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Walt, Wally

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Walter Chrysler, American entrepreneuer and founder of the Chrysler Corporation, an automobile manufacturer
Walter Cronkite, American television journalist
Walter "Walt" Disney, American business tycoon, film producer, director, screenwriter, and animator
Walter Matthau, American actor (The Odd Couple)
Sir Walter Raleigh, 16th-century British explorer, poet, and soldier
Major Walter Reed, American army physician for whom the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., is named
Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (United Automobile Workers)
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (Ivanhoe)
Walter "Walt" Whitman, American poet and essayist (Leaves of Grass)

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, James Thurber story