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Fernando may mean:

A Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

given name equivalent to the Germanic
Germanic
Germanic may refer to* The Germanic languages, descended from Proto-Germanic.* The Germanic peoples**List of Germanic peoples**List of confederations of Germanic tribes* German people* Germanic mythology...

given name Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Ferdinand is a Germanic male given name composed of the words for "prepared"/"protection"/"safety"/"peace" and "journey"/"boldness"/"recklessness"...

or Vernon
Vernon (surname)
Vernon is a surname, from a masculine name that is derived from the Gaul word vern for Alder tree and a Gaulish-latin suffix indicating a location. Thus Vernon is a "place of alders". Variants include Vern, Vernard, Verne, Verna, Sberna, Sberno...

, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".

First name

Fernando el Católico
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...

, king of Aragon
Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...
Fernando Acevedo
Fernando Acevedo
Fernando Acevedo is a retired track and field athlete from Peru, who won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres at the 1971 Pan American Games. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....

, Peruvian track and field athlete
Fernando Alegría
Fernando Alegría
Fernando Alegría was a Chilean poet, writer, literary critic and scholar.-Biography:Alegría was born in Santiago, Chile and grew up in the Independencia barrio of the city. Poets from this barrio include Pablo Neruda, Violeta Parra and Volodia Teitelboim.He received an M.A. from Bowling Green...

, Chilean poet and writer
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari....

, Spanish Formula One driver
Fernando Antogna
Fernando Antogna
Fernando Antogna is a male professional track and road cyclist from Argentina.-Career:20022003...

, Argentine track and road cyclist
Fernando Balzaretti
Fernando Balzaretti
Fernando Balzaretti was a late Mexican actor.-External links:...

(1946–1998), Mexican actor
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...

, Colombian artist
Fernando Bujones
Fernando Bujones
Fernando Bujones was an American ballet dancer.Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Bujones is regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century and hailed as one of the greatest American male dancers of his generation.Bujones' first formal ballet classes were in Alicia Alonso's...

, ballet dancer
Fernando Cabrera (baseball), MLB pitcher
Fernando Camargo
Fernando Camargo
Luis Fernando Camargo Flechas is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia. He is nicknamed "Tenorio".-Career:20042005Luis Fernando Camargo Flechas is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia...

, Colombian road cyclist
Fernando de Lucia
Fernando De Lucia
Fernando De Lucia was an Italian opera tenor and singing teacher who enjoyed an international career....

, Italian tenor
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, is a Brazilian, and naturalised Australian, Footballer currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League...

, Brazilian football (soccer) player
Fernando Climent
Fernando Climent
Fernando Climent Huerta is a retired competition rower and Olympic champion from Spain.He won a silver medal in coxless pairs at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, together with Luis María Lasúrtegui....

, Spanish rower
Fernando Delgadillo
Fernando Delgadillo
Fernando Delgadillo is a Latin American musician and composer. He is considered a major representative of the Folk music genre in Mexico.-Biography:...

, Mexican singer
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...

, Spanish film actor and director
Fernando Fernández
Fernando Fernandez
Fernando Fernández was the founder of the oldest Rum producing company in Puerto Rico.- Start of a dynasty:Fernández, was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He was the owner of the Santa Ana Plantation located in the city of his birth...

, Spanish football (soccer) player
Fernando Gallego
Fernando Gallego
Fernando Gallego was a Spanish painter, brought up in an age of gothic style, his art is generally regarded as Hispano-Flemish style...

, Spanish painter
Fernando García (disambiguation), multiple people
Fernando González (disambiguation)
Fernando González (disambiguation)
Fernando González is a tennis player from Chile.Fernando González may also refer to:* Fernando González * Fernando González , Major League Baseball player from Puerto Rico...

- list of persons named Fernando González
Fernando Haddad
Fernando Haddad
Fernando Haddad is a Brazilian academic and politician of Lebanese origin. He is currently the Minister of Education in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff..-Biography:...

