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 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