Famous People with Name Walter

Walter Camidge            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Walter Camidge: also known as William A Camidge, was an English footballer.He played for Dringhouses, York City, Scarborough and Peterborough United.

Walter John            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Walter John: was a German chess master.John was born at Thorn (Torun), Poland (then German Empire). He took 2nd, behind Curt von Bardeleben in Café Kerkau, and took 4th (Ossip Bernstein won) at Berlin 1902. He won at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tournament). In 1904, he tied for 11-12th in Coburg (14th DSB Congress; Bardeleben, Carl Schlechter and Rudolf Swiderski won). In 1905, he tied for 7-10th in Barmen (Dawid Janowski and Géza Maróczy won). In 1907, he tied for 10-11th in Ostend (B tourn; Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein won).

Walter Dill Scott (            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Walter Dill Scott (: one of the first applied psychologists. He applied psychology to various business practices such as personnel selection and advertising.

Walter Emmerich Behrmann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Walter Emmerich Behrmann: was a German geographer.He taught at the Frankfurt University (1923-), Free University of Berlin (1948-).

Walter Christaller            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Walter Christaller: was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is Central Place Theory [1], first published in 1933. This groundbreaking theory was the foundation of the study of cities as systems of cities, rather than simple hierarchies or single entities.At the end of the 1930s he held a short-lived academic appointment, but then joined the Nazi Party in 1940. He moved into government service, in Himmler's SS-Planning and Soil Office, during the Second World War. Christaller’s task was to draw up plans for reconfiguring the economic geography of Germany's eastern conquests ("General plan of the East") – primarily Czechoslovakia and Poland, and if successful, Russia itself. Christaller was given special charge of planning occupied Poland, and he did so using his central place theory as an explicit guide. [2]

Bruno Walter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bruno Walter: German-born conductor and composer. He was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939. He was born Bruno Schlesinger but began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially upon becoming naturalised in Austria in 1911.

Fritz Walter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Fritz Walter: German football players. In his time with the Germany national football team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals.

Ulrich Hans Walter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ulrich Hans Walter: German physicist/engineer and a former DFVLR astronaut.

Friedrich "Fritz" Walter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich "Fritz" Walter: was one of the most well-loved German football players. In his time with the Germany national football team, he won 61 caps and scored 33 goals.As the son of a Vereinswirt (clubs innkeeper) of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Walter began his football career early. At age 8, he joined the Kaiserslautern youth academy, and he made his first team debut at just 17, where he would faithfully remain throughout his career.

Ottmar Walter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ottmar Walter: a former German footballer.He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the Germany national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Ottmar scored 4 goals in the tournament as West Germany won their first ever World Cup title. In total, Ottmar earned 21 caps and scored 10 goals for Germany.