List of Famous people named Ferdinand

Alexander Ferdinand Ludolf von Quast was a Prussian military officer, participant in the Franco-Prussian War and a general in the First World War. He commanded the German 6th Army during the Battle of the Lys of the Spring Offensive in 1918.

Ferdinand Keller, or von Keller was a German genre and history painter.

Ferdinand von Miller was a German artisan who is noted for his furtherance of bronze founding.

Prof Ferdinand Zirkel FRS(For) HFRSE was a German geologist and petrographer.

Ferdinand Julius Cohn was a German biologist. He is one of the founders of modern bacteriology and microbiology.

Ferdinand Reinhardt Bie was a Norwegian track and field athlete. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal in pentathlon. On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for professionalism in 1913, Bie was declared Olympic champion, but refused to accept the gold medal from the IOC. In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Bie was still listed as co-champion. He also finished eleventh in the long jump, and competed in 110 metres hurdles and decathlon, but failed to finish. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1910 and 1917 and in 110 m hurdles in 1910.

Ferdinand Brunetière was a French writer and critic.