Wakelin is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Barry Wakelin (born 1946), Australian politician
Brittany Wakelin (born 1996), actress
Cara Wakelin (born 1977), Canadian model and actress
Darryl Wakelin (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer
David Lawley Wakelin, documentarist
Edwin Wakelin (1880-1925), English cricketer
James H. Wakelin, Jr. (1911–1990) government official
Johnny Wakelin (born 1939), British Pye Records recording artist
Roland Wakelin (1887–1971), Australian painter
Shane Wakelin (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer
Simon Wakelin, photojournalist
Wakelin (Kent cricketer) (first name unknown), English cricketer who played for Dartford and Kent during the 1750s and 1760s
