Humbert de Wendel (4 February 1876 – 14 November 1954) was a French steelmaker who came from a long line of Lorrainian industrialists.

Jean's descendant Jean-Martin Wendel (1665–1737) purchased the factories of Le Comte in Hayange, Lorraine, in 1704.

[3] His father was elected to the Reichstag for Thionville - Boulay in 1884 and reelected in 1887 as a "protesting deputy", one who objected to the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to the German Empire by the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871) without having consulted the people.

Humbert was very discreet in politics, and did not support his elder brother's involvement in public affairs, which led to François being elected a deputy for Briey in 1914.

This stringency of the German administration appeared to compromise our future in the family management; it provided a disposition that loved independence more than orders with a sufficient reason to direct its choice toward careers that left more room for a cult of oneself.

[9] Due to this involvement, there were allegations that the Wendels used their positions to further their interests, but their Lorraine steelworks were behind the German lines throughout the war.

He saw that in many ways the collective strength of workers had grown during the war, and French industry must therefore become better organized as a group to defend their interests in the postwar period.

[11] In 1922 Humbert de Wendel was President of the Metz Chamber of Commerce, and was involved in discussions over canalizing the Moselle for barge traffic.

[19] It was replaced by the Comité d'organisation de la sidérurgie (CORSID – Organizing Committee for the Iron and Steel Industry).

The Commission générale was created in 1941, with similar membership to the Comité des forges: five members were removed and three added.

Humbert de Wendel stated in an affidavit that he considered, "the defendant a pan-Germanist of the old school, who gave total support to Hitler because he saw in him a man capable of achieving the 'Deutschland über Alles!'.

[18] In March 1947 Humbert proposed that the PFFW should build a new strip mill at a cost of six billion francs.