Former chairman of the Cendant Corporation, Walter A. Forbes is best known as the man behind the largest accounting fraud of the 1990s.
Walter Haut is best known for drafting a 1947 press release for the U.S. Army that claimed a "flying disc" had landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Walter Matthau was an actor known for his gruff on-screen demeanor in such films as The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men.
Walter O'Malley was the influential president of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for nearly 30 years.
Walter Payton was a running back for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League and is in the Football Hall of Fame.
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English adventurer and writer who established a colony near Roanoke Island, now known as Virginia. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to death for treason.