Fernando
Fernando is a given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and the Philippines, and Sri Lanka (The name was introduced there during the Portuguese occupation) equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".

First name
 Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon
 Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete 
 Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter
 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 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 de Araújo (disambiguation), multiple people
 Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor
 Fernando de Magallanes (Ferdinand Magellan), Portuguese explorer who organized the first circumnavigation of the world
 Fernando de Melo Viana, Brazilian politician
 Fernando de Moraes, Brazilian footballer
 Fernando dos Santos Pedro, 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
 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 Hierro, Spanish footballer
 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 Lucas Martins, Brazilian footballer
 Fernando Luiz Roza, Brazilian footballer
 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
 Fernando Pérez (disambiguation), multiple people
 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and writer
 Fernando Poe Sr., Filipino actor
 Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor
 Fernando Quintanilla, Spanish footballer
 Fernando Rech, Brazilian footballer
 Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer
 Fernando Retayud, Colombian boxer
 Fernando Rielo, Spanish poet and philosopher
 Fernando Rodney, Professional Baseball player and host of the Fernando Rodney Experience
 Fernando Serrano, Colombian statesman
 Fernando Solabarrieta, Chilean journalist
 Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican jurist
 Fernando Soler, Mexican film actor and director
Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist and composer
 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
 Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo, Filipino painter
 Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Filipino businessman

Surname
 A. J. Tyronne Benildus Fernando (born 1969), Sri Lankan Sinhala Olympic long jumper
 Akshu Fernando (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricket batsman who plays for Panadura
 Andibuduge Walter Fernando, 7th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
 Basil Fernando, Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet, human rights activist
 Bruno Fernando (born 1998), American basketball player
 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. H. Fernando (born 1930), Sri Lankan Sinhala general
 C. T. Fernando (1921–1977), Sri Lankan musician
 Damian Fernando (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer
 Dampath Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala Major General
 Devaka Fernando, Sri Lankan born Physician and academic
 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
 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
 Herbert Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
 Hugh Norman Gregory Fernando (1910-1976), 33rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
 Hugo Fernando (1912–1999), Sri Lankan film personality
 Janaprith Fernando
 Johnston Fernando, Sri Lankan politician
 Kenneth Fernando, Former Anglican bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
 Lalithamana Fernando (born 1962), Sri Lankan cricketer
 Lionel Fernando (cricketer), 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
 Marcus Fernando, Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) Physician, Businessman, Philanthropist and Politician
 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
 Modestus Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala Lieutenant Colonel
 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
 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