Walker
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Walker can mean:
- Walker, a tool to help the infirm to get around
- Walker, a vehicle that moves on legs rather than wheels or tracks
- Walker, a 1987 motion picture about William Walker
- Walker, an Amiga 500 game
- Pedestrian, someone who walks
- Places:
- Walker, Iowa
- Walker, Louisiana
- Walker, Michigan
- Walker, Minnesota
- Walker, Missouri
- Walker-on-Tyne, a village now within Newcastle upon Tyne in England
It can also refer to:
[edit] People
Walker is also a common English surname. The name comes from the medieval profession of a ‘walker’, a person who trod on woollen cloth in a bath of Fuller's earth, and sometimes urine, in order to thicken the fibres and ready the cloth for use.[citation needed]
- Aldace F. Walker, (1842-1901), American railroad business manager
- Alice Walker, (born 1944), American author
- Amasa Walker, Congressman (1862-63), writer on financial subjects
- Anna Walker, British television presenter
- Antoine Walker, (born 1976), American basketball player
- Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909-2001), an English cosmologist
- Ben Walker, Australian rugby league player
- Benjamen Walker, American radio personality
- Madam C.J. Walker, African-American entrepreneur
- Cas Walker, American entrepreneur, entertainer, politician
- Cecil Walker, Northern Irish politician
- Charles Walker, (born 1948), American astronaut
- Chris Walker
- Daniel Walker, (born 1922), American politician
- David (or Dave) Walker
- Dave Walker, English singer
- David Walker (abolitionist), (1785-1830), African-American activist
- David Walker (racing driver), (born 1941), Racing driver
- David M. Walker (astronaut), (1944-2001), American astronaut
- David M. Walker (U.S. Comptroller General), (born 1951), American politician
- David S. Walker, (1815-1891), American politician
- Doak Walker, (1927-1998), American football player
- Dorothy Walker Bush, (1901-1992), American political-family member
- Lieutenant General Emmett H. Walker, Jr., chief of the National Guard Bureau from August 16, 1982 to August 15, 1986
- Eric A. Walker, (1910-1995), President of Penn State University from 1956-1970
- Walker, Francis (1764-1806), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
- George Walker
- George Walker (1645-1690), English soldier
- George Walker (composer), (born 1922), African American composer
- George H. Walker, (1811-1866), American politician
- George Herbert Walker, (1875-1953), American entrepreneur
- H.M. Walker, (c.1884-1937), American scriptwriter
- Herschel Walker, (born 1962), American football player
- Isaac P. Walker, (1815-1872), American politician
- James Walker, (1794-1874), American educator
- Jearl Walker, (born 1945), American physicist
- Jimmy Walker, (1881-1946), American politician
- Jimmie Walker, (born 1947), American comic actor: Good times
- John Walker
- Jorden Larry Ross Walker),(1991), MVP hockey player from Selkirk, MB Played hockey for Sagkeeng, MB
- John Walker (naturalist), (1730-1803), Scottish naturalist
- John Walker (lexicographer), (1732-1807), English lexicographer
- John Walker (inventor), (fl. 19th century), English chemist & inventor
- John M. Walker, Jr. (judge), (born 1940), U.S. federal judge
- John Walker (grocer), (1805–1857), Scottish whisky entrepreneur
- John Walker (painter), (born 1939), English painter
- John Walker (programmer), computer programmer
- John Walker (Birmingham Six), British criminal
- John Walker (runner), (born 1952), New Zealand runner
- John Walker Lindh, (born 1981), American member of Taliban
- John Anthony Walker, (born 1937) American sailor & Soviet spy
- John Brisben Walker, (1847-1931), American entrepreneur & publisher
- John Williams Walker, (1783-1823), American politician
- Joseph Walker
- Joseph A. Walker, (1921-1966), American Air Force rocket-plane test pilot; in the X-15 set world altitude records; winner of international & USAF astronauts wings
- Joseph Marshall Walker, (1786-1856), American politician
- Junior Walker, (1931-1995), musician
- Kristian Walker, (1992-2004), Swedish tsunami victim
- Larry Walker, (born 1966), Canadian baseball player
- Laura Walker, (born 1970), American swimmer
- Lindsay Hildreth Wishart Walker, (born 1940), South African scientist
- Liza Walker, actress
- Lucius M. Walker, (1829–1863), American soldier
- Marcy Walker, (born 1961), American actress
- Margaret Walker, (1915-1998), American poet
- Mary Edwards Walker, (1832-1919), American activist
- Michael Walker
- Michael Walker (jockey), New Zealand jockey
- Michael Walker (economist), Canadian economist
- Mickey Walker, (1903-1981), American boxer
- Mildred Walker, 20th Century American novelist
- Mort Walker, (born 1923), American cartoonist
- Murray Walker, (born 1923), English journalist
- Nancy Walker, (1922-1992), American actress
- Norman W. Walker, (1886-1985), English-American businessman and pioneer in the field of vegetable juicing
- Obadiah Walker, (1616-1699), British man of letters
- Olene S. Walker, (born 1930), American politician
- Patrick Gordon Walker, (1907-1980), British politician
- Paul Walker, (born 1973), American actor
- Peter Walker
- Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, (born 1932), British politician
- Peter Walker, architect, American architect
- Peter I Walker,(born 1965), British writer
- R. Tracy Walker, American politician
- Randy Walker (1954-2006), American football coach
- Rebecca Walker, (born 1969), American activist
- Reggie Walker, (1889-1951), South African track and field athlete
- Rob Walker, 1960s Formula One team owner (Rob Walker Racing Team)
- Robert J. Walker, (1801-1869), American economist & statesman
- Sally Walker, Australian academic administrator; current president of Deakin University
- Scott Walker
- Scott Walker (singer), (born 1943), American singer/songwriter/composer
- Scott Walker (boxer), (1970-2004), American boxer
- Scott Walker (hockey), (born 1973), Canadian hockey player
- Sears Cook Walker, (1805-1853), American astronomer
- Shane Walker, Australian rugby league player
- Stanley Walker Jr, (born 1976), American Airman
- T-Bone Walker, (1910-1975American musician
- Thomas Walker
- Thomas Walker, (1919-2003), American soldier
- Thomas Walker (Australian politician), (1858–1932), Australian politician
- Tonja Walker, soap opera actress
- Walton Walker, (fl. 1940s), American soldier
- William Walker
- William Walker, Jr., (1800-1874), Wyandot Indian leader
- William Walker (composer), (1809-1875), American musician
- William Walker (diver), (1869-1918), restored underpinnings of Winchester Cathedral
- William Walker (soldier), (1824-1860), American-born soldier & Nicaragua politician
As a given name:
- Walker Percy, American author
- Walker Evans, American photographer
- Walker Darke, Newsround presspacker
As an aka:
- Colorow Ignacio Ouray Walkara. Ute Chief
[edit] Things
Walker may also refer to:
- Walker, Texas Ranger, U.S. television program
- Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker, a metric used in cosmology
- Hiram Walker, a Canadian distillery
- Jed Walker, a comic book character
- Junior Walker and the All Stars, a musical group
- Riddley Walker, a 1980 novel by Russell Hoban
- Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool, UK
- Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Walker Lake (multiple locations)
- Walker Pass, in California, USA
- Walker River (multiple locations)
- Walker tariff, an 1846 U.S. tariff
- Walker, a fictional character from Animal Crossing: Wild World
- Imperial Walker, or AT-AT, a vehicle from Star Wars movies
- Walker Boh, character from the Shannara series