Wald (surname)

Wald is a German surname meaning "forest". Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abraham Wald (1902–1950), Hungarian mathematician of German descent
 * Carol Wald (1935–2000), American artist
 * Charles F. Wald (born 1948), American military officer
 * David Wald, American voice actor
 * David J. Wald (born 1962), American seismologist
 * Diane Wald, American poet
 * Eduard Wald (1905–1978), German Resistance member, politician, unionist
 * Elijah Wald (born 1959), American folk blues guitarist and music historian
 * Florence Wald (1917–2008), "mother of the American hospice movement"
 * František Wald (1861–1931), German-Czech chemist
 * George Wald (1906–1997), American biologist and Nobel Laureate
 * Jerry Wald (1916–1962), American film producer and screenwriter
 * Karl Wald (1916–2011), German football referee
 * Lillian Wald (1867–1940), American nurse and social worker
 * Michael S. Wald, American lawyer currently the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus at Stanford Law School.
 * Nicholas Wald (born 1944), British professor, Fellow of the Royal Society
 * Orli Wald (1914–1962), German Resistance member, concentration camp survivor, "Angel of Auschwitz"
 * Patricia Wald (1928–2019), American judge
 * Robert Wald (born 1947), American physicist
 * Warren Wald (born 1980), English Pop Idol contestant