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Walter M. Miller, Jr. Walter Michael Miller, Jr. (January 23, 1923 New Smyrna Beach, Florida – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction author primarily known for a single novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz, the only novel he published in his lifetime.
Walter M. Pierce Walter Marcus Pierce (May 30, 1861 - March 27, 1954) was an American politician, a Democrat, who served most notably as the 17th Governor of Oregon and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 2nd Congressional District.
Walter M. Scott Walter M. Scott (born November 7, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio, died February 2, 1989, Los Angeles, California), was an Academy Award-winning set decorator who worked on films such as The Sound of Music and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Walter Macken Walter Macken was born on May 3, 1915, in Galway. Originally an actor, principally with the Tadhbhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in MJ Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home is the Hero.
Walter Martin Dr. Walter Ralston Martin (September 10 1928 – June 26 1989), was an American Evangelical minister, author, and Christian apologist who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a para-church ministry specialising as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics.
Walter Masing Walter Masing (born 22 June, 1915 in Sankt, Petersburg — died 29 March, 2004 in Erbach) was a German physicist and honorary president of the German Association for Quality, he promoted and sponsored the settlement of quality management in Germany.
Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award winning American comedy actor best-known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon.
Walter Maxfield Lea Walter Maxfield Lea (February 10, 1874-January 10, 1936) was a Prince Edward Island politician. A farmer and livestock breeder by profession, Lea was elected to the provincial House of Assembly in 1915 as a Liberal and became commissioner of agriculture in 1919.
Walter McCarty Walter Lee McCarty (born February 1, 1974) is an American basketball player who has played for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, and currently the Los Angeles Clippers. He normally plays power forward, but has played all positions except point guard.
Walter McDonald Walter Clifton McDonald (born March 16, 1903 in Roland, Manitoba; died November 7, 1999) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1959.
Walter McNicoll Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll (1877–1947), Australian teacher, soldier, and colonial administrator. Grandson of a Scottish migrant (from Glenisla, near Dundee), he was born in Melbourne and trained as a teacher in the Education Department of the state of Victoria and at Melbourne University.
Walter Mercado Walter Mercado (March 9 1932) is a flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer who has become a personal astrologer for many celebrities. He is currently a regular contributor to UnivisiĂłn's television magazine show Primer Impacto with a daily horoscope reading.
Walter Miceli Walter Miceli of Brazil holds the world record for the longest working career as a stadium announcer. He has been the stadium announcer at the Estádio de São Januário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, home of the Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama since 12 February 1947.
Walter Mignolo Walter Mignolo is an Argentine intellectual involved in the current developments of Coloniality; one of whose immediate movements in the Americas is Decoloniality. He is one of the principal Latin American colonial/postcolonial theorists working today.
Walter Mikac Walter Mikac's wife Nanette Mikac (nee Moulton) and daughters, six-year-old Alannah Mikac and three-year-old Madeline Mikac were among 35 people killed by Martin Bryant in the Port Arthur Massacre on April 28, 1996. Subsequently, he became recognised as the face of the worst mass murder in Australian history.
Walter Millis Walter Millis (1899-1968), married to Norah Thompson Millis, was an editorial and staff writer for the New York Herald-Tribune from 1924 to 1954. Millis was a staff member of the Fund for the Republic from 1954 to 1968.
Walter Mills Walter Mills (22 June 1894 - 11 December 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Mitty Walter Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, published in 1941. Mitty is a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life: in a few dozen paragraphs he imagines himself a wartime pilot, an emergency-room surgeon, and a devil-may-care killer.
Walter Moberly (engineer) Walter Moberly (1832 – 1915) was a civil engineer and surveyor who played a large role in the early exploration and development of British Columbia, Canada, including discovering Eagle Pass, now used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway.
Walter Moberly Elementary School Walter Moberly Elementary School is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia and part of School District 39 Vancouver. With an enrollment of around 750 students from Kindergarten through Grade 7, approximately 80% of students are Indo-Canadian.
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry (25 November 1806 - 16 April 1884) was a British politician and nobleman. Educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge, Buccleuch married Lady Charlotte Thynne, daughter of the Marquess of Bath, by whom he had three daughters and four sons.
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, 10th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO TD PC (December 30 1894–October 4 1973) was a politician and Conservative peer. He was the son of John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch.
