Wenyuan (Chinese: 文元) is a Chinese masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Chen Wenyuan (born 1979), Hong Kong singer and model Diao Wenyuan (born 1943), Chinese table tennis player Li Wenyuan (born 1977), Malaysian taekwondo practitioner Wang Wenyuan (1931–2014), Chinese politician Xǔ Wényuǎn (born 1952), Malaysian-born Singaporean politician Yao Wenyuan (1931–2005), Chinese politician Zhang Wenyuan, multiple people Zhou Wenyuan (born 1940), Chinese Army general