Kendall

American

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
a male given name.

Kendall British

/ ˈkɛndəl /

noun

Edward Calvin. 1886–1972, US biochemist, who isolated the hormone thyroxine (1916). He shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1950) with Phillip Hench and Tadeus Reichstein for their work on hormones

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Dylan Kendall, 56, runs Grow Hollywood, a startup economic development corporation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

College softball has never seen anyone like Kendall Wells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall had met with the Bereaved Parents for Online Safety group earlier this year and had since held further discussions with bereaved parents, it added.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Kendall Schrohe, 23, who works at a digital privacy watchdog, completed the monthly detox in Washington in January.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“Well, I guess that means you don’t want go to Central Campus. Me and Tesia and Sandra are going to a step show,” Kendall said.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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