Wolter is a given name and surname of

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and

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origin. It is equivalent to the English

Walter Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

, High German Walther, Dutch

Wouter Wouter is a Dutch language, Dutch masculine Dutch given name, given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter (name), Walter and French name :fr:Gauthier, Gauthier, both of Germanic languages ...

and French Gauthier. People with the name Wolter include:

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Wolter von Plettenberg Wolter or Walter von Plettenberg ( – February 28, 1535) was Master (''Teutonic Order#Landmeister, Landmeister'') of the Livonian Order from 1494 to 1535, and one of the greatest leaders of the Teutonic Knights. He was an important early B ...

(c. 1450–1535), leader of the Teutonic knights * Gerhard Wolter Molanus (1633–1722), Lutheran theologian and abbot * Wolter Robert van Hoëvell (1812–1879), Dutch minister, politician, reformer, and writer * Koenraad Wolter Swart (1916–1992), Dutch-American historian * Robert Wolter Monginsidi (1925–1949), Indonesian independence fighter * Wolter Robilotta (1945–2011), Brazilian footballer * Wolter Wierbos (born 1957), Dutch jazz trombonist *

Wolter Kroes Wolter Kroes (born in Wormerveer, Netherlands on 24 December 1968) is a Dutch singer. He is best known for his hits ''Ik heb de hele nacht liggen dromen'', ''Niet normaal'' and his hit single ''Viva Hollandia'' that reached #1 in the Dutch Top 4 ...

(born 1968), Dutch pop singer

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Adolph Wolter Adolph Gustav Wolter von Ruemelin (September 7, 1903 – October 15, 1980), transplanted sculptor in Indiana, was born on September 7, 1903, in Reutlingen (Baden-Württemberg), Germany, in the southern region of that country. The second of thr ...

(1903–1980), German-born American sculptor * Bernard C. Wolter (1852–1936), American politician * Birthe Wolter (born 1981), German actress * Charlotte Wolter (1834–1897), German actress * Franz-Erich Wolter, German computer scientist * Hans Wolter (1911–1978), German physicist * Harry Wolter (1884–1970), American baseball player * Horst Wolter (born 1942), German footballer * Karl Wolter (1894–1959), German footballer * Kimberly-Rose Wolter, American actress, writer and producer * Maurus Wolter (1825–1890), German abbot * Michel Wolter (born 1962), Luxembourgian politician * Mirko Wolter (born 1976), German speedway rider * Philippe Wolter (1959–2005), Belgian actor * Ralf Wolter (1926–2022), German actor * Scott Wolter, American television personality and geologist * Sherilyn Wolter (born 1951), American actress * Thomas Wolter (born 1963), German footballer * Waldemar Wolter (1908–1947), German concentration camp physician * Whitey Wolter (1899–1947), American football player * Niels Wolter (born 1979), International Director of ESL, Global Esports Company

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* Wolter Monginsidi Airport in South East Sulawesi, Indonesia * Wolter telescope, a telescope for X-rays named after Hans Wolter

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