Mendenhall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young University football coach
Bruce Mendenhall, American serial killer
David Mendenhall, American science fiction and comedy film actor
George E. Mendenhall, American academic and educator
John Mendenhall (colonel), American military official
Joseph A. Mendenhall, American diplomat
Ken Mendenhall, former American football player
Murray Mendenhall, American basketball player
Rashard Mendenhall, NFL running back for the Arizona Cardinals
Robert Mendenhall, president Western Governors University
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (1841–1924), American physicist and meteorologist, namesake of Alaskan place names
Thomas C. Mendenhall (historian), Yale professor, president of Smith College; authority on collegiate rowing
Walter Curran Mendenhall, former director of the U.S. Geological Survey
