Walker (surname)

Walker
Pronunciation	/ˈwɔːkər/
Language(s)	English, Scots
Origin
Meaning	A walker, or one who "walked" on raw, damp cloth in order to thicken it.
Region of origin	England Scotland
Other names
Related names	Wallker, Walkyr, Walkere, Wealcan (old English), Walcere

Walker is a surname of English and Scottish origin. This name may signify either a fuller or an officer whose duty consisted of walking or inspecting a certain space of forest ground. The origin may also be Dutch or German as Walker is the modern German for 'Fuller', with weavers fleeing religious persecution in North West Europe settling along the North Eastern English coast (cf the town of Walker near Newcastle).

128,048 people have the surname Walker in the United Kingdom, making it the 12th-most common surname.^[1] As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 501,307 people had the surname Walker, making it the 28th most common surname in America.^[2]

Notable people

Ronnie Walker was caught inspecting forest grounds for magic mushrooms

Arts and letters

Alice Walker (born 1944), American author
Derek Walker (born 1929), British architect
Kara Walker (born 1969), American artist
Margaret Walker (1915–1998), American poet
Murray Walker (born 1923), English journalist
Obadiah Walker (1616–1699), English man of letters
Ranginui Walker (born 1932), Māori academic and writer
Ray Walker (artist) (1945–1984), British mural artist

Business

Aldace F. Walker (1842–1901), American railroad executive
Cas Walker (1902–1998), American grocer and radio/TV producer from Tennessee
Madam C. J. Walker, African-American entrepreneur
Norman W. Walker (1886–1985), English-American pioneer in vegetable juicing
Allan Walker (1953-Present), Sodexo Technician

Entertainment

Anna Walker (television presenter), English television presenter
Benjamen Walker, American radio personality
Butch Walker (born 1969), American musician
Carlos Walker, birth name of Shawty Lo, American rap musician
Clint Walker (born 1927), actor
Doug Walker aka That Guy With The Glasses
Ed Walker, radio personality
Elizabeth Walker (dancer), American ballet dancer
H. M. Walker (c. 1884 – 1937), American scriptwriter
Junior Walker (1931–1995), musician
Liza Walker, English actress
Marcy Walker (born 1961), American actress
Nancy Walker (1922–1992), American actress
Paul Walker (born 1973), American actor
Shirley Walker (1945–2006), American music composer
Stewart Walker, American electronic musician
T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), American musician
Tonja Walker, soap opera actress
Vincent Walker, American singer and trumpet player

Military

Arnold Walker (RAF officer), British fighter pilot
Duncan Stephen Walker, American Union brevet brigadier general
Edward Alexander Walker, American Medal of Honor recipient
Major General Edwin Walker, American general
Lieutenant General Emmett H. Walker, Jr., American National Guard chief
Frank O. Walker, Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient
Captain Frederic John Walker (1896–1944), British naval officer
Lucius M. Walker (1829–1863), American soldier
Moses B. Walker, American Union brevet brigadier general and Texas judge
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847), American soldier and lawman
Walton Walker (fl. 1940s), American soldier

Politics

Amasa Walker (1799–1875), American politician, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, businessman, and economist
Sir Alfred Cecil Walker (1924–2007), UK politician, MP from Northern Ireland
Clifford Walker (1877–1954), American politician, governor of Georgia
Daniel Walker (born 1922), American politician, governor of Illinois
Francis Walker (Virginia) (1764–1806), U.S. Representative from Virginia
Frank Comerford Walker (1886–1959), American political figure and Postmaster General
Isaac P. Walker (1815–1872), American politician, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
Lo Walker (born 1933), American politician, mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana
Mary Edwards Walker (1832–1919), American activist
Olene S. Walker (born 1930), American politician, governor of Utah
Patrick Gordon Walker (1907–1980), British politician
R. Tracy Walker, American politician from North Carolina
Rebecca Walker (born 1969), American activist
Scott Walker American politician, governor of Wisconsin

as middle name:

