Waller (surname)
Waller is a surname mainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, with several possible etymologies. Notable people with this name include:Arts and entertainment
Music
- Charlie Waller , American bluegrass musician
- Charlie Waller , British rock musician
- Fats Waller, jazz musician
- Gordon Waller, British singer
- Rik Waller, British singer
Other media
- Carroll Waller, American preservationist and writer
- Douglas C. Waller, American writer
- Edmund Waller, English poet
- Fred Waller, inventor of cinerama
- Judith C. Waller American radio pioneer
- Lewis Waller, English actor c. 1910
- Mary Lemon Waller, English portrait painter
- Robert James Waller, American author
- Tom Waller, film director and producer
- Vincent Waller, American animator, showrunner of SpongeBob SquarePants since 2015
Government and politics
- Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg, Virginia attorney and judge
- Bill Waller, American politician, governor of Mississippi
- Edwin Waller, American statesman
- Gary Waller, British politician
- George Mark Waller, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- George Platt Waller, American diplomat
- John L. Waller, lawyer, journalist, publisher and U.S. Counsel to Madagascar
- Keith Waller, Australian public servant and diplomat
- Mark Waller, British judge
- Robert Waller, British elections expert
- William L. Waller, Jr., American chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
Military
- Hardress Waller, English parliamentarian in the English Civil War, convicted of the regicide of King Charles I
- Hector Waller, officer in the Royal Australian Navy
- Littleton Waller, officer in the United States Marine Corps
- William Waller, English Parliamentary general during the English Civil War
- William Francis Frederick Waller, British soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir Richard Waller, English soldier and official noted for capturing the Duke of Orleans, the French commander at the Battle of Agincourt
Religion
- Charles Henry Waller, Church of England theologian
- J. G. Waller, Canadian Anglican missionary in Japan
- John Waller , Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky
Science and academia
- Alfred Rayney Waller, British journalist, translator and editor
- Augustus Volney Waller, British neurophysiologist
- Augustus Desiré Waller, scientist and son of Augustus Volney Waller
- Carroll Waller, American preservationist and writer
- Erik Waller , Swedish surgeon and book collector
- Ivar Waller, physicist
Sports
- Alex Waller, English rugby union player
- Charlie Waller , American football coach
- Chris Waller , American gymnast
- Chris Waller , English cricketer
- Darren Waller, American football player
- Dwight Waller, American professional basketball player
- Erik Waller , Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Ethan Waller, English rugby union player
- Phil Waller, Wales and British Lions rugby player
- Ruth Waller, English athlete
- Tye Waller, American baseball player
- Wilf Waller, South African footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton
Other fields
- Waller family
- Anne Waller, Lady Waller, English diarist
Fictional
- Amanda Waller, DC Comics character
