# Walt

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For other uses, see [Walt (disambiguation)](/source/Walt_(disambiguation)).

**Walt** is a masculine given name, generally a short form of [Walter](/source/Walter_(name)), and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include:

## People

### Given name

- [Walt Anderson (American football)](/source/Walt_Anderson_(American_football)) (born 1952), American football official
- [Walt Arfons](/source/Walt_Arfons) (1916–2013), American drag racer and competition land speed record racer
- [Walt Bellamy](/source/Walt_Bellamy) (1939–2013), American National Basketball Association player, two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- [Walt Bellamy (ice hockey)](/source/Walt_Bellamy_(ice_hockey)) (1881-1941), Canadian hockey player
- [Walter Blackman](/source/Walter_Blackman) (born 1965/1966), American member of the Arizona House of Representatives
- [Walt Bowyer](/source/Walt_Bowyer) (born 1960), American National Football League player
- [Walt Brown (politician)](/source/Walt_Brown_(politician)) (born 1926), American politician
- [Walt Clago](/source/Walt_Clago) (1899–1955), American football player
- [Walt Conley](/source/Walt_Conley) (1929–2003), American singer
- [Walt Corey](/source/Walt_Corey) (1938–2022), American National Football League player
- [Walt Disney](/source/Walt_Disney) (1901–1966), American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- [Walt Dropo](/source/Walt_Dropo) (1923–2010), American Major League Baseball and college basketball player
- [Walt Frazier](/source/Walt_Frazier) (born 1945), American National Basketball Association player, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- [Walt Handelsman](/source/Walt_Handelsman) (born 1956), American editorial cartoonist, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- [Walt Harris (coach)](/source/Walt_Harris_(coach)) (born 1946), American college football player and coach and National Football League coach
- [Walt Harris (cornerback)](/source/Walt_Harris_(cornerback)) (born 1974), American National Football League player
- [Walt Hazzard](/source/Walt_Hazzard) (1942-2011), American college and National Basketball Association player and college basketball coach
- [Walt Housman](/source/Walt_Housman) (born 1962), American football player
- [Walt Jocketty](/source/Walt_Jocketty) (1951–2025), American baseball executive
- [Walt Kellner](/source/Walt_Kellner) (1929–2006), American baseball player
- [Walt Kiesling](/source/Walt_Kiesling) (1903–1962), American Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach
- [Walt Kelly](/source/Walt_Kelly) (1913–1973), American cartoonist best known for the comic strip *Pogo*
- [Walt Koken](/source/Walt_Koken) (born 1946), American claw-hammer banjo player, fiddler, and singer
- [Walt Kowalczyk](/source/Walt_Kowalczyk) (1935–2018), American college football and National Football League player
- [Walt Lamb](/source/Walt_Lamb) (1920–1991), American football player
- [Walt Lemon Jr.](/source/Walt_Lemon_Jr.) (born 1992), American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- [Walt Nauta](/source/Walt_Nauta) (born 1982/83), American political aide
- [Walt Peacosh](/source/Walt_Peacosh) (1935–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Walt Radzick](/source/Walt_Radzick) (1935-2005), Canadian Football League player
- [Walt Schmetzer](/source/Walt_Schmetzer) (born 1967), American soccer player
- [Walt Secord](/source/Walt_Secord) (born 1964), Australian politician
- [Walt Simonson](/source/Walt_Simonson) (born 1946), American comic book writer and artist
- [Walt Singer](/source/Walt_Singer) (1911-1992), American football player
- [Walt Szczerbiak](/source/Walt_Szczerbiak) (born 1949), American basketball player
- [Walt Szot](/source/Walt_Szot) (1920-1981), American National Football League player
- [Walt Tauscher](/source/Walt_Tauscher) (1901–1992), American baseball player
- [Walt Tkaczuk](/source/Walt_Tkaczuk) (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Walt Tomenga](/source/Walt_Tomenga) (born 1946), American politician
- [Walt Torrence](/source/Walt_Torrence) (1936/1937–1969), American basketball player
- [Walt Uzdavinis](/source/Walt_Uzdavinis) (1911-1988), American football player
- [Walt Weiss](/source/Walt_Weiss) (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player and manager
- [Walt Whitman](/source/Walt_Whitman) (1819-1892), American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist
- [Walt Zirinsky](/source/Walt_Zirinsky) (1920-2001), American football player

### Surname

- [Lewis William Walt](/source/Lewis_William_Walt) (1913–1989), United States Marine Corps four-star general
- [Martin Walt](/source/Martin_Walt), professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, father of Stephen Walt
- [Sherman Walt](/source/Sherman_Walt) (1923–1989), American bassoonist
- [Stephen Walt](/source/Stephen_Walt) (born 1955), American professor of international affairs

## Fictional characters

- Walt Boggis, a main antagonist of *[Fantastic Mr. Fox](/source/Fantastic_Mr._Fox)*
- [Walt Lloyd](/source/Walt_Lloyd), on the television series *Lost*
- Walt Longmire, on the television series *[Longmire](/source/Longmire_(TV_series))*
- Walt Stone, from the series *[The Kane Chronicles](/source/The_Kane_Chronicles)*
- Walt Wallet, in the newspaper comic strip *[Gasoline Alley](/source/Gasoline_Alley_(comic_strip))*

## See also

- [Van der Walt](/source/Van_der_Walt), a list of people with the surname

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