Wendelin is a male given name and a surname of Germanic origin meaning "wander" or "wanderer". In rare cases the name occurs as a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

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* Wendelin of Speyer, German printer from 1468 to 1477 * Saint Wendelin of Trier (554-617), hermit and abbot *

Wendelin Boeheim Wendelin Boeheim (also ''Böheim'', 1832–1900) was an Austrian army officer and weapons historian. From 1859 to 1865 he was instructor at the Theresian Military Academy. In 1866, he participated in the Bohemian campaign of the Austro-Prus ...

(1832–1900), Austrian army officer and weapons historian * Wendelin Enders (1922–2019), German politician *

Wendelin Förster Wendelin Förster (often written as Foerster; 10 February 1844 – 18 May 1915) was an Austrian philologist and Romance scholar. Biography Förster was born in Wildschütz in Silesia (present day Vlčice, Czech Republic) and educated in Vienna, ...

(1844–1915), Austrian philologist and Romance scholar * Wendelin Grimm (1818–1890), American farmer * Wendelin Mölzer (born 1980), Austrian politician *

Wendelin Moosbrugger Wendelin Moosbrugger, or Mosbrugger (20 October 1760 in Au, Vorarlberg – 20 August 1849 in Aarau) was an Austrian portrait painter and Portrait miniature, miniaturist. He came from a family that had a widespread reputation as builders, plaster ...

(1760–1849), Austrian portrait painter and miniaturist *

Wendelin Joseph Nold Wendelin Joseph Nold (January 18, 1900 – October 1, 1981) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas from 1950 to 1975. Biography Early life Wendelin Nold was ...

(1900–1981), American Catholic bishop * Wendelin Rauch (1885–1954), German Roman Catholic clergyman *

Wendelin Van Draanen Wendelin Van Draanen Dutch name, see (born January 6, 1965) is an American writer of children's and young-adult fiction. Biography Van Draanen was born in Chicago, Illinois. One of her very early influences was ''Dandelion Wine'' by Ray Bradbu ...

(born 1965), American children's and young-adult fiction writer *

Wendelin Weingartner Wendelin Weingartner (born 7 February 1937 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian politician who served as the Governor of Tyrol from 1993 to 2002. He studied law at the University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Univers ...

(born 1937), Austrian politician *

Wendelin Weißheimer Wendelin Weißheimer (26 February 1838 – 16 June 1910) was a German composer, conductor, essayist, teacher, and writer on music. He studied with Franz Liszt and was in close contact with Richard Wagner, Hans von Bülow, Peter Cornelius, Louise ...

(1838–1910), German classical composer *

Wendelin Werner Wendelin Werner (born 23 September 1968) is a German-born French mathematician working on random processes such as self-avoiding random walks, Brownian motion, Schramm–Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematica ...

(born 1968), German-born French mathematician *

Wendelin Wiedeking Wendelin Wiedeking (born August 28, 1952 in Ahlen, Germany) is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the German car manufacturer, Porsche AG, a post he held from 1993 through July 23, 2009. He was also speaker of the company's execu ...

(born 1952), German businessman

Surname

Godefroy Wendelin Godfried Wendelen or Govaert Wendelen, Latinized Godefridus Wendelinus, or sometimes Vendelinus and in French-language sources referred to as Godefroy Wendelin (6 June 1580 – 24 October 1667) was an astronomer and Catholic priest from Lièg ...

(1580–1667), Flemish astronomer * Martta Wendelin (1893–1986), Finnish painter *

Rudy Wendelin Rudolph Andreas Michael Wendelin (1910–2000) was a United States Forest Service employee and the best-known artist behind Smokey Bear. Beginning in 1944, Wendelin became the full-time artist for the Smokey Bear campaign. He was considered Smoke ...

(1910–2000), American artist and creator of Smokey Bear * Jere Wendelin (2004–)

Characters

* Wendelin the Weird, a 14th century witch in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise

Places

* Wendelin Grimm Farmstead, United States historic place near Victoria, Minnesota * Wendelin, Illinois, United States * Wendelin, Ohio, United States

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