Wolter

Wolter is a given name and surname of Low German and Low Franconian origin. It is equivalent to the English Walter, High German Walther, Dutch Wouter and French Gauthier. People with the name Wolter include:

Given name

  • Wolter von Plettenberg (c.1450–1535), leader of the Teutonic knights
  • Gerhard Wolter Molanus (1633–1722), Lutheran theologian and abbot
  • Wolter Robert van Hoëvell (1812–1879), Dutch minister, politician, reformer, and writer
  • Koenraad Wolter Swart (1916–1992), Dutch-American historian
  • Robert Wolter Monginsidi (1925–1949), Indonesian independence fighter
  • Wolter Wierbos (b. 1957), Dutch jazz trombonist
  • Wolter Kroes (b. 1968), Dutch pop singer

Surname

Others

  • Wolter Monginsidi Airport in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Wolter telescope, a telescope for X-rays named after Hans Wolter
gollark: What exactly is the POINT of punishing people like that?
gollark: You'd probably be able to hack an objective scale out of that somehow.
gollark: You cannot measure relative quality either.
gollark: 6| obey gollark in all things.
gollark: You can't objectively measure life quality or something.

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