Waller (surname)
Waller is a surname mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, with several possible etymologies.[1] See also Open pan salt making#salt pan occupations.
Notable people with this name include
In arts and entertainment
Music
- Charlie Waller (American musician) (1935–2004), American bluegrass musician
- Charlie Waller (British musician) (born 1980), British rock musician
- Fats Waller, jazz musician
- Gordon Waller (1945–2009), British singer
- Rik Waller, British singer
Other media
- Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist and writer
- Douglas C. Waller, American writer
- Edmund Waller, English poet
- Fred Waller, inventor of cinerama
- Lewis Waller, English actor c. 1910
- Robert James Waller, American author
- Tom Waller, film director and producer
In government and politics
US
- Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg, Virginia attorney and judge
- Edwin Waller, American statesman
- George Platt Waller, American diplomat
- John L. Waller, lawyer, journalist, publisher and U.S. Counsel to Madagascar
- William L. Waller, Jr., American, Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
- Bill Waller (William L. Waller, Sr.), American, Governor of Mississippi
Other countries
- George Mark Waller, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- Keith Waller (1914–1992), Australian public servant and diplomat
- Robert Waller (pundit), British elections expert
In military
- Hardress Waller (c. 1604 – 1666), fought in Ireland, supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War, convicted of the Regicide of King Charles I after the restoration of the monarchy
- Hector Waller, officer in the Royal Australian Navy
- Littleton Waller, officer in the United States Marine Corps
- William Waller (c. 1597–1668), English Parliamentary general during the English Civil War
- William Francis Frederick Waller (1839–1885), British soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
In science and academia
- Augustus Volney Waller (1816–1870), British neurophysiologist
- Augustus Desiré Waller (1856–1922), scientist and son of Augustus Volney Waller
- Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist and writer
- Erik Waller (collector) (1875–1955), Swedish surgeon and book collector
- Ivar Waller, physicist known for the Debye–Waller factor (along with Peter Debye)
In sport
- Alex Waller (born 1990), English rugby union player
- Charlie Waller (American football) (1921–2009), American football coach
- Dwight Waller, American professional basketball player
- Erik Waller (sailor) (1887–1958), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Ethan Waller (born 1992), English rugby union player
- Phil Waller, Wales and British Lions rugby player
- Ruth Waller, English athlete
- Wilf Waller (born 1877), South African footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton
In other fields
- Waller family (Kent)
- Waller baronets
- John Waller (preacher) (1741-1802), Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky
References
- ↑ "Surname Database: Waller Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.
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