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 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 (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 (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 (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 (1935–2018), American 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 Nauta (born 1982 or 1983), valet to Donald Trump
• Walt Peacosh (1935–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
• Walt Radzick (1935-2005), Canadian Football League player
• Walt Schmetzer (born 1967), American soccer player
• Walt Secord (born 1964), Australian politician
• Walt Simonson (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 (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 (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
• Walt Wallet, in the newspaper comic strip Gasoline Alley

See also

• Van der Walt, a list of people with the surname

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