Wendell is a name that has many uses:

In the United States:
Wendell, Idaho
Wendell, Massachusetts
Wendell, Minnesota
Wendell, North Carolina
Wendereus Gauchus, Riograndense dançarino tradicionalista
Wendell Alexis, American basketball player
Wendell Anderson, American politician from Minnesota
Wendell Berry, American novelist, poet, essayist and farmer
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 H. Ford, American politician from Kentucky
Wendell Johnson, American psychologist and author
Wendell Lawrence, Bahamian triple jumper
Wendell Lucena Ramalho, Brazilian football goalkeeper and coach
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 Sailor, Australian dual-code rugby international
Wendell Meredith Stanley, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and virologist
Wendell Moore, Trinidad and Tobago football defender
Wendell Nascimento Borges, Brazilian football defender
Wendell Willkie, Republican Party nominee for the 1940 U.S. presidential election (lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet and essayist
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Barrett Wendell, American academic
David Wendell, Award-winning scientist
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
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 Gidget, a main character in the television series, A Troll in Central Park: the Animated Series and Stanley's Egg-traordinary Adventure
Wendellhead, a trick-based card game, derived from the rules of whist and using tactics similar to that of contract bridge