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Waller is a surname mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, with several possible etymologies. See also Open pan salt making#salt pan occupations.

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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
  • 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

    • US

  • Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg, Virginia attorney and judge
  • Edwin Waller, American statesman
  • George Platt Waller, American diplomat
  • John L. Waller, lawyer, journalist, publisher and U.S. Counsel to Madagascar
  • William L. Waller, Jr., American, Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
  • Bill Waller (William L. Waller, Sr.), American, Governor of Mississippi

    • Other countries

  • George Mark Waller, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
  • Keith Waller (1914–1992), Australian public servant and diplomat
  • Robert Waller (pundit), British elections expert

    • In military

  • Hardress Waller (c. 1604 – 1666), fought in Ireland, supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War, convicted of the Regicide of King Charles I after the restoration of the monarchy
  • 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

    • In science and academia

  • 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, physicist known for the Debye–Waller factor (along with Peter Debye)

    • In sport

  • Alex Waller (born 1990), English rugby union player
  • Charlie Waller (American football) (1921–2009), American football coach
  • 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
  • Wilf Waller (born 1877), South African footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton

    • In other fields

  • Waller family (Kent)
  • Waller baronets
  • John Waller (preacher) (1741-1802), Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky
  • Sir Mark Waller, a British judge

    • References

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