Waller (surname)

Waller is a surname mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, with several possible etymologies.[1] Notable people with this name include:

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
• Judith C. Waller (1889-1973) American radio pioneer
• Lewis Waller, English actor c. 1910
• Mary Lemon Waller (1851-1931), English portrait painter
• Robert James Waller (1939–2017), American author
• Tom Waller, film director and producer
• Vincent Waller, American animator, showrunner of SpongeBob SquarePants since 2015

Government and politics

• Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg, Virginia attorney and judge
• Bill Waller, American politician, governor of Mississippi
• Edwin Waller, American statesman
• Gary Waller (1945–2017), British politician
• George Mark Waller, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
• George Platt Waller, American diplomat
• John L. Waller, lawyer, journalist, publisher and U.S. Counsel to Madagascar
• Keith Waller (1914–1992), Australian public servant and diplomat
• Mark Waller (judge), British judge
• Robert Waller (pundit), British elections expert
• William L. Waller, Jr., American chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court

Military

• Hardress Waller (c. 1604–1666), English parliamentarian in the English Civil War, convicted of the regicide of King Charles I
• 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
• Sir Richard Waller (c. 1395–c. 1462), English soldier and official noted for capturing the Duke of Orleans, the French commander at the Battle of Agincourt

Religion

• Charles Henry Waller (1840-1910), Church of England theologian
• J. G. Waller, Canadian Anglican missionary in Japan
• John Waller (preacher) (1741-1802), Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky

Science and academia

• Alfred Rayney Waller (1867–1922), British journalist, translator and editor
• 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 (1898–1991), physicist

Sports

• Alex Waller (born 1990), English rugby union player
• Charlie Waller (American football) (1921–2009), American football coach
• Chris Waller (gymnast) (born 1968), American gymnast
• Chris Waller (cricketer) (born 1948), English cricketer
• Darren Waller (born 1992), American football player
• 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
• Tye Waller (born 1957), American baseball player
• Wilf Waller (born 1877), South African footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton

Other fields

• Waller family (Kent)
• Anne Waller, Lady Waller (died 1661 or 1662), English diarist

Fictional

• Amanda Waller, DC Comics character

References

1. "Surname Database: Waller Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.

See also

• Justice Waller (disambiguation)