Walter Montgomery Jackson Walter Montgomery Jackson (1863 in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts - 1923) was the less-active partner of Horace Everett Hooper in publishing the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and in developing its 11th. He split with Hooper in 1908-1909 in a remarkably nasty legal fight; after failing to wrest control of the Britannica from Hooper, Jackson went on to found his own encyclopedia, the Book of Knowledge.
Walter Moreira Salles Walter Moreira Salles (May 28, 1912 – 2001) was a highly successful Brazilian banker, politician and philanthropist who is considered by many as one of the premier founders of the modern Brazilian financial and banking industry.
Walter Morrison Walter "Junie" Morrison or simply Junie Morrison is a musician and producer born in Dayton, Ohio. Morrison was a producer, writer, keyboardist and vocalist for the funk band the Ohio Players in the early 70s, where he wrote and produced their first major hit, "Funky Worm" (1971).
Walter Moyse Walter Moyse (born in 1981 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a top Canadian basketball player, currently playing professional basketball in Europe following a successful collegiate career at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the younger brother of Canadian Olympian Heather Moyse.
Walter Muir Whitehill Walter Muir Whitehill (1905-1978) was an author, historian and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973. He was also editor for publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1978.
Walter Munk Walter Heinrich Munk (born October 19, 1917) is a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography and geophysics. At present, he is professor of geophysics emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.
Walter Murdoch Emeritus Professor Sir Walter Murdoch (1874-1970) is a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence, wit, and humanity. He was a Foundation Professor of English and former Chancellor of Murdoch University, which is named after him.
Walter Murphy Walter Murphy (born December 19, 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven," a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity.
Walter Napleton Stone Walter Napleton Stone (December 7, 1891 - November 30, 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born in Blackheath, London.
Walter Nash Sir Walter Nash, GCMG (12 February 1882–4 June 1968) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1957 to 1960 and was also highly influential in his role as Minister of Finance. He is noted for his long period of service, having been associated with the Labour Party since its creation.
Walter Nelson-Rees Walter Nelson-Rees is a cell culture worker and cytogeneticist who helped expose the problem of cross-contamination of cell lines. Nelson-Rees used chromosome banding to show that many immortal cell lines, previously thought to be unique, were actually HeLa cell lines.
Walter Newton Walter Hughes Newton (October 10, 1880 – August 10, 1941) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, October 10, 1880; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1905; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota; first assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County 1914 – 1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on June 30, 1929, having been appointed secretary to President Hoover, serving in that capacity until March 3, 1933; regent of the Smithsonian Institution; appointed a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and served until 1934 when he resumed the practice of law in Minneapolis, Minnesota; also engaged as an author; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress;
Walter Nixon Walter Louis Nixon (born 1928 in Biloxi, Mississippi) is a former United States federal judge. He attended Tulane University Law School, graduating in 1951 and went into private practice in his hometown of Biloxi.
Walter Noddack Walter Noddack (* 17 August 1893 in Berlin, 7 December 1960 in Berlin) was a German chemist. He, Ida Tacke (who later married Noddack), and Otto Berg reported the discovery of element 43 in 1925 and named it masurium (after Masuria in Eastern Prussia).
Walter Noel Walter Noel is a Canadian politician. He was first elected to Newfoundland and Labrador’s House of Assembly as the Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for Pleasantville District in 1989, and re-elected in 1993.
Walter Norris Congreve Sir Walter Norris Congreve (VC, KCB, MVO, (November 20, 1862 - February 26, 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Nowick Walter Nowick, son of Russian immigrants, is one of the most important teachers of Rinzai Zen in the United States. No longer a Roshi teacher, he plays piano and started an international amateur opera company in Surry, Maine.
Walter of Coventry Walter of Coventry (fl. 1290), English monk and chronicler, who was apparently connected with a religious house in the province of York, is known to us only through the historical compilation which bears his name, the Memoriale fratris Walteri de Coventria.
Walter of Hemingburgh Walter of Hemingburgh, also commonly, but erroneously, called Walter Hemingford, Latin chronicler of the 14th century, was a canon regular of the Austin priory of Gisburn in Yorkshire. Hence he is sometimes known as Walter of Gisburn (Walterus Gisburnensis).
