| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Buddy Wentworth | |
| Office: | Deputy minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport |
| President: | Sam Nujoma |
| Term Start: | 1990 |
| Term End: | 21 March 1995 |
| Predecessor: | position established |
| Office1: | Deputy minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training |
| President1: | Sam Nujoma |
| Term Start1: | 21 March 1995 |
| Term End1: | 2005 |
| Predecessor1: | position established |
| Birth Name: | James Wilfred Wentworth |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1937 |
| Death Date: | (aged 77) |
| Death Place: | Olympia, Windhoek, Namibia |
| Nationality: | Namibian |
| Children: | 10 |
| Party: | SWAPO |
| Profession: | Teacher |
| Occupation: | Politician |
James Wilfred "Buddy" Wentworth (17 January 1937 – 4 June 2014) was a Namibian politician. He was a member of the SWAPO fraction of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia and served as deputy minister in several education-related portfolios in the first, second and third National Assemblies of Namibia.[1] At the time he retired in 2005 he was one of two longest serving deputy ministers of Namibia.[2]
Wentworth came to Namibia from South Africa in 1970 and worked as teacher in Rehoboth, and as school principal at Tamariskia Primary School, Swakopmund. He joined SWAPO in 1972.[2] [3]
Wentworth was a founding chairperson of the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre in Windhoek, and chaired the National Commission for Unesco. He was a practicing Muslim. He was married twice, and had 10 children. 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.[2]