Rendel is a surname, and may refer to *Sir

Alexander Meadows Rendel Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel, (3 April 1828 – 23 January 1918) was an English civil engineer. Rendel was born in Plymouth, the eldest son of the engineer James Meadows Rendel and his wife Catherine Harris. Three of his brothers were civ ...

(1828–1918), English civil engineer *Alexander Meadows Rendel (

Sandy Rendel Alexander Meadows Rendel (1910–1991) was a British diplomat and solicitor who also served as a Special Operations Executive agent in Crete during World War II, rising to the rank of major.Rendel, Alexander M. ''Appointment in Crete: the story o ...

) (1910–1991) SOE agent *

David Rendel David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949 – 16 May 2016) was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat in a by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Ju ...

(1949–2016), British politician *

Emma Rendel Emma Rendel, born 1976 in Uppsala, is a Swedish graphic novel author, artist and illustrator who lives and works in Stockholm. Emma Rendel studied Illustration at Central St Martins and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art in ...

(born 1976), Swedish graphic novel author *

George Wightwick Rendel George Wightwick Rendel (6 February 1833 – 9 October 1902) was an English engineer, and naval architect. He was closely associated with the Tyneside industrialist and armaments manufacturer, William George Armstrong. Family George was the thir ...

(1833–1902), British engineer and naval architect *

George William Rendel Sir George William Rendel (23 February 1889 – 6 May 1979) was a British diplomat.Eid Al Yahya, ''Travellers in Arabia'', (Stacey International, 2006). Early years Rendel, the son of the engineer George Wightwick Rendel was educated at Downs ...

(1889–1979), British diplomat *

Hamilton Owen Rendel Hamilton Owen Rendel (1843–17 September 1902) designed and installed the original raising mechanism of the Tower Bridge while working for Sir W. G. Armstrong Mitchell & Company of Newcastle upon Tyne. Family Rendel was a member of a notable ...

(1843–1902), British engineer, designer of the hydraulic system for the Tower Bridge. *

James Meadows Rendel (engineer) James Meadows Rendel FRS (December 1799 – 21 November 1856) was a British civil engineer. Early life and career Rendel was the son of the surveyor James Rendel or Rendle and his wife Jane, daughter of the architect John Meadows (died 1791); ...

(1799–1856), British civil engineer *

James Meadows Rendel (geneticist) James Meadows Rendel (16 May 1915 - 4 February 2001) was an Australian agricultural scientist who specialised in animal genetics and was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Animal Genetics from 1959 to 1976. He was the grandson of Lytton Strachey's s ...

(1915–2001), Australian agricultural scientist *

Leila Rendel Leila Rendel OBE (11 October 1882 – 16 March 1969) was an English social worker, suffragist, and children's campaigner. She was the co-founder of the Caldecott Community, a pioneering boarding school in Kent for distressed and vulnerable child ...

(1882–1969), English social worker, granddaughter of Sir Alexander Rendel *

Robert Rendel Robert Rendel (2 December 1884, in St Mary Abbots Kensington, London – 9 May 1944, in Marylebone, London) was a British actor of stage, screen, television and radio. Career His stage work included roles in the original Broadway theatre, Broadw ...

(1885–1944), British film actor, younger brother of Leila Rendel *

Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel (2 July 1834 – 4 June 1913), was a British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician. He sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire between 1880 and 1894, and was recognised as the lead ...

(1834–1913), British industrialist, philanthropist and politician * Martin Rendel (born 1968), German academic and cultural manager

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