Mendenhall (surname)

Mendenhall is a

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Bronco Mendenhall Marc Bronco Clay Mendenhall (born February 21, 1966) is an American football coach who most recently coached at The University of Virginia. He stepped down after the 2021 season. Mendenhall joined Virginia in 2015 after spending the previous elev ...

(born 1966), University of Virginia football coach *

Bruce Mendenhall Bruce D. Mendenhall (born April 14, 1951) is a convicted American murderer and serial killer. He was arrested in Tennessee in July 2007 – and found guilty in 2010 – for the June 26, 2007 murder of Sara Hulbert. The body was found by t ...

(born 1951), American murderer and suspected serial killer *

Charles Elwood Mendenhall Charles Elwood Mendenhall (August 1, 1872 – August 18, 1935) was an American physicist and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Early life Charles Elwood Mendenhall was born on August 1, 1872, in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son ...

(1872–1935), American physicist and University of Wisconsin professor *

David Mendenhall David Athen Mendenhall (born June 13, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Space Raiders'', ''Over the Top'', '' The Transformers: The Movie'' and ''They Still Call Me Bruce''. Early life and acting career ...

(born 1971), American science fiction and comedy film actor *

Dorothy Reed Mendenhall Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall (September 22, 1874–July 31, 1964) was a prominent pediatric physician specializing in cellular pathology. In 1901, she discovered that Hodgkin's disease was not a form of tuberculosis, by noticing the presenc ...

(1874–1964), American physician *

George E. Mendenhall George Emery Mendenhall (August 13, 1916 – August 5, 2016) was an American Biblical scholar who taught at the University of Michigan's Department of Near Eastern Studies. Career Mendenhall graduated from Midland College in Nebraska in 1936 ...

(1916–2016), American academic and educator *

John Mendenhall (colonel) John Ross Mendenhall (July 29, 1829 – July 1, 1892) was an officer in the United States Army. As a Union Army artillery officer in the American Civil War, his performance was notable at the Battle of Stones River, where his concentration ...

(1829–1892), American military official *

Joseph Mendenhall Joseph Abraham Mendenhall (January 15, 1920 – January 5, 2013) was a United States State Department official, known for his advisory work during the Kennedy administration on policy towards Vietnam and Laos. He was best known for his participa ...

(1920-2013), American diplomat *

Ken Mendenhall Ken E. Mendenhall (born August 11, 1948) is a former American football center who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts. Born in Stillwater, Mendenhall grew up in Pawhuska in Osage County, Oklahoma. He ...

(born 1948), former American football player *

Mat Mendenhall Mathew W. Mendenhall (born May 14, 1957) is a former American football defensive end who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins before numerous injuries and alcoholism ended his career. He started in ...

(born 1957), American football player *

Murray Mendenhall Murray Joseph Mendenhall (March 5, 1898 – July 27, 1972) was an American basketball coach. Murray began coaching at the high school level, at New Castle in 1923, before moving to Ft. Wayne Central the following year, coaching the Tigers to the ...

(1898–1972), American basketball player * Murray Mendenhall Jr. (1925–2014), American football player *

Rashard Mendenhall Rashard Jamal Mendenhall (born June 19, 1987) is a former American football running back and current television writer who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football at Illinois and was drafted by th ...

(born 1987), former NFL running back * Robert Mendenhall (born 1954), president Western Governors University *

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Thomas Corwin Mendenhall (October 4, 1841 – March 23, 1924) was an American autodidact physicist and meteorologist. He was the first professor hired at Ohio State University in 1873 and the superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ...

(1841–1924), American physicist and meteorologist, namesake of Alaskan place names *

Thomas C. Mendenhall (historian) Thomas Corwin Mendenhall II (July 10, 1910, in Madison, Wisconsin – July 18, 1998, on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) was a professor of history at Yale University, the sixth President of Smith College, and the leading authority on the his ...

(1910–1998), Yale professor, president of Smith College; authority on collegiate rowing *

Walter Curran Mendenhall Walter Curran Mendenhall (February 20, 1871 – June 2, 1957), was the fifth director of the US Geological Survey. Life Mendenhall was born in Marlboro, Ohio to William King Mendenhall and Emma P. Garrigues. He graduated from Ohio Normal Univers ...

(1871–1957), former director of the U.S. Geological Survey {{surname, Mendenhall English-language surnames