Wendell is a name of uncertain origin. It may derive from the Germanic Wenden (to travel) or possibly from the term Wend, the historical name of a Slavic people living in Germany.[1]
Notable people with the name Wendell include:
First name
- Wendell Alexis, American basketball player
- Wendell Anderson, American politician from Minnesota
- Wendell Berry, American novelist, poet, essayist and farmer
- Wendell Nascimento Borges, Brazilian football defender
- Wendell Brown, American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and inventor
- Wendell Bryant, American football player
- Wendell Butcher, American football player
- Wendell Burton, American actor and singer
- Wendell Carter Jr., American Basketball Player for the NBA's Chicago Bulls
- Wendell H. Ford, American politician from Kentucky
- Wendell James Franklin (1916–1994) African-American film executive
- Wendell Johnson, American psychologist and author
- Wendell Lawrence, Bahamian triple jumper
- Wendell Lucena Ramalho, Brazilian football goalkeeper and coach
- Wendell Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
- Wendell H. Murphy, American politician from North Carolina
- Wendell Cushing Neville, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
- Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist and activist from Massachusetts
- Wendell Pierce, American actor
- Wendell Pritchett, American educator
- Wendell Ramos, Filipino actor
- Wendell Sailor, Australian dual-code rugby international
- Wendell Scott, American NASCAR driver who was the first African-American to win a race in the NASCAR Cup Series
- Wendell Smith, African-American sportswriter
- Wendell Meredith Stanley, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and virologist
- Wendell Craig Williams, Pennsylvania State Representative
- Wendell Willkie, Republican Party nominee for the 1940 U.S. presidential election (lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Middle name
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., poet and essayist
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Surname
- Barrett Wendell, American academic
- David Wendell, award-winning scientist
- Howard Wendell (1908–1975), American actor
- James Wendell, 1912 Olympic silver medalist
- James A. Wendell, New York State Comptroller 1921–1922
- Krissy Wendell, American ice hockey player
- Marty Wendell, American football player
- Nathan D. Wendell, New York State Treasurer 1880–1881
- Percy Langdon Wendell, Harvard football captain
- Turk Wendell, American baseball player 1993–2004
Fictional people
- Wendell Borton, a recurring character on the television series The Simpsons
- Wendel "Wen" Gifford, a character in the young adult novel Lemonade Mouth
- Wendell, a character 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
See also
References
- ↑ "Origin of the name Wendell". babyname wizard. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
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