Walter Davis may refer to: Politics Walter Scott Davis (1866–1943), Washington state senator Walter Naylor Davis (1876–1951), Missouri Democrat Walter Davis (politician) (1915–1971), Australian Sports Walter Davis (basketball) (born 1954), American Walter Davis (footballer) (1888–1937), British Walter Davis (rugby union), Australian Walter Davis (triple jumper) (born 1979), American Steel Arm Davis (Walter C. Davis, 1896–1941), American Negro league baseball player Walter S. Davis (1905–1979), American football coach for Tennessee State Walt Davis (1931–2020), American basketball player and high-jumper Other Walter Davis (botanist) (1847–1930), British Walter Davis (blues) (1911–1963), blues singer and pianist Walter Davis Jr. (1932–1990), jazz pianist Walter A. Davis (born 1942), American philosopher, critic, and writer Walter J. Davis Jr. (born 1936), U.S. naval aviator and vice admiral Walter R. Davis (1920–2008), Texas oil tycoon and philanthropist Walter Davis, Illinois mechanic who assisted in Abraham Lincoln's patent See also Walter Davies (disambiguation)