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Walter Clark

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2543892
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Walter Clark may refer to:

Walter Clark (Canadian politician) (1890–1987), Canadian politician, served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Bill Clark (screenwriter) (Walter Clark, born 1944), American police detective and television writer and producer

Walter Eli Clark (1869–1950), American politician, governor of Alaska

Walter Clark (judge) (1846–1924), North Carolina jurist

Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971), American author of short stories, poetry and novels

Walter Ernest Clark (1873–1955), president of the University of Nevada, father of Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Walter Leighton Clark (1859–1935), American businessman, inventor and artist

Walter Eugene Clark (1881–1960), American philologist

Walter H. Clark (1902–1994), professor of psychology of religion at Andover Newton Theological School

Walter Appleton Clark (1876–1906), artist and illustrator

Walter Hugh Clark (1929–2017), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Wally Clark (zoologist) (Walter Clive Clark), New Zealand zoologist

See also

Wally Clark (disambiguation)

Walter Clarke (disambiguation)

Edward Walter Clark Jr.

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