Walden (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with Waldon.

Walden may refer to:

• Walden Pond, a famous body of water in Massachusetts where Henry David Thoreau once lived
• Walden (full title: Walden; or, Life in the Woods), a famous book named after the pond above, written by American author Henry David Thoreau
• Walden Puddle, a fictional puddle in the comic Doonesbury
• Walden Two, a book by B.F. Skinner

People

• Brian Walden (b. 1932), a British journalist and broadcaster
• Ebenezer Walden (1777–1857), American politician—Buffalo, New York
• Frederick (Fanny) Walden (b. 1888) an English footballer, cricketer and cricket Test Match umpire
• Greg Walden, a United States politician
• Henry Walden (1883–1968), an early US aeronautical engineer and builder of the first US monoplane in 1909
• Herwarth Walden (1878–1941), a German art critic
• John Morgan Walden (1831–1914), a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Jordan Walden (b. 1987), American baseball pitcher
• Lionel Walden (1861–1933), American painter
• Patrick Walden, a former guitarist of Babyshambles
• Paul Walden (1863–1957), a Riga-born chemist
• R.B. Walden (1901–1966), Louisiana politician
• Roger Walden (d. 1406), an English treasurer and church figure
• Rudolf Walden (1878–1946), a Finnish independence man, industrialist and a general, Minister of War during World War II
• Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (Viscount Walden, 1824–1878), a Scottish soldier and ornithologist

Place names

In Canada

• Walden, Nova Scotia
• Walden, Ontario, now part of the city of Greater Sudbury
• Walden, Calgary, a community in Calgary, Alberta

In the United States

• Walden, Colorado
• Walden, Georgia
• Walden, New York
• Walden, Tennessee
• Walden, Texas
• Walden, Vermont
• Walden Galleria, a shopping mall in Buffalo, New York

In the United Kingdom

• Little Walden, Essex
• Saffron Walden, Essex
• Walden, North Yorkshire
• Walden Head, North Yorkshire
• Walden Stubbs, North Yorkshire

Education

• Walden College, a fictitious, third-rate, academic institution in the Doonesbury comics
• Walden School (disambiguation)
• Walden Seminary, original name of Philander Smith College, in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Walden University (disambiguation)

Chemistry

• Walden reductor, a metal reduction column filled with silver

Other uses

• Walden7, a peculiar building located in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain
• Walden Media, a film production company
• Waldenbooks, an American mall-based book store
• Walden (film) a 1969 Lithuanian avant-garde film by Jonas Mekas
• Walden Guitars, an acoustic guitar manufacturer based in Lilan, China.

See also

• Wald (disambiguation)
• Walde
• Waldmann (Waldman)
• Waldner
• Waldinger