James Wilfred "Buddy" Wentworth (17 January 1937 – 4 June 2014) was a Namibian politician.
[1] At the time he retired in 2005 he was one of two longest serving deputy ministers of Namibia.
[2][3] Wentworth was a founding chairperson of the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre in Windhoek, and chaired the National Commission for Unesco.
Wentworth was a recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for his contribution to the Namibian independence struggle.
He died of heart failure on 4 June 2014 at his home in Olympia, Windhoek, aged 77.