Wanless is a surname of Scottish and Northeast English origin, derived from the Middle English and Older Scots word "wanles" meaning "luckless", "hopeless", "despairing".
Notable people with this surname include: Betty Wanless (1928–1995), American baseball player Derek Wanless (1947–2012), English banker Elizabeth Wanless (born 1981), American shot putter Harold R. "Hal" Wanless (born 1942) American geographer and environmentalist Ian Wanless (born 1969), Australian mathematician Neville Wanless (1931–2020), English broadcaster Paul Wanless (born 1973), English footballer Peter Wanless (born 1964), English civil servant Robert Wanless O'Gowan (1864–1947), British army officer Sarah Wanless, English ornithologist William James Wanless (1865–1933), Canadian medical missionary to India
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