Hendrix (surname)

Hendrix is a patronymic surname of Dutch and Low German origin, meaning "son of Hendrik". Notable people with the surname include:

• Amanda Hendrix (born 1968), American planetary scientist
• Arthur Hendrix (1912–1988), American tennis player
• B. G. Hendrix (1922-2020), American politician
• Bakari Hendrix (born 1977), American basketball player
• Brunhilde Hendrix (1938–1995), German sprinter
• Carisa Hendrix, Canadian magician and fire eater
• Carl Hendrix (1906–1977), Arkansas state politician
• Claude Hendrix (1889–1944), American baseball player
• Clay Hendrix (born 1963), American football coach and player
• Clyde Allen Hendrix (born 1934), American rockabilly singer and songwriter
• David Hendrix (born 1972), American football player
• Dewayne Hendrix (born 1995), American football player
• Dok Hendrix (born 1959), American professional wrestler whose real name is Michael Hayes
• Don Hendrix (1905–1961), American master optician at Mount Wilson Observatory
• Elaine Hendrix (born 1970), American actress
• Emile Hendrix (born 1955), Dutch show jumping rider
• Eugene Russell Hendrix (1847–1927), American Methodist bishop
• Freman Hendrix (born 1950), American politician
• Friedrich Hendrix (1911–1941), German sprinter
• Gary Hendrix, American software businessman
• Grady Hendrix, American author of Horrorstör
• Harville Hendrix (born 1935), American self-help writer
• Henry J. Hendrix (born 1966), United States Navy officer
• Howard V. Hendrix (born 1959), American writer
• J. C. Hendrix (1926–1963), American stock car racing driver
• James R. Hendrix (1925–2002), American soldier
• James Wesley Hendrix (born 1977), American attorney
• Jan Hendrix (born 1949), Dutch-born Mexican artist and architect
• Jesse Hendrix (born 1982), Canadian football player
• Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• Jimmy Hendricks, American murder victim
• John Shannon Hendrix (born 1959), American architectural historian and philosopher
• John W. Hendrix (born 1942), United States Army general
• Jorrit Hendrix (born 1995), Dutch footballer
• Joseph C. Hendrix (1853–1904), member of the United States House of Representatives
• Kimberly Hendrix (1969–2015), American fashion designer
• Leon Hendrix (born 1948), brother of Jimi Hendrix
• Leslie Hendrix (born 1960), American actress
• Manny Hendrix (born 1964), American football player
• Matt Hendrix (born 1981), American golfer
• Michael Hendrix (born ca. 1972), American graphic designer and entrepreneur
• Margie Hendrix (1937–1973), American R&B singer
• Neal Hendrix (born 1973), American skateboarder
• Paul F. Hendrix (born 1950s), American ecologist
• Richard Hendrix (born 1986), American basketball player
• Roger A. Hendrix Sr., American management consultant
• Roger W. Hendrix (1943–2017), American microbiologist
• Taeler Hendrix (born 1989), American professional wrestler
• Terri Hendrix (born 1968), American singer-songwriter
• Wanda Hendrix (1928–1981), American actress

Fictional characters

• Rebecca Hendrix, character from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Susy Hendrix, blind protagonist of the play and movie "Wait Until Dark"