Walter of the Mill Walter of the Mill, Italianised as Gualtiero Offamiglio or Offamilio and Latinised as Ophamilius (subsequently Anglicised as Ophamil), was the archdeacon of Cefalù, dean of Agrigento, and archbishop of Palermo (1168–1191), called il primo ministro. He was an Englishman who came to Sicily with Peter of Blois and Stephen du Perche at the direction of Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen, cousin of Queen Margaret of Navarre, originally as a tutor to the royal children of William I of Sicily and Margaret.
Walter O'Malley Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9, 1903 - August 9, 1979) was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. In 1958 he brought major league baseball to the West Coast, moving the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, housed in Savannah, Georgia, comprises one of the most important collections of African American visual art dating from the 18th century up to the present.
Walter O. Hoffecker Walter Oakley Hoffecker (September 20 1854 – January 23 1934) was an American engineer, businessman and politician, from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.
Walter Obare Walter Obare Omwanza is the presiding bishop (in apostolic succession) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, which belongs to Lutheran World Federation. He became famous in Sweden and Finland at 5 February, 2005 when he with some other Lutheran bishops consecrated a Swedish pastor Arne Olsson as bishop for Mission Province in Church of Sweden, because of conflicting views with Church of Sweden about Ordination of women.
Walter Odington Walter Odington was an English Benedictine scientific and especially musical theory author, also known as Walter of Evesham, by some writers confounded with Walter of Eynsham, who lived about fifty years earlier, died not earlier than 1330.
Walter Orr Roberts Walter Orr Roberts (1915-1990) was a American astronomer and atmospheric physicist. He taught online for the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute in the mid-1980s, and also published an online weekly column entitled "Provocations" about climatology.
Walter P. Lane Walter P. (Paye) Lane (February 18, 1817 – January 28, 1892) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, but he also served in the armies of the Republic of Texas and theUnited States of America.
Walter P. Moore Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants, based in Houston, Texas, is one of the preeminent structural engineering companies in the United States. The firm also provides significant services in the structural diagnostics, civil engineering, transportation engineering and traffic engineering fields.
Walter Palmer Walter Scott Palmer (born October 23 1968, in Ithaca, New York), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. A 7'1" center from Dartmouth College, Palmer played two years in the NBA for the Jazz and Dallas Mavericks.
Walter Panas High School Walter Panas High School of Cortlandt Manor, New York was opened in 1972, becoming the second high school to serve the Lakeland Central School District. It is a sister school to Lakeland High School of Shrub Oak, New York, USA.
Walter Parazaider Walter Parazaider (born March 14, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is best known for being a founding member and saxophone player for the rock band Chicago. He also plays the flute and woodwind instruments in the band, including clarinet.
Walter Parry Haskett Smith Walter Parry Haskett Smith (1859–1946) is often called the Father of British Rock Climbing. Born in Kent, England, the son if a wealthy landowner, he attended Eton where he excelled at athletics, before enrolling in Trinity College, Oxford.
Walter Passmore Walter Passmore (May 10 1867 – August 29 1946) was a singer and actor best known as a successor to George Grossmith in the comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Walter Payton (musician) Walter Payton is a jazz bassist and sousaphonist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and leads his own group called the Snap Bean Band.
Walter Payton Award The Walter Payton Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player in Division I-AA football. The honor was first given in 1987 to the outstanding player in Division I-AA, but in 1995, eligibility was restricted to offensive players.
Walter Payton Man of the Year The prestigious Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award is unique among NFL honors. It is the only NFL award that recognizes a player for his community service activities as well as his excellence on the field.
Walter Payton Man of the Year Award The Walter Payton Man of the Year award is given annually by the National Football League honoring a player's volunteer and charity work, as well as his excellence on the field. Each year, a winner is selected from 32 nominees from the 32 different teams.
Walter Peeler Walter Peeler (VC, BEM) (2 November 1824- 27 April 1858) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Peterhans Walter Peterhans (1897 - 1960) was a German photographer best known as a teacher of photography at the Bauhaus from 1929 through 1933, and his subsequent immigration to Chicago in 1938 to teach the 'visual training' course at Illinois Institute of Technology under the direction of Mies van der Rohe.
Walter Phillips Gallery Walter Phillips Gallery (WPG) was established in 1976 in Banff, Alberta, as a part on the Banff Centre in the of Banff National Park. Walter Phillips was a printmaker and painter, from the 1930s to the 1950s, who played a seminal role in the development of the visual arts program in The Banff School of Fine Arts.
