Pendleton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname: Alan George Pendleton (1837–1916), South Australian Railways official Alexander Sandie Pendleton (1840–1864), Confederate staff officer serving Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson Austin Pendleton, (born 1940), American film, television, and stage actor Brian Pendleton (1944–2001), guitarist with British group The Pretty Things in the 1960s Charles F. Pendleton (1931–1953), Medal of Honor recipient in US Army during the Korean War Chris Pendleton (born 1982), American amateur wrestler Don Pendleton (1927–1995), American author, creator of the Mack Bolan character Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), American politician, lawyer, and judge, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788–1862), U.S. Representative from New York Edmund J. Pendleton (1899–1987), American composer Ellen Fitz Pendleton (1864–1936), American college president Florence Pendleton (1926–2020), shadow senator from the District of Columbia Freddie Pendleton (born 1963), retired professional boxer George C. Pendleton (1845–1913), Democratic politician, Texas state representative and speaker, Texas lieutenant governor, and U.S. Representative George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), American politician, senator from Ohio, eponym of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act Henry Pendleton (c. 1521 – 1557), English churchman, theologian Isaac Pendleton (1777–1804), US sailor, captain of the brig Jack J. Pendleton (1918–1944), US Army soldier and WWII Medal of Honor recipient Jim Pendleton (1924–1996), American professional baseball player James M. Pendleton (1822–1889), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island James Madison Pendleton (1811–1891), 19th-century Baptist preacher, educator and theologian Joey Pendleton, Democratic member and minority whip of the Kentucky Senate John Pendleton (1802–1868), 19th-century Virginia congressman, diplomat, lawyer and farmer John Pendleton, Jr. (1749–1806), acting governor of Virginia in 1799 John O. Pendleton (1851–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), American Marine Corps general, eponym of Camp Pendleton Karen Pendleton (1946–2019), original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer Lance Pendleton (born 1983), American professional baseball player Linwood Pendleton (born 1964), American environmental economist, acting chief economist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Moses Pendleton (born 1949), choreographer, dancer and artistic director of dance company MOMIX Nat Pendleton (1895–1967), American Olympic wrestler and film actor Nathaniel Pendleton (1756–1821), US lawyer and judge during the American Revolutionary War and afterward Nathanael G. Pendleton (1793–1861), U.S. Representative from Ohio Olga Pendleton, American statistician Philip C. Pendleton (1779–1863), US federal judge in Virginia Robert Larimore Pendleton (1890–1957), American soil scientist Steve Pendleton (1908–1984), American film actor Terry Pendleton (born 1960), American professional baseball player 1984–1998 Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), British track cyclist William Frederic Pendleton (1845–1927), first executive bishop of General Church of the New Jerusalem William N. Pendleton (1809–1883), American teacher, Episcopal priest, and Confederate general William W. Pendleton (born 1940), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Given name: Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865), American politician, governor of Texas during the American Civil War Pendleton Ward (born 1982), American animator, musician, screenwriter, and producer Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777–1849), United States Army Major General, namesake of Fort Gaines, Alabama
Fictional characters: Treavor Pendleton, a fictional character from the 2012 video game Dishonored by Arkane Studios Murphy Pendleton, a fictional character and protagonist of the 2012 video game Silent Hill: Downpour Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III is one of the fictional characters created by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in Archie Comics Erina Pendleton, a fictional character from the anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure