Wellman is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Holbrook Wellman (1855âÂÂ1948), Massachusetts state senator
- Barry Wellman (1942-2024), American-Canadian sociologist
- Bela Wellman (1819âÂÂ1887), California Gold Rush merchant and member of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee
- Brad Wellman (born 1959), American baseball player
- Dorothy Wellman (1913âÂÂ2009), American actress and dancer
- Frederick Creighton Wellman (1873-1960), American entomologist and physician
- Frederick Lovejoy Wellman (1897-1994), American plant pathologist, son of Frederick Creighton Wellman
- Gary Wellman (born 1967), American football player
- Harold Wellman (1909âÂÂ1999), New Zealand geologist
- Harry R. Wellman (1899âÂÂ1997), president of the University of California
- Ken Wellman (1930âÂÂ2013), Australian ice hockey player
- Mac Wellman (born 1945), American playwright
- Manly Wade Wellman (1903âÂÂ1986), American writer of fiction and non-fiction, son of Frederick Creighton Wellman
- Michael Wellman (born 1961), American computer scientist
- Mike Wellman (born 1956), American football player
- Paul Wellman (1895-1966), American journalist, screenwriter and author, son of Frederick Creighton Wellman
- Phillip Wellman (born 1961), American minor league baseball manager
- Samuel T. Wellman (1847âÂÂ1919), American industrialist, steel magnate, and inventor
- Thomas Wellman (1615âÂÂ1672), Puritan colonist of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Walter Wellman (1858âÂÂ1934), American journalist, explorer, and aëronaut
- William A. Wellman (1896âÂÂ1975), American film director
- William Wellman Jr. (born 1937), American actor
See also