Galt (surname)
# Galt (surname)

Galt is the surname of:

## People

* Alexander Tilloch Galt (1817–1893), politician and a major figure in the Canadian Confederation
* Edith Galt (1872–1961), second wife of President Woodrow Wilson
* Elliott Torrance Galt (1850–1928), Canadian businessman and developer
* Jimmy Galt (1885–1935), Scottish footballer
* John Galt (novelist) (1779–1839), Scottish writer, entrepreneur, political commentator and founder of Guelph, Ontario
* Malcolm Patrick Galt (1929-2022), Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Bridgetown, Barbados
* Maud Galt (c.1620–c.1670), lesbian accused of witchcraft in Scotland
* Thomas Galt (1805–1857), American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist and a leader of the Illinois Anti-Slavery Society
* William Wylie Galt (1919-1945), United States Army officer and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
* William W. Galt (Minnesota politician) (1854-1945), American farmer and politician
* Tögöldur Galt (born 1995), Mongolian footballer
* Wylie Galt (born 1984), American politician

## Fictional characters

* John Galt, hero of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged
* Arthur Galt, an antagonist from the 1982 action film First Blood
