Walther is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a German form of Walter, which is derived from the Old High German Walthari, containing the elements wald "rule" and hari—"army, warrior".
Walther of England or Gualterus Anglicus, twelfth-century poetWalther Bauersfeld (1879–1959), German engineer who built the first projection planetariumWalther Bothe (1891–1957), German nuclear physicist and Nobel laureateWalther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948), German World War II field marshalWalther Dahl (1916–1985), German World War II flying aceWalther von Dyck (1856–1934), German mathematicianWalther Flemming (1843–1905), German biologist and a founder of cytogeneticsWalther Funk (1890–1960), economist and Nazi official convicted of war crimes in the Nuremberg TrialsWalther Hahm (1894–1951), German World War II generalWalther Hewel (1904–1945), German diplomat and one of Hitler's few personal friendsWalther Kossel (1888–1956), German physicistWalther von Lüttwitz (1859–1942), German general and a leader of the unsuccessful Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch against the Weimar RepublicWalther Meissner (1882–1974), German technical physicist and discoverer of the Meissner effectWalther Müller (1905–1979), German physicistWalther Otto Müller (1833–1887), German botanistWalther Nehring (1892–1983), German World War II generalWalther Nernst (1864–1941), German physical chemist and physicist; Nobel laureate in chemistryWalther Rathenau (1867–1922), German industrialist, politician, writer, statesman and Foreign Minister of Germany for the Weimar RepublicWalther Ritz (1878–1909), Swiss theoretical physicistWalther Schroth (1882–1944), German World War II generalWalther Schwieger (1885–1917), German World War I U-boat commander who sank the LusitaniaWalther Stampfli (1884–1965), Swiss politicianWalther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170–c. 1230), High German lyric poetWalther Wenck (1900–1982), youngest general in the German Army during World War IIWalther Wever (general) (1887–1936), German general, commander of the Luftwaffe and proponent of strategic bombingWalther Wever (pilot) (1923–1945), German flying ace and son of the aboveBernhard Walther (1430–1504), German astronomer for whom a lunar crater is namedC. F. W. Walther (1811–1887), German-American first President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and its most influential theologianCarl Walther (1858–1915), German gunsmith and founder of Walther ArmsChristoph Walther (born 1950), German computer scientistEric Walther (born 1975), German pentathleteErich Walther (1903–1947), German World War II generalFrédéric Henri Walther (1761–1813), Alsatian-born general in Napoleon's armyGeorge Walther Sr. (1876–1961), American inventorGeorge H. Walther (1828–1895), American politicianGeraldine Walther (born 1950), American violistGesine Walther (born 1962), German sprinterJohann Jakob Walther (1650–1704), German composer/violinistJohann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748), German organist and composerJohannes Walther (1860–1937), German geologistKerstin Walther (born 1961), German sprinterKirsten Walther (1933–1987), Danish actressPhilipp Franz von Walther (1782–1849), German doctorWalther Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA