Walker is an occupational male given name, deriving from the English term for "cloth washer". It has recently increased in use for boys in the United States due to the influence of the American CW Network television series Walker, a reboot of the 1993-2001 television series Walker, Texas Ranger. It was first recorded as a name in the Middle Ages.
Notable people with the name include:
Walker Anderson (1801–1857), American politician
Walker Keith Armistead (1783–1845), American military officer
Walker Lee Ashley (born 1960), American football player
Walker Keith Baylor (1794–1845), American jurist and politician
Walker Banks (born 1947), American politician
Walker Blaine (1855–1890), American politician
Walker Bleakney (1901–1992), American physicist
Walker Boone (1944–2021), Canadian actor
Walker Brooke (1813–1869), American politician
Walker Buehler (born 1994), American baseball player
Walker Butler (1898–1969), American jurist and politician
Walker O. Cain (1915–1993), American architect
Walker Calhoun (1918–2012), American musician
Walker Carpenter (1893–1956), American football player
Walker Lee Cisler (1897–1994), American engineer
Walker Connor (1926–2017), American political scientist
Walker Cooper (1915–1991), American baseball player
Walker Cress (1917–1996), American baseball player
Walker M. Curtiss (1852–1917), American politician
Walker Rannie Davidson (1808–1876), Australian surveyor
Walker Duehr (born 1997), American ice hockey player
Walker Edmiston (1926–2007), American actor
Walker Eget, American football player
Walker Ellis (1895–1974), English cricketer
Walker Evans (1903–1975), American photographer
Walker Evans (racing driver) (born 1938), American racing driver
Walker Fearn (1832–1899), American general
Walker Américo Frônio (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Walker Gillette (born 1947), American football player
Walker Grimshaw, Canadian filmmaker
Walker Hamilton (1934–1969), Scottish writer
Walker Hampson (1889–1959), English footballer
Walker Hancock (1901–1998), American sculptor
Walker Hayes (born 1979), American singer
Walker Hines (railroad executive) (1870–1934), American railroad executive
Walker Hines (politician) (born 1984), American businessman and politician
Walker Howard (born 2003), American football player
Walker Hume (born 1993), American soccer player
Walker Janek (born 2002), American baseball player
Walker Jenkins (born 2005), American baseball player
Walker Kessler (born 2001), American basketball player
Walker King (1751–1827), English churchman
Walker King (priest) (1798–1958), English archdeacon
Walker Lambiotte (born 1967), American basketball player
Walker Leach (1888–1944), American football player
Walker Lewis (1798–1856), American abolitionist
Walker Little (born 1999), American football player
Walker Lockett (born 1994), American baseball player
Walker Lukens, American singer-songwriter
Walker Lyons (born 2004), American football player
Walker Martin (born 2004), American baseball player
Walker McCall (born 1954), Scottish footballer
Walker David Miller (1939–2013), American judge
Walker Parks (born 2001), American football player
Walker Percy (1916–1990), American author
Walker Powell (1828–1915), Canadian businessman and politician
Walker Railey (born 1947), American minister
Walker Reynolds (1888–1977), American football player
Walker Russell (born 1960), American basketball player
Walker Russell Jr. (born 1982), American basketball player
Walker Smith (disambiguation)
Walker Scobell (born 2009), American actor
Walker Shabazz-Edwards (born 2007), Guyanese footballer
Walker Stapleton (born 1974), American politician
Walker Thomas (born 1963), American politician
Walker Todd (1786–1840), American lawyer and politician
Walker Whiting Vick (1878–1926), American politician
Walker Wainwright (1882–1961), English cricketer
Walker White (born 2005), American football player
Walker Whiteside (1869–1942), American actor
Walker Wood (1874–1957), American journalist and politician
Walker Zimmerman (born 1993), American soccer player