Dorothy Walker Bush (1901–1992), American wife and mother of politicians
George Walker Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States
George Herbert Walker Bush (born 1924), 41st President of the United States

Science

Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr. (1936–2001), American solar physicist
Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909–2001), English cosmologist
Cyril Walker (paleontologist) (1939–2009)
Francis Walker (entomologist) (1809–1874), English entomologist
Gilbert Walker (1868–1958), English meteorologist
Jearl Walker (born 1945), American physicist
Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888–1974), British doctor
Sears Cook Walker (1805–1853), American astronomer

Sports

Alf Walker, English football manager
Antoine Walker (born 1976), American basketball player
Arnold Walker ('Boxer' Walker), former international rugby league player
Ben Walker, Australian rugby league player
Clifford Walker (cricketer)
Cyril Walker (1892–1948), English golfer
Derrick Walker, auto racer
Derrick Walker (American football), American football player
Des Walker, English footballer
Doak Walker (1927–1998), American football player
Ed Walker (baseball), baseball player
Fraser Walker (born 1972), British medley swimmer
Geoff Walker (canoeing) (1952–1997), New Zealand canoeist
Geoff Walker (ice hockey) (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
Harold Walker (cricketer) (1918–2000), English cricketer
Harry Walker (1916–1999), American baseball player, manager, and coach
Herschel Walker (born 1962), American football player
Ian Walker (sailor) (born 1970), English sailboat racer
Jason Walker (footballer) (born 1984), English footballer
Kemba Walker (born 1990), American professional basketball player
Larry Walker (born 1966), Canadian baseball player
Laura Walker (born 1970), American swimmer
Mickey Walker (boxer) (1903–1981), American boxer
Mysterious Walker (1884–1958), American athlete and coach
Nathan Walker (born 1994), Australian ice hockey player
Neil Walker (swimmer) (born 1976), American swimmer
Neil Walker (baseball) (born 1985), American baseball player
Peahead Walker (1899–1970), American football and baseball coach
Rachel Walker (field hockey), English field hockey player
Randy Walker (football coach) (1954–2006), American football coach
Reggie Walker (1889–1951), South African track and field athlete
Russ Walker (rugby league), Rugby league player
Russ Walker (ice hockey) (born 1953), ice hockey player
Sam Walker (footballer), association footballer, currently playing for Chelsea F.C.
Wade Walker, American football player
Walker (Kent cricketer), English cricketer playing in 1822

Miscellaneous

Anna Walker (born 1951), British civil servant
Diana Barnato Walker (1918–2008), English pilot
Eric A. Walker (1910–1995), American academic administrator
Francis Amasa Walker (1840–1897), American economist
Mort Walker (born 1923), American cartoonist
Sally Walker, Australian academic administrator
Vaughn Walker (born 1944), American federal judge

Disambiguations

Given name

Notable persons with "Walker" as their given name.

Walker Connor, American political scientist
Walker Evans, American photographer
Walker Percy, American author

Fictional characters

Annie Walker, main character of the USA TV series Covert Affairs
Walker (Danny Phantom), a character of the animated TV series Danny Phantom
Allen Walker, the main character of D.Gray-man
Jed Walker, comic book character
John, Susan, Titty, Roger and Bridget Walker, the Swallows of Swallows and Amazons
Molly Walker, character from the TV series Heroes
Renee Walker, character from TV series 24
Tommy Walker, title character of Tommy by The Who
Sarah Walker (Chuck), a character on the television show Chuck, played by Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski
The Walker family of Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)
Walker Boh, character from the Shannara series
Walker, one of the two main villains in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Cordell Walker, title character from the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger
Mr. Walker, a character played by Goofy of the Goofy short "Motor Mania"
Luke Skywalker, a character in the early Star Wars series

Other

Colorow Ignacio Ouray Walkara, Ute chief, also called "Walker"

References

^ "British surnames". Retrieved 14 November 2011.
^ "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 - U.S. Census Bureau". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 14 November 2011.