Walter Piecyk Walter Piecyk was a Wall Street securities analyst notable for his action on December 29, 1999 while with Paine Webber of putting a $1,000 price target on the then high-flying shares of Qualcomm (QCOM). When the trading day closed, Qualcomm shares were up $156 (31%) to close at $659 a share on the day.
Walter Pincus Walter Haskell Pincus (born December 24, 1932) is a national security journalist for The Washington Post. He has won several prizes including a Polk Award in 1977, a television Emmy in 1981, and a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in association with four other Post reporters.
Walter Plowright Walter Plowright, CMG, FRS, FRCVS, (born 1923) is a veterinary scientist who has devoted his career to the eradication of the cattle plague Rinderpest. His work led to the development of the Plowright tissue culture rinderpest vaccine, which is predicted to destroy the disease by 2010 and become the first animal disease to be eliminated worldwide.
Walter Polovchak Walter Polovchak (born 3 October 1967) is a Ukrainian-American who, as a child, became the center of the legal case Polovchak v. Meese after refusing to leave Chicago, Illinois and return to Ukraine in the Soviet Union with his parents when he was 12.
Walter Potter Ritchie Walter Potter Ritchie (27 March 1892 – 17 March 1965) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Pyramid The Walter Pyramid, formerly known as the Long Beach Pyramid, is the on-campus basketball and volleyball arena for the NCAA college basketball and college volleyball teams of Long Beach State University 49ers. Finished in 1994, it is located in Long Beach, California.
Walter Q. Gresham Walter Quintin Gresham (March 17, 1832 – May 28, 1895) was an American statesman and jurist. He served as United States Postmaster General, as a judge on the United States Courts of Appeals, was a two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and was Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General.
Walter Rabl Walter Rabl (1873-1940) was a Viennese composer, conductor, and teacher of vocal music. Largely forgotten today, Rabl left only a small number of works, all of them early ones, from the twilight of the Romantic era.
Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh, or Sir Walter RaleghMany alternate spellings of his surname exist, including Rawley, Ralegh, and Rawleigh; "Raleigh" appears most commonly today, though he, himself, used that spelling only once, as far as is known. His most consistent preference was for "Ralegh".
Walter Rand Walter Rand was a American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who was a specialist on transportation issues while serving in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. Rand was a resident of Bellmawr.
Walter Rand Transportation Center The Walter Rand Transportation Center is a transportation hub located at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Broadway in Camden, New Jersey, named for Walter Rand, a former New Jersey State Senator, who specialized in transportation issues while serving in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. The transit center features a station for the River Line and the Broadway Station for the PATCO Speedline.
Walter Read Walter William Read (born 23 November 1855 in Reigate, Surrey, died 6 January 1907 in Addiscombe Park, Surrey) was an English cricketer, who was a right hand bat, right hand slow underarm bowler, but right hand fast roundarm bowler. He also captained England in two Test matches, winning them both.
Walter Reed Medal The Walter Reed Medal is a military decoration of the United States Army which was created by an act of the United States Congress on February 28, 1929. The medal recognizes the accomplishments of both United States civilian and Army doctors who investigated the cause and treatment of yellow fever between 1901 and 1902.
Walter Reuther Walter Philip Reuther (September 1, 1907 – May 10, 1970) was an American labor union leader, who made the United Automobile Workers a major force not only in the auto industry but also in the Democratic party in the mid 20th century. He was a leading liberal and supporter of the New Deal coalition.
Walter Richard Parker Walter Richard Parker (20 September 1881-28 November 1931) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton (VC) (18 August 1856-3 September 1879) was born Inistioge, County Kilkenny and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Rinder Walter Rinder (born 1933) is an American humanist poet/philosopher/photographer, whose books of inspirational poetry on love were popular in the 1960s and 70s. They featured his photographs of nature and the male nude.
Walter Ristow Walter William Ristow (April 20, 1908 in La Crosse, Wisconsin – April 3, 2006 in Mitchellville, Maryland) was the head librarian of the map library at the New York Public Library and later the Library of Congress.
Walter Rogowski Walter Rogowski (May 7, 1881 in Obrighoven, Germany – March 10, 1947 in Aachen, Germany) was a German physicist who bridged the gap between theoretical physics and applied technology in numerous areas of electronics; the Rogowski coil was named after him.
