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    Walter Koenig

    Age 75 Male
    Actor, Writer, Headliner
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    Walter Marvin Koenig is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, known for his roles as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. He wrote the script for the 2008 science fiction legal thriller InAlienable.read more

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    Walter Payton

    1954 - 1999 Male
    Football Player
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    Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football.read more

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    Walter Hill

    Age 70 Male
    Scriptwriter, Producer, Writer
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    Walter Hill is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western.

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    Walter Mondale

    Age 84 Male
    Forty-second Vice President of the United States
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    Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–1976). He was the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in the United States presidential election of 1984. Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951.read more

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    Walter Veltroni

    Age 56 Male
    Mayor, Politician, Writer
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    Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.read more

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    Walter Woon

    Age 55 Male
    Professor of Law

    Walter Woon Cheong Ming is a professor of law with the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and the Dean of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education. He is an authority in the areas of company law and securities regulation. Educated at NUS and St. John's College, Cambridge, he joined the teaching staff of the NUS Faculty of Law in 1981 and later served as Sub-Dean and Vice-Dean.read more

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    Walter Cronkite

    1916 - 2009 Male
    Broadcaster, Broadcast Journalist, Anchor

    Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll.read more

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    Walter Model

    1891 - 1945 Male
    Field Marshal

    Otto Moritz Walter Model was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west, and for his close association with Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He has been called the Wehrmacht's best defensive tactician.read more

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    Walter O'Malley

    1903 - 1979 Male
    Major League Baseball Owner, Business Executive, Lawyer

    Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. He served as Brooklyn Dodgers chief legal counsel when Jackie Robinson broke the racial color barrier in 1947.read more

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    Walter Bedell Smith

    1895 - 1961 Male
    Politician, General, Elder

    Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith was a senior United States Army general who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters during the Tunisia Campaign and the Allied invasion of Italy. Later he was Eisenhower's chief of staff at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) from 1944 to 1945. Smith enlisted as a private in the Indiana National Guard in 1911.read more

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    Walter Savage Landor

    1775 - 1864 Male
    Writer, Poet

    Walter Savage Landor was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equaled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament.read more

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    Walter B. Jones

    Age 69 Male
    Politician
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    Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses the Outer Banks and areas near the Pamlico Sound. Jones' father was Walter B. Jones, Sr. , a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district. The younger Jones has long since dropped the "Jr. " from his name.read more

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    Walter E. Fauntroy

    Age 79 Male
    Politician, Civil Rights Leader, Campaigner

    Walter Edward Fauntroy is the former pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. , and a civil rights activist. He is also a former member of the United States Congress and was a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nomination, as well as a human rights activist.read more

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    Walter Scott

    1771 - 1832 Male
    Novelist

    Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature.read more

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    Walter Matthau

    1920 - 2000 Male
    Actor

    Walter Matthau was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie.read more

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    Walter Goodman

    1838 - 1912 Male
    Painter, Illustrator, Author

    Walter Goodman was a British painter, illustrator and author. The son of British portrait painter Julia Salaman (1812–1906) and London linen draper and town councillor, Louis Goodman (1811–1876), he studied with J. M. Leigh and at the Royal Academy in London, where he was admitted as a student in 1851. Recent research has unearthed details of nearly one hundred works by Goodman.read more

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    Walter Campbell

    1921 - 2004 Male
    Governor, Politician, Knight
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    Sir Walter Benjamin Campbell, AC, QC was an Australian judge, administrator and governor. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Chancellor of the University of Queensland, and Governor of Queensland.read more

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    Walter Jenkins

    1918 - 1985 Male
    Politician

    Walter Wilson Jenkins was an American political figure and longtime top aide to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Jenkins' career ended after a sex scandal was reported weeks before the 1964 presidential election, when Jenkins was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct with another man in a public restroom in Washington, D. C.read more

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    Walter White

    Male
    Teacher

    Walter Hartwell "Walt" White is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television drama series Breaking Bad on AMC. He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan. Once a promising chemist who was one of the founding members of the fictional "Grey Matter Technologies", Walter left the company for personal reasons and became an unhappy and disillusioned high school chemistry teacher.read more

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    Walter A. Maier

    1893 - 1950 Male
    Professor, Editor

    Walter A. Maier was a noted radio personality, public speaker, prolific author, university professor, scholar of ancient Semitic languages and culture, Lutheran theologian and editor. He is best known as the speaker for The Lutheran Hour radio broadcast from 1930 to 1950.read more

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    Walter Oesau

    1913 - 1944 Male
    World War Ii Fighter Pilot

    Walter "Gulle" Oesau was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1934 until his death in 1944. He rose to command Jagdgeschwader 1, which was named in his honor after his death. He served with the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, with 3 Staffel of Jagdgruppe 88 (3. /J 88), claiming 8 aircraft during the campaign, becoming one of only 28 people to earn the award of the Spanish Cross in Gold and Diamonds.read more

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    Walter Bishop

    Male
    Noble, Owner, Scientist

    Walter Bishop, Ph.D. is a fictional character on the Fox television series Fringe. He is portrayed by John Noble. Noble also plays Walter's counterpart in the show's parallel universe, who is referred to in the show as Walternate.read more

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    Walter Evans Edge

    1873 - 1956 Male
    Politician

    Walter Evans Edge was an American politician. A Republican, he was twice the Governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, serving as governor during both World War I and World War II. Edge also served as United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1919 to 1929 and as United States Ambassador to France from 1929 to 1933.read more

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    Walter de Coutances

    1207 Male
    Bishop of Lincoln; Archbishop of Rouen; Chief Justiciar of England

    Walter de Coutances was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of Rouen. He began his royal service in the government of Henry II, serving as a vice-chancellor. He also accumulated a number of ecclesiastical offices, becoming successively canon of Rouen Cathedral, treasurer of Rouen, and Archdeacon of Oxford.read more

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    Walter Bache

    1842 - 1888 Male
    Pianist and Composer

    Walter Bache was an English pianist and conductor noted for his championing the music of Franz Liszt and other music of the New German School in England. He studied privately with Liszt in Italy from 1863 to 1865, one of the few students allowed to do so, and continued to attend Liszt's master classes in Weimar, Germany regularly until 1885, even after embarking on a solo career.read more