Wanderley
# Wanderley

Wanderley is a Brazilian surname. The Brazilian family name Vanderlei and Wanderley, now also used as given names, was introduced in Brazil in 1637 by the Dutch cavalry captain Gaspar/Caspar van Niehof van der Leij, who may have been born in Gummersbach.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Claudio Wanderley Sarmento Neto (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Deraldo Wanderley (born 1956), Brazilian volleyball player
* Erik Wanderley, Brazilian jiujitsu fighter
* Leandro Silva Wanderley (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
* Walter Wanderley (1932–1986), Brazilian organist and pianist

## Given name

* Wanderley (footballer, 1938-2020), full name Wanderley Machado da Silva, Brazilian football forward
* Wanderley Alves dos Reis (1945–2012), Brazilian singer-songwriter better known as Wando
* Wanderley Paiva (born 1946), Brazilian football coach
* Wanderley Alves de Oliveira (born 1959), Brazilian footballer
* Wanderley Oliveira (born 1965), Brazilian boxer
* Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo (1966–2006), Brazilian cyclist
* Wanderley de Jesus Sousa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer better known as Derley
* Wanderley (footballer, born 1988), full name Wanderley Santos Monteiro Júnior, Brazilian football forward

## Fictional characters

* Travis Wanderley, a character in American Horror Story: Murder House
