Fernando
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia. It is the most used surname in Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".
Given name
- Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon
A
- Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete
- Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter
- Fernando Agüero, Nicaraguan politician
- Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer
- Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver
- Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
- Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter
- Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist
- Fernando de Araújo (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Asuero, Spanish footballer and doctor
B
- Fernando Baiano, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor
- Fernando Barrichello, Brazilian racing driver
- Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican president of the supreme court
- Fernando Botero, Colombian artist
- Fernando Brobró, Brazilian basketball player
- Fernando Bujones, Cuban American ballet dancer
C
- Fernando Cabrera, American baseball pitcher
- Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager
- Fernando Cáceres, Argentine footballer
- Fernando Camargo, Colombian road cyclist
- Fernando Chui Sai On, Macanese statesman; former Chief Executive of Macau
- Fernando Climent, Spanish rower
- Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazilian former president
- Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
- Fernando Cortez, Major League Baseball Player
D
- Fernando Delgadillo, Mexican singer
E
- Fernando Echávarri, Spanish sailor
- Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate, Chilean politician
F
- Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish film actor and director
- Fernando Fernández (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Fonseca, Portuguese footballer
- Fernando Fonseca (Brazilian footballer, born 1993)
- Fernando Francisco Reges, Brazilian footballer
G
- Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer and manager
- Fernando Gallego, Spanish painter
- Fernando García (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Garibay, Mexican-American record producer
- Fernando Gómez, multiple people
- Fernando González (disambiguation), multiple people
H
- Fernando Haddad, Brazilian politician
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian former president
- Fernando Henriques, British social anthropologist
- Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer
J
- Fernando Jácome, Colombian freestyle swimmer
L
- Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor and director
- Fernando Larraín, Chilean actor and comedian
- Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Lopez, Filipino statesman
- Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor
- Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician and former president
- Fernando Luiz Roza, Brazilian footballer
M
- Fernando de Magallanes, Portuguese explorer who organized the first circumnavigation of the world
- Fernando Martín, Spanish basketballer
- Fernando Martínez, multiple people
- Fernando Martínez Perales, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Lucas Martins, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Mayén, Mexican gridiron football player
- Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director
- Fernando de Melo Viana, Brazilian politician
- Fernando Mendoza, American football player
- Fernando Montiel, Mexican boxer
- Fernando de Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Morales (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Morán, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Morán, Spanish politician and diplomat
- Fernando Moresi, Argentine field hockey player
- Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
- Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan football
O
- Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
- Fernando Ortiz (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Ovelar, Paraguayan footballer
P
- Fernando Parrado, Uruguayan businessman and Andes plane crash survivor
- Fernando Pérez (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and writer
- Fernando Pileggi, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Poe Sr., Filipino actor
- Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor
- Fernando Prass, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Pires Ferreira, Brazilian surgeon, father of ophthalmology in Brazil
Q
- Fernando Quintanilla, Spanish footballer
R
- Fernando Rech, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
- Fernando Retayud, Colombian boxer
- Fernando Rey, Spanish actor
- Fernando Ricksen, Dutch footballer
- Fernando Rielo, Spanish poet and philosopher
- Fernando Riera, Chilean footballer and manager
- Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player
- Fernando Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- Fernando Rosas, Portuguese historian and politician
S
- Fernando Santos, multiple people
- Fernando Serrano, Colombian statesman
- Fernando Solabarrieta, Chilean journalist
- Fernando dos Santos Pedro, Brazilian footballer
- Fernando Soler, Mexican film actor and director
- Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist and composer
- Fernando Soriano, Spanish footballer
T
- Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
- Fernando Tatís Jr., Dominican baseball player
- Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
V
- Fernando Valades, Mexican composer, pianist and singer
- Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican MLB pitcher
- Fernando Vargas, Mexican American boxer
- Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- Fernando Vergara, Chilean footballer and manager
- Fernando Villalona, Dominican merengue singer
Z
- Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo, Filipino painter
- Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Filipino businessman
Surname
A
- Akshu Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Alexander Fernando, Sri Lankan actor
- Ambrose Fernando, Indian businessman and politician from Tamil Nadu
