Waltraud or Waltraut is a German feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

People named Waltraud

Waltraud Dietsch Waltraud Dietsch, née Birnbaum (born 26 November 1950 in Staßfurt, East Germany) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She won a gold medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics, 19 ...

(born 1950), German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres *

Waltraud Kretzschmar Waltraud Kretzschmar ( Hermann then Czelake, 1 February 1948 in Kloster Lehnin – 7 February 2018) was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered the ...

(1948–2018), East German handball player *

Waltraud Meier Waltraud Meier (born 9 January 1956) is a German retired dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the Fr ...

(born 1956), Grammy Award-winning German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer *

Waltraud Pöhlitz Waltraud Pöhlitz, née Kaufmann (born 10 March 1942, in Brockau) is a German middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the silver medal at the 1962 European Championships, finished eighth at the 1966 European Champions ...

(born 1942), German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres *

Waltraud Schale Waltraud Schale is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. She won two medals at the 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, ...

, East German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1950s *

Waltraud Strotzer Waltraud Strotzer ( Pöhland, born 16 September 1952 in Wünschendorf/Elster) is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. As a teenager she won the silver medal at the 1968 European Junior Championships and the gold m ...

(born 1952), German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres

People named Waltraut

Waltraut Cooper Waltraut Cooper (born 1937, Linz, Austria), is an Contemporary art, Austrian artist, generally described as Light Artist, primarily concerned with Art and Science, Concept Art, Digital Art. Waltraut Cooper studied mathematics and theoretical p ...

(born 1937), Austrian artist *

Waltraut Grassl Waltraut Grassl was a luger from Czechoslovakia who competed in the late 1930s. She won a silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1938 FIL European Luge Championships in Salzburg, Austria and one year later in Liberec Liberec (; ...

, Czechoslovak luger, active in the late 1930s *

Waltraut Haas Waltraut Haas (9 June 1927 – 23 April 2025) was an Austrian actress and singer who appeared in around 70 films. She gained recognition in her first film, as Mariandl in '' Der Hofrat Geiger'' in 1947, and starred alongside Peter Alexander in 1 ...

(1927–2025), Austrian actress and singer *

Waltraut Peck-Repa Waltraut Repa-Peck (2 September 1940 – 14 November 1998) was an Austrian foil fencer and academic artist. She competed at the 1960 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympia ...

(1940–1998), Austrian foil fencer and academic artist *

Waltraut Schälike Waltraut "Travka" Fritzevna Schälike (; January 20, 1927 – May 14, 2021) was a Soviet-Russian scientist of German origin, historian and philosopher, author and publicist. She was a scholar of Marxism, PhD, Docent. Biography Schälike was bo ...

(1927–2021), Soviet-Russian scientist of German origin, historian and philosopher *

Waltraut Seitter Waltraut Seitter (13 January 1930 – 15 November 2007) was a German astronomer and became the first woman in Germany to hold an astronomy chair. Life and work Waltraut Carola Seitter was born in Zwickau in 1930, where her father worked as ...

(1930–2007), German astronomer

Fictional characters

*Waltraud Nowotny, a fictional character from ''

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