Waller (surname)
Waller is a surname mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, with several possible etymologies.[1] See also Open pan salt making#salt pan occupations.
Notables with this name include
- Alex Waller (born 1990), English rugby union player
- Augustus Waller (disambiguation)
- Benjamin Waller - Williamsburg, Virginia attorney and judge
- Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist and writer
- Charlie Waller (disambiguation)
- Douglas C. Waller - American writer
- Dwight Waller - American professional basketball player
- Edmund Waller - English poet
- Edwin Waller - American statesman
- Erik Waller (disambiguation)
- Ethan Waller (born 1992), English rugby union player
- Fats Waller - jazz musician
- Fred Waller - inventor of cinerama
- Sir George Mark Waller - Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- Gordon Waller (1945–2009), British singer
- Sir 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
- Irvin Waller - crime prevention expert
- Ivar Waller - physicist known for the Debye–Waller factor (along with Peter Debye)
- John Waller (1741-1802) - Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky
- John L. Waller - Lawyer, journalist, publisher and U.S. Counsel to Madagascar
- Lewis Waller - English actor c. 1910
- Littleton Waller - Officer in the United States Marine Corps
- Phil Waller - Wales and British Lions rugby player
- Rik Waller - British singer
- Robert James Waller - American author
- Robert Waller (pundit) - British election expert
- Ruth Waller - English athlete
- Tom Waller- film director and producer
- Wilf Waller (born 1877), South African footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton
- William Waller (c. 1597–1668)- an English Parliamentary general during the English Civil War.
- William L. Waller, Jr. - American, Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
- Bill Waller (William L. Waller, Sr.) - American, Governor of Mississippi
- William Francis Frederick Waller (1839–1885) – British soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
References
- ↑ "Surname Database: Waller Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.