Waldo (given name)
Waldo is a masculine given name. It derives from the Anglo-Saxon name Waltheof. It may refer to:
People
- Waldo of Reichenau, Carolingian abbot and bishop
- Waldo Colburn, American politician
- Waldo Díaz-Balart, Cuban-born painter and sculptor
- Ralph Waldo Emerson American writer and philosopher
- Waldo A. Evans, American naval captain and military governor
- Waldo Frank, American novelist, historian, and critic
- Waldo Grant, American serial killer
- Waldo E. Harder, president of Grace University
- M. Waldo Hatler, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Waldo Hutchins, U.S. Congressman
- Waldo P. Johnson, U.S. senator and Confederate congressman
- Waldo Kantor, Argentine volleyball player
- Waldo K. Lyon, U.S. Navy physicist
- Waldo Machado, Brazilian former footballer
- Waldo McBurney, credited as "America's Oldest Worker"
- Waldo Ponce, Chilean football player
- Waldo de los Ríos, Argentine composer and conductor
- Waldo Salt, American screenwriter
- Waldo E. Sexton, American businessman
- Waldo Williams, Welsh language poet
Fictional characters
- Waldo, the main character in the Where's Waldo? children's book franchise
- Waldo, one of the Our Gang characters
- Uncle Waldo, in the 1960s animated series Hoppity Hooper
- Waldo, a supporting character in the AMC series Into the Badlands
- "Waldo", nickname of the tourist guy in a 9/11 attack hoax photograph
- Waldo Faldo, a character from the television series Family Matters
- Waldo Farthingwaite-Jones, title character of "Waldo" (short story) by Robert A. Heinlein
- Waldo Jeffers, protagonist of The Velvet Underground song "The Gift"
- Waldo Kitty, a feline parody of Walter Mitty, from the animated series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
- Waldo Magoo, the nephew of Quincy Magoo, from the Mr. Magoo franchise
- Waldo C. Graphic, a character from the theme park attraction Muppet*Vision 3D
- Waldo Pepper, title character of the film The Great Waldo Pepper
- Waldo Franz Schaeffer, a minor supporting character from the French animated television series Code Lyoko and its cancelled 2013 live-action/CGI show Code Lyoko: Evolution
- Uncle Waldo, the drunken gander from the 1970 Disney animated film The Aristocats
- Waldo, a Reptool in the television series Dinotrux
- Waldo the Magnificent, Wally's great-grandfather from ''The Wiggles Movie''