blackman, American member of the Arizona House of Representatives
- Walt Bowyer (born 1960), American former National Football League player
- Walt Brown (born 1926), American politician
- Walt Clago (1899-1955), American football player
- Walt Corey (born 1938), American former National Football League player
- Walt Disney (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 retired college football player and coach and National Football League coach
- Walt Harris (cornerback) (born 1974), American former National Football League player
- Walt Hazzard (1942-2011), American college and National Basketball Association player and college basketball coach
- Walt Housman (born 1962), American former football player
- Walt Jocketty (born 1951), American baseball executive
- Walt Kellner (1929-2006), American baseball player
- Walt Kiesling (1903-1962), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach
- Walt Kelly (1913-1973), American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Pogo
- Walt Kowalczyk (born 1935), American former college football and National Football League player
- Walt Lamb (1920-1991), American football player
- Walt Lemon Jr. (born 1992), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Walt Radzick (1935-2005), Canadian Football League player
- Walt Schmetzer (born 1967), American former soccer player
- Walt Simonson (born 1946), American comic book writer and artist
- Walt Singer (1911-1992), American football player
- Walt Szot (1920-1981), American National Football League player
- Walt Torrence (1936/1937–1969), American basketball player
- Walt Uzdavinis (1911-1988), American football player
- Walt Weiss (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player and manager
- Walt Whitman (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
- Stephen Walt (born 1955), American professor of international affairs
Fictional characters
- Walt Lloyd, on the television series Lost
- Walt Longmire, on the television series Longmire
- Walt Stone, from the series The Kane Chronicles
- Walt Wallet, in the newspaper comic strip Gasoline Alley
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