Walker (given name)
Walker is an occupational male given name, deriving from the English term for "cloth washer". It has recently increased in use for boys in the United States due to the influence of the American CW Network television series Walker, a reboot of the 1993-2001 television series Walker, Texas Ranger. It was first recorded as a name in the Middle Ages.
Notable people with the name include:
A
- Walker Anderson, American politician
- Walker Keith Armistead, American military officer
- Walker Lee Ashley, American football player
B
- Walker Keith Baylor, American jurist and politician
- Walker Banks, American politician
- Walker Blaine, American politician
- Walker Bleakney, American physicist
- Walker Boone, Canadian actor
- Walker Brooke, American politician
- Walker Buehler, American baseball player
- Walker Butler, American jurist and politician
C
- Walker O. Cain, American architect
- Walker Calhoun, American musician
- Walker Carpenter, American football player
- Walker Lee Cisler, American engineer
- Walker Connor, American political scientist
- Walker Cooper, American baseball player
- Walker Cress, American baseball player
- Walker M. Curtiss, American politician
D
- Walker Rannie Davidson, Australian surveyor
- Walker Duehr, American ice hockey player
E
- Walker Edmiston, American actor
- Walker Eget, American football player
- Walker Ellis, English cricketer
- Walker Evans, American photographer
- Walker Evans (racing driver), American racing driver
F
- Walker Fearn, American general
- Walker Américo Frônio, Brazilian footballer
G
- Walker Gillette, American football player
- Walker Grimshaw, Canadian filmmaker
H
- Walker Hamilton, Scottish writer
- Walker Hampson, English footballer
- Walker Hancock, American sculptor
- Walker Hayes, American singer
- Walker Hines (railroad executive), American railroad executive
- Walker Hines (politician), American businessman and politician
- Walker Howard, American football player
- Walker Hume, American soccer player
J
- Walker Janek, American baseball player
- Walker Jenkins, American baseball player
K
- Walker Kessler, American basketball player
- Walker King, English churchman
- Walker King (priest), English archdeacon
L
- Walker Lambiotte, American basketball player
- Walker Leach, American football player
- Walker Lewis, American abolitionist
- Walker Little, American football player
- Walker Lockett, American baseball player
- Walker Lukens, American singer-songwriter
- Walker Lyons, American football player
M
- Walker Martin, American baseball player
- Walker McCall, Scottish footballer
- Walker David Miller, American judge
P
- Walker Parks, American football player
- Walker Percy, American author
- Walker Powell, Canadian businessman and politician
R
- Walker Railey, American minister
- Walker Reynolds, American football player
- Walker Russell, American basketball player
- Walker Russell Jr., American basketball player
S
- Walker Smith (disambiguation)
- Walker Scobell, American actor
- Walker Stapleton, American politician
T
- Walker Thomas, American politician
- Walker Todd, American lawyer and politician
V
- Walker Whiting Vick, American politician
W
- Walker Wainwright, English cricketer
- Walker White, American football player
- Walker Whiteside, American actor
- Walker Wood, American journalist and politician
Z
- Walker Zimmerman, American soccer player