Waddel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
James Waddel (1739–1805), Irish American Presbyterian preacher from Virginia James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), American Presbyterian minister and theologian John Newton Waddel, Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1865 to 1874 Moses Waddel (1770–1840), American educator and minister in antebellum Georgia and South Carolina Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow (c. 1867–1935), American writer William Garner Waddel (1870–1937), American attorney, politician, and inventor
See also Hope Waddel Training Institute Waddel Mansion Waddell House (disambiguation) Twaddell (disambiguation) Waddell (disambiguation) Weddell (disambiguation)