Walter Shirley may refer to:
Walter Shirley (MP) (died 1425), member of the Parliament of England for Salisbury Walter Shirley (priest and controversialist) (1725–1786), English Calvinist-Methodist Walter Shirley (bishop) (1797–1847), grandson of the controversialist Walter Shirley (priest and historian) (1828–1866), son of the bishop Walter Shirley Shirley (1851–1888), English barrister, law writer and politician Walter Shirley, 11th Earl Ferrers (1864–1937), English peer and architect