Walt

Walt is a masculine given name, generally a short form of Walter, and occasionally a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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 1983 (age 40)), 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