Fernando

Fernando may mean:

• An Iberian given name equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".^[1]

First name

• Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon
• Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete
• Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer
• Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver
• Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
• Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist
• Fernando Balzaretti (1946–1998), Mexican actor
• Fernando Botero, Colombian artist
• Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer
• Fernando Cabrera (baseball), MLB pitcher
• Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager
• Fernando Camargo, Colombian road cyclist
• Fernando Chui Sai On, Macanese statesman; current Chief Executive of Macau
• Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazilian former president
• Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
• Fernando Cortez, Major League Baseball Player
• Fernando Diez, Spanish french world percussionist with Cirque Du Soleil
• Fernando de Araújo (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor
• Fernando de Melo Viana, Brazilian politician
• Fernando de Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• Fernando Climent, Spanish rower
• Fernando Delgadillo, Mexican singer
• Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish film actor and director
• Fernando Fernández (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fernando Francisco Reges, Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Manchester City
• Fernando Gago, Argentinian football player
• Fernando Gallego, Spanish painter
• Fernando García (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fernando González (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fernando Haddad, Brazilian politician
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian former president
• Fernando Jácome, Colombian freestyle swimmer
• Fernando Lamas, Argentinian actor and director
• Fernando Larraín, Chilean actor and comedian
• Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
• Fernando Lopez, Filipino statesman

Fernando Marquez- Equine internal medicine specialist.

• Fernando Martínez Perales, Spanish footballer
• Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
• Fernando Montiel, Mexican boxer
• Fernando Morales (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fernando Morán, Spanish footballer
• Fernando Morán, Spanish politician
• Fernando Moresi, Argentine field hockey player
• Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
• Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
• Fernando Ortiz, Ecuadorian ethnologist
• Fernando Pérez (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and writer
• Fernando Rech, Brazilian footballer
• Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer
• Fernando Retayud, Colombian boxer
• Fernando Rielo, Spanish poet and philosopher
• Fernando Serrano, Colombian statesman
• Fernando Solabarrieta, Chilean journalist
• Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican jurist
• Fernando Soler, Mexican film actor and director
• Fernando Sucre, fictional character from the American television series Prison Break
• Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• Fernando Valades, Mexican composer, pianist and singer
• Fernando Valenzuela, MLB pitcher
• Fernando Vargas, Mexican American boxer
• Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
• Fernando Vergara, Chilean football player and manager

Surname

• Akshu Fernando (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricket batsman who plays for Panadura
• Basil Fernando, Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet, human rights activist
• C. Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Kurunegala in 1992/93
• Chandra Fernando, (died 1988), Sri Lankan Tamil Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist
• Charitha Buddhika (also known as Buddika Fernando) (born 1980), Sri Lankan international cricketer (2001–03)
• Chitra Fernando (1935–1998), Sri Lankan female writer and critic
• Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
• C. T. Fernando (1921–1977), Sri Lankan musician
• Damian Fernando (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Dilhara Fernando (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Dinesh Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Dinusha Fernando (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Don Fernando (born 1948), actor and director
• D. T. Fernando, Sri Lankan lyricist
• Elmo Fernando, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
• Eric Fernando, SLBC English-language broadcaster
• Frank Marcus Fernando (1931–2009), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Bishop of Chilaw
• G. Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Gratien Fernando (1915–1942), Sri Lankan mutineer
• Hasantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Hemasiri Fernando, Vice President of Commonwealth Games Federation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
• Hennadige Francisco Fernando, a.k.a. Puran Appu, Sri Lankan anticolonial rebel
• Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando (1910-1976), 33rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
• Hugo Fernando (1912–1999), Sri Lankan film personality
• Johnston Fernando, Sri Lankan politician
• Kenneth Fernando, Former Anglican bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Lalithamana Fernando (born 1962), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Lloyd Fernando (1926–2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala Malaysian author and professor at the University of Malaya in the English Department
• Lushan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Mark Fernando (1941–2009), Jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Milindu Fernando (born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Milroy Fernando, Sri Lankan MP and government minister
• Mignonne Fernando, Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, and pianist
• M. S. Fernando (died 1994), Sri Lankan musician
• Nayana Fernando (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka
• Nisal Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Nishantha Fernando (born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Nita Fernando, Sri Lankan actress
• Percy Fernando, Sri Lankan Army officer
• Prosper Fernando, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
• Rajiv Fernando, Sri Lankan American businessman and donor to the Clinton Foundation and the Democratic Party
• Ranjit Fernando (born 1944), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Rohan Fernando, Canadian visual artist, painter, and film maker
• Sajan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Samantha Fernando (born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Saman Piyasiri Fernando (died 1989), Sri Lankan Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna militant
• Sanjaya Fernando (born 1982), One of the two coaches of the first ever Sri Lanka women's Water polo team
• Shalindra Fernando (born 1984), Sri Lankan politician
• Sujith Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Suresh Fernando (born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Susil Fernando (born 1955), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Susitha R. Fernando, Journalist and the film critic for a Sri Lankan English-language daily newspaper
• Swithin Fernando (died 2009), Former Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Tyronne Fernando (1941–2008), Sri Lankan politician
• Upekha Fernando (born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Vijita Fernando, Sri Lankan journalist, translator, and fiction writer
• V. M. Fernando, judge of Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Wirantha Fernando (1959-2000), Sri Lankan cricketer

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