Walter Roscoe Stubbs Walter Roscoe Stubbs from Wayne County near the Indiana town of Richmond (November 7, 1858 - March 25, 1929) moved to Douglas County, Kansas with his family in 1869. He served as 18th Governor of Kansas from 1909 to 1913.
Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology is a museum of anthropology in Georgetown, Guyana and claims to be the oldest such museum in the English-speaking Caribbean region. It was established in 1974, but not opened to the public until 1982.
Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and is located in the grounds of the former Rothschild family home of Tring Park, Tring, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It was based around his collection of mounted specimens and first opened to the public in 1892.
Walter Rowley Walter Rowley was a footballer and manager before and after the second World War. A former player he took over as manager of Bolton Wanderers at the latter end of the war and before the League proper started again the club won the Football League North War Cup.
Walter Rudolf Hess Walter Rudolf Hess (March 17, 1881 – August 12, 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.
Walter Russell Lambuth The Revd Dr Walter Russell Lambuth (November 10, 1854 – September 26, 1921) was a Chinese-born American Methodist Bishop who worked as a missionary establishing schools and hospitals in China, Korea and Japan in the 1880s.
Walter Russell Shaw Walter Russell Shaw, OC (December 20, 1887-May 29, 1981) was a Prince Edward Island politician. Shaw worked as a civil servant in the provincial department of agriculture from 1934 to 1954 rising to the position of deputy minister.
Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann (born December 28 1887 in Frankfurt am Main; died July 15 1941 in Berlin) was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film.
Walter S. Franklin (government) Walter S. Franklin (unknown to September 20, 1838) was a politician from Pennsylvania who was the seventh Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1833 until his untimely death in 1838.
Walter Samuel Millard Walter Samuel Millard (1864-1952) was a British entrepreneur and naturalist who was honorary secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society and editor of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society from 1906 to 1920, co-author of the classic, Some Beautiful Indian Trees, and the driving force behind the Mammal Survey of the Indian subcontinent conducted by the society between 1911 and 1923.
Walter Savitch Walter Savitch is best known for creating the NL (nondeterministic logarithmic) class of complexity problems, and for Savitch's theorem which defines a relationship between the NSPACE and DSPACE complexity classes. NL was the first formally defined complete language and has subsequently lead to a large body of research in computational complexity theory.
Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In addition to Landseer, fine portraits of him were painted by fellow-Scots Sir Henry Raeburn and James Eckford Lauder.
Walter Scott (footballer) Walter "Wacka" or "Wat" Scott was a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the early 20th century. Scott was a high marking defender who had a large influence during a very successful part of the Norwood Football Club's history.
Walter Scott-Elliot Captain Walter Travers Scott-Elliot (9 October 1895 – 14 December 1977) was a British company director and politician who served one term as a Member of Parliament. However, he is chiefly remembered for the manner of his death: he was murdered, along with his wife, by Archibald Hall, whom he had hired as a butler.
Walter Schachner Walter "Schoko" Schachner (* 1957-February 1 in Leoben, Austria) is a football manager and former Austrian national player (forward). As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was a boy, he got the nickname schoko.
Walter Schellenberg Walter (correctly Walther) Friedrich Schellenberg (January 161910 – March 311952) was a German Nazi who rose through the SS to become, following the abolition of the Abwehr in 1944, head of foreign intelligence.
Walter Schlesinger Walter Schlesinger (April 28, 1908, Glauchau - June 10, 1984, Weimar-Wolfshausen, near Marburg) was a German historian of medieval social and economic institutions, particularly the history of power and the nobility, colonization and settlement of the Slavic frontiers and urban development. Schlesinger is widely recognized as one of the most influential and prolific scholars of medieval social history in the post-war period.
Walter Schwimmer Walter Schwimmer (born 1942 06 16) is a politician and diplomat from Austria. After being a member of the Austrian Parliament (National Council) for 28 years, serving as chairperson of several committees (Justice, Health, Housing and Construction)and deputy leader of his political group (Ă–VP - Austrian People's Party), he was elected secretary general of the Council of Europe.
Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (May 31, 1860 in Munich, Germany – January 22, 1942 in Bath, England) was an English Impressionist painter. Sickert was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who favored ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects.

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