It is named after the Godefroy Wendelin, a Flemish astronomer of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Maurice Godefroy de la Tour d'Auvergne | Charles Godefroy | Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac | Godefroy Wendelin | Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne | Claude-Godefroy Coquart |