Wendell (name)
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Wendell is an alternate spelling of Wendel, a surname of Germanic origin. It is also a masculine given name in the United States, often given to commemorate poet Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) or his son Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935), a famous justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Wendell was the maiden name of Sarah Holmes, mother of Oliver Wendell Holmes.[1]
Since about 1970 Wendell is a common given name in Brazil,[2] where it has been borne by famous footballers. In the United States the popularity of the name peaked around 1940, then declined steadily after 1960.[3]
Notable people with the name Wendell include:
- 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 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 Gregory (born 2006), American football player
- 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
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- 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
- Kristen Wendell, American engineering educator
- 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
- Sarah Wendell, American writer and blogger
- Turk Wendell (born 1967), American former baseball relief pitcher
