Waller (surname)

Waller is a surname mainly of Old English origin, with several possible etymologies. Notable people with this name include:

Music

 * Charlie Waller (American musician) (1935–2004), American bluegrass musician
 * Charlie Waller (British musician) (born 1980), British rock musician
 * Fats Waller, jazz musician
 * Gordon Waller (1945–2009), Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, one half of the duo Peter and Gordon
 * Rik Waller, British singer

Other media

 * Anthony Waller (born 1959), film director
 * Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist and writer
 * Douglas C. Waller (born 1949), American writer
 * Edmund Waller (1606–1687), English poet and politician
 * Emma Waller (1815–1899), English actress, famous in America
 * Farida Waller (born 1993), Thai actress and model
 * Fred Waller, (1886–1954), inventor of Cinerama
 * Judith C. Waller (1889–1973), American radio pioneer
 * Lewis Waller (1860–1915), English actor
 * Mary Lemon Waller (1851–1931), English portrait painter
 * Robert James Waller (1939–2017), American author
 * Tom Waller (born 1974), Thai film director and producer
 * Vincent Waller, American animator, showrunner of SpongeBob SquarePants since 2015

Government and politics

 * Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg, Virginia attorney and judge
 * Bill Waller, American politician, governor of Mississippi
 * Christopher Waller, American economist
 * Edwin Waller, American statesman
 * Gary Waller (1945–2017), British politician
 * George Mark Waller, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
 * George Platt Waller, American diplomat
 * John L. Waller, lawyer, journalist, publisher and U.S. Counsel to Madagascar
 * Keith Waller (1914–1992), Australian public servant and diplomat
 * Mark Waller (judge), British judge
 * Robert Waller (pundit), British elections expert
 * William L. Waller, Jr., American chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court

Military

 * Albert Gregory Waller (1890–1967), Irish military pilot serving the British
 * Hardress Waller (c. 1604–1666), English parliamentarian in the English Civil War, convicted of the regicide of King Charles I
 * Hector Waller, officer in the Royal Australian Navy
 * Littleton Waller, officer in the United States Marine Corps
 * William Waller (c. 1597–1668), English Parliamentary general during the English Civil War
 * William Francis Frederick Waller (1839–1885), British soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Sir Richard Waller (c. 1395–c. 1462), English soldier and official noted for capturing the Duke of Orleans, the French commander at the Battle of Agincourt

Religion

 * Charles Henry Waller (1840–1910), Church of England theologian
 * J. G. Waller, Canadian Anglican missionary in Japan
 * John Waller (preacher) (1741–1802), Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky

Science and academia

 * Alfred Rayney Waller (1867–1922), British journalist, translator and editor
 * Augustus Volney Waller (1816–1870), British neurophysiologist
 * Augustus Desiré Waller (1856–1922), scientist and son of Augustus Volney Waller
 * Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist and writer
 * Edward Waller (1803–1873), Irish zoologist
 * Erik Waller (collector) (1875–1955), Swedish surgeon and book collector
 * Ivar Waller (1898–1991), physicist

Sports

 * Alex Waller (born 1990), English rugby union player
 * Charlie Waller (American football) (1921–2009), American football coach
 * Chris Waller (gymnast) (born 1968), American gymnast
 * Chris Waller (cricketer) (born 1948), English cricketer
 * Darren Waller (born 1992), American football player
 * Dwight Waller, American professional basketball player
 * Erik Waller (sailor) (1887–1958), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
 * Ethan Waller (born 1992), English rugby union player
 * Phil Waller (rugby union), Wales and British Lions rugby player
 * Ruth Waller, English athlete
 * Tye Waller (born 1957), American baseball player
 * Wilf Waller (1877-?), South African footballer with Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton

Other fields

 * Waller family (Kent)
 * Anne Waller, Lady Waller (died 1661 or 1662), English diarist
 * Frederick S. Waller (1822-1905), resident architect of Gloucester Cathedral
 * Mathew Waller (1617–1680), Early New England settler

Fictional

 * Amanda Waller, DC Comics character
 * The Waller family (Ray, Evie, Izzy and Elliot) from Night Swim
 * Toby Waller, character of Roots known as Kunta Kinte