Herndon (surname)
Herndon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrienne McNeil Herndon, African American woman in Atlanta, Georgia
- Alonzo Herndon, African-American businessman
- Angelo Herndon, African-American communist organizer
- C. Nash Herndon, American geneticist and eugenicist
- Charles Herndon, American Sculptor
- Chris Herndon, American football player
- David Herndon, American professional baseball player
- David R. Herndon, United States federal judge
- Don Herndon, American professional football player
- Ellen Lewis Herndon, wife of the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur
- Holly Herndon, American composer, musician, and sound artist
- James Herndon , American media psychologist
- James Herndon , American writer and educator
- Jimmy Herndon, American professional football player
- J. Marvin Herndon, American scientist who founded the georeactor theory
- Joe Herndon, American R&B and soul singer for The Spaniels and The Temptations
- John Hunter Herndon, American judge and planter in antebellum Texas
- Judith Herndon, American Senator of West Virginia
- Junior Herndon, American professional baseball player
- Kelly Herndon, American professional football player
- Kenneth Herndon, American professional baseball player
- Larry Herndon, American professional baseball player
- Patrick Herndon, American soldier who fought at the Alamo
- Raymon W. Herndon, United States Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient
- Steve Herndon, American professional football player
- Susan Herndon, American singer-song writer
- Thomas Herndon
- Thomas H. Herndon, U.S. Representative from Alabama
- Tre Herndon, American football player
- Ty Herndon, American country music singer
- William Herndon , law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln
- William Lewis Herndon, United States Navy scientist, explorer, and hero
- William S. Herndon, U.S. Representative from Texas
