Wellman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur Holbrook Wellman, Massachusetts state senator
Barry Wellman, sociologist
Bela Wellman, California Gold Rush merchant and member of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee
Brad Wellman Baseball Player of the 1980s
Gary Wellman American Football Player of the 1990s
Harold Wellman (1909–1999), New Zealand geologist
Harry R. Wellman president of the University of California
Mac Wellman American playwright
Manly Wade Wellman, American writer of fiction and non-fiction
Michael Wellman, computer scientist
Phillip Wellman, minor league baseball manager
Samuel T. Wellman, American industrialist, steel magnate, and inventor
Thomas Wellman, Puritan colonist of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Walter Wellman, American journalist, explorer, and aëronaut
William A. Wellman, American film director
