Wendell (name)

Wendell is a name of uncertain origin. It may derive from the Germanic Wenden (to travel) or possibly from the name of the Wends, a Slavic people living in Germany.

Notable people with the name Wendell include:

Given name

 * Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player
 * Wendell R. Anderson (1933–2016), American politician and ice hockey player
 * Wendell Berry (born 1934), American novelist, poet, essayist and farmer
 * Wendell Nascimento Borges (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
 * Wendell Brown, American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and inventor
 * Wendell Bryant (born 1980), American football player
 * Wendell Butcher (1914–1988), American football player
 * Wendell Burton (1947–2017), American actor and singer
 * Wendell Carter Jr. (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Wendell Ford (1924–2015), American politician
 * Wendell James Franklin (1916–1994) African-American film executive
 * Wendell Johnson (1906–1965), American psychologist and author
 * Wendell Lawrence (born 1967), Bahamian triple jumper
 * Wendell Lucena Ramalho (1947–2022), Brazilian football goalkeeper and coach
 * Wendell Moore (footballer) (born 1964), Trinidadian footballer
 * Wendell Moore Jr. (born 2001), American basketball player
 * Wendell F. Moore (1918–1969), American engineer and inventor
 * Wendell H. Murphy, American politician
 * Wendell Cushing Neville (1870–1930), American major general, Medal of Honor recipient and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
 * Wendell Phillips (1811–1884), American abolitionist and activist
 * Wendell Phillips (archaeologist) (1921–1975), American archaeologist and oil magnate
 * Wendell Pierce (born 1963), American actor
 * Wendell Pritchett, American lawyer, legal scholar, professor and university administrator
 * Wendell Ramos (born 1978), Filipino actor
 * Wendell Sailor (born 1974), Australian dual-code rugby international
 * Wendell Scott (1921–1990), American NASCAR driver, first African-American driver and team owner to compete and win in all divisions of NASCAR
 * Wendell Smith (sportswriter) (1914–1972), African-American sportswriter
 * Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904–1971), American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and virologist
 * Wendell Craig Williams, American politician, former Assistant United States Attorney and Marine Corps colonel
 * Wendell Willkie (1892–1944), American Republican Party nominee for the 1940 US presidential election

Surname

 * Barrett Wendell (1855–1921), American academic
 * David Wendell, American associate professor
 * Howard Wendell (1908–1975), American actor
 * James Wendell ( 1890–1958), American 1912 Olympic silver medalist in the 110 m hurdles
 * James A. Wendell (1869–1922), New York State Comptroller 1921–1922
 * Krissy Wendell (born 1981), American ice hockey player
 * Marty Wendell (1926–2012), American football player
 * Nathan D. Wendell (1835–1886), New York State Treasurer 1880–1881
 * Oliver Wendell (1845–1912), American astronomer
 * Percy Langdon Wendell (1889–1932), American college football player and coach of college football and basketball
 * Turk Wendell (born 1967), American former baseball relief pitcher

Fictional characters

 * Wendell Borton, a recurring character on the television series The Simpsons
 * Wendel "Wen" Gifford, in the young adult novel Lemonade Mouth
 * Wendell, from the cartoon series Mike, Lu, and Og
 * Wendell Fidget, a recurring character on the television series Sofia the First
 * Wendell Bray, one of the interns of Temperance Brennan from the series Bones
 * Prince Wendell, one of the main characters in a miniseries The 10th Kingdom
 * Oliver Wendell Jones, one of the main characters in the comic strip Bloom County