Walter Anderson is the name of:
- Walter Anderson (footballer) (1879–1904), English professional footballer
- Walter Anderson (historian) (died 1800), British historian
- Walter Anderson (baseball) (1897–1990), former professional baseball player
- Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965), American painter
- Walter Anderson (editor) (born c. 1940), CEO of PARADE Magazine
- Walter Anderson (entrepreneur) (born 1953), telephone entrepreneur, convicted tax evader
- Walter Truett Anderson (born 1933), political scientist, futurist, author
- Walter Anderson (folklorist) (1885–1962), German ethnologist (folklorist)
- Walter Anderson (GC) (1890–1959), George Cross holder and Royal Air Force officer
- Walter Stratton Anderson (1881–1981), Director of the United States Office of Naval Intelligence.
- Walt Anderson (American football) (born c. 1952), National Football League referee
Famous quotes containing the words walter and/or anderson:
“But true love is a durable fire
In the mind ever burning;
Never sick, never old, never dead,
From itself never turning.”
—Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)
“...I didn’t consider intellectuals intelligent, I never liked them or their thoughts about life. I defined them as people who care nothing for argument, who are interested only in information; or as people who have a preference for learning things rather than experiencing them. They have opinions but no point of view.... Their talk is the gloomiest type of human discourse I know.... This is a red flag to my nature. Intellectuals, to me have no natures ...”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)