Waller (surname)

Waller is a surname mainly of Old English origin, with several possible etymologies.[1] Notable people with this name include:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Other media

Government and politics

Military

  • Hardress Waller (c. 1604–1666), 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 (c. 1597–1668), English Parliamentary general during the English Civil War
  • William Francis Frederick Waller (1839–1885), British soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Sir Richard Waller (c. 1395–c. 1462), English soldier and official noted for capturing the Duke of Orleans, the French commander at the Battle of Agincourt

Religion

  • Charles Henry Waller (1840–1910), Church of England theologian
  • J. G. Waller, Canadian Anglican missionary in Japan
  • John Waller (preacher) (1741–1802), Baptist preacher in Virginia, South Carolina and Kentucky

Science and academia

Sports

Other fields

Fictional

References

  1. "Surname Database: Waller Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.

See also

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