List of Famous people named Ferdinand

Ferdinand , born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the second monarch of the Third Bulgarian State, firstly as ruling prince (knyaz) from 1887 to 1908, and later as king (tsar) from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule Bulgaria entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in 1915.

Ferdinand VI, called the Learned and the Just, was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death. He was the third ruler of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty. He was the son of the previous monarch, Philip V, and his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy.

Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter was a German-Austrian geologist.

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships, founding the company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.

Ferdinand Samuel Lop, later Samuel Ferdinand-Lop, known as Ferdinand Lop was a French journalist, draughtsman, English language teacher, writer, poet and humourist. He stood repeatedly as a satirical candidate for the French Presidency and for the Académie française.

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (help·info) was an Austrian painter and writer. Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period.

Ferdinand II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his early death in 1859.

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria was ruler of Further Austria and since 1564 Imperial count of Tirol. The son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, he was married to Philippine Welser in his first marriage. In his second marriage to Anna Juliana Gonzaga, he was the father of Anna of Tyrol, future Holy Roman Empress.

Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany was the last Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1859 to 1860.

Ferdinand Piatnik was an Austrian-Hungarian card painter, manufacturer, business magnate, philanthropist and the founder of Piatnik & Söhne.