Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Waters (name)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit

Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson ("Wat's son"). The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire. The name is currently highly concentrated in the Welsh Borders and Shropshire area of the UK.

Contents

People surnamed Waters

  • Alice Waters (born 1944), American chef
  • Allan Waters (1921–2005), Canadian businessman
  • Anthony Waters (born 1985), American football linebacker
  • Beau Waters (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
  • Ben Waters (1904–1962), New Zealand rower
  • Brian Waters (born 1977), American football guard
  • Carole Waters, retired Australian basketball player
  • Craig Waters (born 1956), public information officer of the Florida Supreme Court
  • Charlie Waters (born 1948), American footballer
  • Crystal Waters (born 1964), American singer/songwriter
  • Dan Waters, a politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Daniel Waters (Minutemen) (1731–1816), officer in the United States Navy.
  • Daniel Waters (screenwriter) (born 1962), American screenwriter and film director, brother of Mark S. Waters
  • David Waters (Australian actor)
  • David Roland Waters, the killer of the American activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  • Dina Waters (born 1965), American actress, also known as Dina Spybey
  • Doris Ethel Waters, better known as half of the comedy duo Gert and Daisy
  • Ethel Waters (1896–1977, American blues vocalist and actress
  • Florence Elsie Waters, better known as half of the comedy duo Gert and Daisy
  • Fraser Waters (born 1976), South African footballer
  • Guy Waters, Australian boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s
  • Harry Waters (s. 1976), British piano and Hammond organ player
  • Horace John Waters, the birth name of actor Jack Warner
  • Huw Waters (born 1986), Welsh cricketer
  • James Waters, Chairman of CHUM Limited
  • Jeff Waters (born 1966), Canadian guitarist
  • John Waters (disambiguation):
  • John Waters (columnist), Irish columnist
  • John S. Waters (1893–1965), American filmmaker who directed films from 1916 until 1958
  • John K. Waters (1906–1989), former U.S. General, prisoner of war, and son-in-law of George S. Patton
  • John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born 1946), American filmmaker
  • John Waters (actor) (born 1948), Australian actor
  • Joseph Waters
  • Katarina Waters (born 1980), English wrestler
  • Keith Waters (born 1962), pioneer in facial animation
  • Latanza Waters, house music singer
  • Lesley Waters (born 1961), English celebrity chef
  • Lou Waters, CNN anchor
  • Margaret Waters (1835–1870), English murderer
  • Mark Waters (director) (born 1964), American film director
  • Mark AJ Waters (Irish Director)
  • Maxine Waters (born 1938), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Miriam Van Waters (1887–1974), American feminist social worker
  • Morgan Waters (born 1981), Canadian actor
  • Muddy Waters (1913–1983), American blues musician
  • Patty Waters, jazz vocalist
  • Richard Waters (1935–2013), American artist, inventor of Waterphone
  • Roger Waters (born 1943), English rock bassist and lyricist, most notably of Pink Floyd
  • Ron Waters, director and Vice President of CHUM Limited
  • Russell Waters (1908–1982), Scottish film actor
  • Sarah Waters (born 1966), British novelist
  • Stanley Waters (1920–1991), Canadian Senator
  • T.A. Waters, American writer fl. 1960s
  • Terence Edward Waters (1929–1951), British soldier awarded the George Cross

    • People with the given name Waters

  • Waters W. Braman (1840–1893), New York politician

    • References

    Waters (name) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics