Wallace (first name)

Wallace is an English male given name derived from the same family name .

Name bearer

• Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson (1927–1985), Tuscarora activist, tax refuser and spokesman for the independence of America's indigenous people
• Wallace Arthur (* 1952), British zoologist
• Wallace Beery (1885–1949), American actor
• Wallace F. Bennett (1898–1993), American politician
• Wallace Bishop (1906–1986), American drummer
• Wallace Reed Brode (1900–1974), American chemist and science organizer
• Wallace Broecker (1931–2019), earth and environmental scientist
• Wallace Browne, Baron Browne of Belmont (born 1947), Northern Irish politician (Democratic Unionist Party)
• Wallace Bryant (1863–1953), American archer
• Wallace A. Carlson (1894–1967), American comic book artist and producer, director and screenwriter of cartoons
• Wallace Hume Carothers (1896–1937), American chemist
• Wallace Craig (1876–1954), American experimental psychologist and behaviorist
• Wallace Crossley (1874-1943), American politician
• Wallace H. Coulter (1913–1998), American engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor
• Wallace Davenport (* 1925–2004), American jazz trumpeter
• Wallace Diestelmeyer (1926–1999), Canadian figure skater
• Wallace John Eckert (1902–1971), American astronomer
• Wallace Rider Farrington (1871–1933), American politician, Territorial Governor of Hawaii
• Wallace Klippert Ferguson (1902-1983), Canadian historian
• Wallace T. Foote junior (1864–1910), American civil engineer, lawyer and politician
• Wallace Ford (1898–1966), British actor
• Wallace Fortuna dos Santos (* 1994), Brazilian soccer player
• Wallace Givens (1910–1993) American mathematician and computer scientist
• Wallace M. Greene Jr. (1907-2003), American general
• Wallace Hartley (1878–1912), English violinist and band leader
• Wallace Jones (musician) (1906-1983), American jazz trumpeter
• Wallace Kyle (1910–1988), Australian officer and Governor of Western Australia
• Wallace Langham (born 1965), American actor
• Wallace Martin Lindsay (1858–1937), Scottish classical philologist and paleographer
• Wallace McCain (1930-2011), Canadian entrepreneur
• Wallace McCutcheon Jr. (1880–1928), American film director and actor
• Wallace McCutcheon sr. (1862–1918), American film director
• Wallace Morgan (1873–1948), American artist
• Wallace S. Murray (1887-1965), American diplomat
• Wallace Nesbitt (1858–1930), Canadian lawyer and judge
• Wallace E. Oates (1937-2015), American economist
• Wallace Oliveira dos Santos (* 1994), Brazilian soccer player
• Wallace Peters (1924-2018), British medic
• Wallace E. Pierce (1881–1940), American politician
• Wallace S. Pitcher (1919-2004), British geologist and petrographer
• Wallace Reid (1891-1923), American film actor
• Wallace Reis da Silva (* 1987), Brazilian soccer player
• Wallace Roney (1960–2020), American jazz trumpeter
• Wallace P. Rowe (1926-1983), American virologist and cancer researcher
• Wallace Clement Sabine (1868–1919), American physicist and room acoustician
• Wallace Sargent (1935–2012), British-American astronomer
• Wallace Schreiber (* 1962), German-Canadian ice hockey player
• Wallace Shawn (born 1943), American actor, director and writer
• Wallace Smith (1924–1973), American boxer
• Wallace Souza (1958-2010), Brazilian television presenter, politician and suspected drug dealer
• Wallace de Souza (* 1987), Brazilian volleyball player
• Wallace Spearmon (* 1984), American sprinter
• Wallace Stegner (1909–1993), American historian, writer and environmental activist
• Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), American poet and essayist
• Wallace Thurman (1902-1934), American writer
• Wallace Ward (1932-2006), American chemist and author of self-help books
• Wallace Wattles (1860-1911), American writer
• Wallace Werner (1936–1964), American ski racer
• Wallace West (1900–1980) American writer
• Wallace H. White (1877–1952), American politician
• Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941–2002), American politician and governor
• Wallace V. Wolfe (1895–1988), American sound engineer and inventor
• Wallace Wolodarsky , American television director and writer

Fictitious namesake

• Battalion Chief Wallace Boden, main character from the American drama television series Chicago Fire
• Wallace, character from the US tragic comedy Mozart and the Whale
• Wallace, main character in the British animated film series Wallace & Gromit

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wallace on behindthename.com (Engl.)