- Aron Fernando, Italian Jewish teacher and translator
- Austin Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
B
- Basil Fernando, Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet, human rights activist
- Bayani Fernando, Filipino politician
- Benny Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala Olympic long jumper
- Bruno Fernando, American basketball player
C
- Chandra Fernando, Sri Lankan Tamil Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist
- Charitha Buddhika, Sri Lankan international cricketer
- Chitra Fernando, Sri Lankan female writer and critic
- Clancy Fernando, Sri Lankan admiral and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
- C. H. Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala general
- C. T. Fernando, Sri Lankan musician
D
- Damian Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dampath Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala Major General
- Devaka Fernando, Sri Lankan born Physician and academic
- Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dinesh Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Don Fernando, actor and director
- D. T. Fernando, Sri Lankan lyricist
E
- Elmo Fernando, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
- Eric Fernando, SLBC English-language broadcaster
F
- Frank Marcus Fernando, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Bishop of Chilaw
G
- Gratien Fernando, Sri Lankan mutineer
H
- Hasantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Hemasiri Fernando, Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
- Herbert Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Hugh Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician born in Nainamadama
- Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando, 33rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Hugo Fernando, Sri Lankan film personality
J
- Janaprith Fernando, Sri Lankan scout
- Johnston Fernando, Sri Lankan politician
- Joseph Peter Moraes Fernando, known as Premnath Moraes, Sri Lankan Tamil actor, director, and screenwriter
K
- K. Priyantha Fernando, Sri Lankan judge of the Court of Appeal
- Kenneth Fernando, Former Anglican bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
L
- Lalithamana Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Leo Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman, Member of Parliament for Buttala Electoral District
- M. E. Lionel Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala diplomat
- Lionel Fernando (cricketer, born 1939), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Lloyd Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala Malaysian author and professor at the University of Malaya in the English Department
- Luís Fernando, multiple people
- Lushan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
M
- Marcus Fernando, Sri Lankan Physician, Businessman, Philanthropist and Politician
- Mark Fernando, jurist and former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Merrill J. Fernando, Sri Lankan teamaker, founder of Dilmah tea
- Meryl Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala teacher, trade unionist, and politician
- Milroy Fernando, Sri Lankan MP and government minister
- Mignonne Fernando, Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, and pianist
- M. S. Fernando, Sri Lankan musician
- Murdu Fernando, 48th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
N
- Nalin Pragath Fernando
Professional Gem Cutter
Well known Akida Technologies and Akida Gem CEO
- Naveen Heshan Fernando son of Nalin Fernando
Professional Gem Merchant and Professional Gem Cutter
- Nalin Fernando, Sri Lankan politician
- Nayana Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-law and women's rights activist from Sri Lanka
- Nisal Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Nishantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Nita Fernando, Sri Lankan actress
P
- Peter Fernando, Former Bishop of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India
- Palitha Fernando, Attorney General of Sri Lanka from 2012 to 2014
- Paul Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala baila vocalist
- Percy Fernando, Sri Lankan Army officer
- Priyantha Fernando, Sri Lankan puisne justice of the Supreme Court
- Prosper Fernando, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
Q
- Quintin Fernando, Sri Lankan politician and lawyer
R
- Rajiv Fernando, Sri Lankan American businessman and donor to the Clinton Foundation and the Democratic Party
- Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Rohan Fernando (artist), Canadian visual artist, painter, and film-maker
- Rose Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
S
- Sajan Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Samantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Saman Piyasiri Fernando, Sri Lankan Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna militant
- Simon Fernando Sri Chandrasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman
- Sirimathi Mary Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema actress
- Solomon Fernando, Sri Lankan physician and community leader
- Sujith Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Suresh Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Susil Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Susitha R. Fernando, Journalist and the film critic for a Sri Lankan English-language daily newspaper
- Swithin Fernando, Former Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Sylvia Fernando, Sri Lankan educator and family planning advocate
T
- Thomas Fernando, Former Bishop of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India
- Tyronne Fernando, Sri Lankan politician
U
- Upekha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
V
- Vijita Fernando, Sri Lankan journalist, translator, and fiction writer
- V. M. Fernando, judge of Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
W
- Walter Fernando, 7th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
- Wirantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
Fictional characters
- Fernando Sucre, fictional character from the American television series ''Prison Break''