List of Famous people named Fernando

Name Fernando is among the most common names in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Portugal, Italy. Shortened forms: Nando. Similar names: Nando, Fernand, Fernanda, Fernande. Here are some famous Fernandos:

Fernando Birri

First Name Fernando
Last Name Birri
Born on March 13, 1925
Died on December 27, 2017 (aged 92)

Fernando Birri was an Argentine film maker and theorist. He was considered by many to be the father of the new Latin American cinema.

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Fernando Pereira

First Name Fernando
Last Name Pereira
Born on May 10, 1950
Died on July 10, 1985 (aged 35)
Born in Portugal, Vila Real

Fernando Pereira was a freelance Portuguese-Dutch photographer, who drowned when French intelligence (DGSE) detonated a bomb and sank the Rainbow Warrior, owned by the environmental organisation Greenpeace on 10 July 1985.

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Fernando Niño Bejarano

First Name Fernando
Last Name Bejarano
Born on September 16, 1974 (age 51)
Born in Spain, Andalusia
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Fernando Niño Bejarano is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

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Fernando Iglesias

Fernando Adolfo Iglesias
First Name Fernando
Last Name Iglesias
Born on May 14, 1957 (age 68)
Born in Argentina

Fernando Adolfo Iglesias is an Argentine journalist, writer, politician, and volleyball player. Currently he is a National Deputy in the Argentine Congress representing the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. He is a member of the center-right Republican Proposal political party.

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel
First Name Fernando
Last Name Alba
Born on October 29, 1507
Died on December 11, 1582 (aged 75)

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble, general and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes, 4th Marquess of Coria, 3rd Count of Salvatierra de Tormes, 2nd Count of Piedrahita, 8th Lord of Valdecorneja, Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. His motto in Latin was Deo patrum Nostrorum.

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Fernando Gomes

First Name Fernando
Last Name Gomes
Born on November 22, 1956 (age 69)
Born in Portugal
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Fernando Mendes Soares Gomes is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Fernando Martín Álvarez

First Name Fernando
Last Name Álvarez
Born on May 30, 1947 (age 78)

Fernando Martín Álvarez is a Spanish businessman who was the unofficial President of Real Madrid, replacing Florentino Pérez who resigned on 27 February 2006, until he unexpectedly himself resigned on 26 April of the same year. Álvarez was a member of the Real Madrid board of directors under Pérez.

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Fernando Chica Arellano

First Name Fernando
Last Name Arellano
Born on June 24, 1963 (age 62)
Born in Spain, Andalusia

Fernando Chica Arellano is a Spanish priest of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 2002. He has been the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since 2015.

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Fernando Morena

First Name Fernando
Last Name Morena
Born on February 2, 1952 (age 74)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Fernando Morena Belora is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. His most known nicknames were "Nando"(abridged form of Fernando) and "Potrillo", and he is the all-time top goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 230 goals in 244 games. He scored 668 in his almost 20-year career.

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Fernando Menegazzo

First Name Fernando
Last Name Menegazzo
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Fernando Menegazzo is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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