cable repairman and father of Wayne Gretzky Steve Conway (born Walter James Groom, 1920–1952), British singer Walter Gropius (1883–1969), German architect Gunther (Walter Hahn, born 1987), Austrian professional wrestler Walter Hagen (1892–1969), American golfer Walter Hagen (aviator) (1897–1963), German general, aviator and Luftwaffe pilot during World War II Walter Heck, German graphic designer Walter Heitz (1878–1944), German general during World War II C. Walter Hodges (1909–2004), English artist and writer best known for illustrating children's books and for helping to recreate Elizabethan theatre Walter Jayawardena (born 1910; died unknown), Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (1967–1968) Walter Johnson (1887–1946), American baseball player Walter von Keudell (1884–1973), German forest expert and politician Walter Keane (1915–2000), American plagiarist, known for claiming MDH Keane's big-eyed waif paintings as his own Walter Kirn (born 1962), American author Walter Knott (1889-1981), American farmer Walter Koenig (born 1936), American actor Walter R. Kramer (1914–1995), US badminton champion Walter Kreye (born 1942), German actor Walter Lantz (1899–1994), American animator, cartoonist and film producer Walter Luchetti (born 1937), Italian politician Walter Lübcke (1953–2019), German politician Walter Martos (born 1957), Peruvian retired military general and current prime minister of Peru Walter Matthau (1920–2000), American actor Walter Mazzarri (born 1961), Italian football manager Walter R. McComas (1879–1922), American politician and lawyer Walter Mercado (1932–2019), Puerto Rican astrologer also known as Shanti Ananda Walter Mondale (1928–2021), American politician, Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) and 1984 Democratic Party presidential candidate Walter "Junie" Morrison (1954–2017), American funk musician, member of the Ohio Players Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945), Swiss actor and comedian Walter Murch (born 1943), American film editor and sound designer Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers, 1937–2014), American author Walter Niephaus (1923–1992), German chess master Walter D. O'Hearn (1910–1969), Canadian journalist Walter Olkewicz (1948–2021), American actor Walter Ophey (1882–1930), German painter Walter Packer (born 1955), American football player Walter Palmore (born 1996), American football player Walter Payton (1953–1999), American football player Walter Pedraza (born 1981), Colombian road-cyclist Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984), Canadian actor Walter Piston (1894–1976), American composer Walter Poddubny (1960–2009), Canadian hockey player Walter Raleigh (c. 1552/1554–1618), English explorer Walter Rauff (1906–1984), German Nazi SS colonel accused of directing the killing of hundreds of thousands of Jews in mobile gassing vans Walther Ritz (1878–1909), Swiss theoretical physicist Walter Röhrl (born 1947), German rally world champion Walter Romberg (1928–2014), German politician Walter Samuel (born 1978), Argentine footballer Walter B. Sands