List of Famous people named Fernand
Fernand Pouillon
Fernand Pouillon was a French architect, urban planner, building contractor and writer.
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle was a member of the French resistance during World War II. He assassinated Admiral of the Fleet François Darlan, the former chief of government of Vichy France and the high commissioner of French North Africa and West Africa, on 24 December 1942.
Fernand Auberjonois
Fernand Auberjonois was a Swiss-American journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade. Throughout most of the Cold War, Auberjonois was one of the most admired American reporters based in London. From 1956 until his formal retirement in 1983 and after, he covered many of the world's biggest news stories. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. and served on secret assignments, including setting up radio transmissions for the Allies to divert the German's attention from the real invasion site on D-Day. From World War II through the Cold War, he worked for many print organizations, and also for NBC and Voice of America.
Fernand Renault
Fernand Renault was one of the brothers that founded Renault, the French automobile manufacturer, in 1899.
Fernand Auwera
Ferdinand Van der Auwera, pseudonym Fernand Auwera is a Belgian writer. His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life (solitude), had an effect on his first literary work.
Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey, also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who appeared in silent films produced by pioneer Belge Cinéma Film.
Fernand Cormon
Fernand Cormon was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-François Portaels, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France.
Fernand Dehousse
Fernand Dehousse was a Belgian politician.
Fernand Calment
Fernand Cazenave
Fernand Cazenave was a former French rugby union international and national coach.