, Brazilian politician
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso – also known by his initials FHC – was the 34th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2002. He is an accomplished sociologist, professor and politician...

, Brazilian former president
Fernando Jácome
Fernando Jácome
Fernando José Jácome Clavijo is a freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for his native country. There he ended up in 47th place in the Men's 100m Freestyle, clocking 52.24 in the preliminary heats, and in 34th place in the Men's 200m...

, Colombian freestyle swimmer
Fernando Larraín
Fernando Larraín
Fernando José Larraín de Toro is a Chilean comedian and film/television actor. He is of Basque descent.Fernando started his career with the humoristic trio "Fresco y Natural después del postre", along with his brother Nicolás Larraín and Felipe Izquierdo. He also recorded a CD with his musical...

, Chilean actor and comedian
Fernando Lopez
Fernando Lopez
Fernando López,Sr. was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential López Family of Iloilo, Fernando López served as Vice President for three terms, under President Elpidio Quirino for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos for the Nacionalistas.-Early life and career:López was born on April 13,...

, Filipino statesman
Fernando Martínez Perales
Fernando Martínez Perales
Fernando Martínez Perales , aka Nando, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.In his career, the majority of which was spent at Valencia CF and Deportivo de La Coruña, he played in 412 games in 14 senior seasons in the top-two tiers of Spanish football.-Club career:Born in...

, Spanish footballer
Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films...

, Brazilian film director
Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:...

, Mexican boxer
Fernando Morales
Fernando Morales
For the Puerto Rican volleyball player with the same name see Fernando Morales Fernando Morales Esquer also known as El Zurdo Morales is a Mexican footballer...

, Mexican football (soccer) player
Fernando Morales
Fernando Morales (volleyball)
For the Mexican football player with the same name see Fernando MoralesFernando Morales is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in second place at the 2007 Pan-American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There he was named Best...

, Puerto Rican volleyball player
Fernando Moresi
Fernando Moresi
Fernando Moresi Vergara is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he finished in ninth place with the national squad. He twice won a medal at the Pan American Games.-References:*...

, Argentine field hockey player
Fernando Morientes
Fernando Morientes
Fernando Morientes Sánchez is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.His main asset was his aerial and strong goalscoring abilities. He played for a number of clubs throughout his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool, and Valencia...

, Spanish football (soccer) player
Fernando Ochoaizpur
Fernando Ochoaizpur
Fernando Néstor Ochoaizpur is a retired Bolivian footballer, who played as a defender during his career. He was born in Argentina, and was a regular choice for the Bolivia national football team from 1996 to 1999. Ochoaizpur played in several countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, and...

, Bolivian football (soccer) player
Fernando Ortiz
Fernando Ortiz
Fernando Ortiz Fernández was a Cuban essayist, ethnomusicologist and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture. Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of indigenous Cuban culture...

, Ecuadorian ethnologist
Fernando Pérez
Fernando Pérez
Fernando Pérez Valdés is a prominent Cuban film director.Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975.His feature debut...

, Cuban film director
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa , was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic and translator described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.-Early years in Durban:On 13 July...

, Portuguese poet and writer
Fernando Rech
Fernando Rech
Fernando Rech is a Brazilian former football player. He played either as a striker or an attacking midfielder.-Life and career:...

, Brazilian football (soccer) player
Fernando Retayud
Fernando Retayud
Luis Fernando Retayud Zubieta is a former Colombian boxer, competing in the light-flyweight division. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light Flyweight by Mongolia's Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal...

, Colombian boxer
Fernando Rielo
Fernando Rielo
Fernando Rielo was a mystical poet, philosopher, author, metaphysician, and Founder of a Catholic Religious Institute. Rielo also founded a school of thought and a foundation based on a new metaphyics. His metaphysics is called the Genetic metaphysics of Fernando Rielo and the foundation is called...

, Spanish poet and philosopher
Fernando Solabarrieta
Fernando Solabarrieta
Fernando Javier Solabarrieta Chelech is a Chilean television journalist, known for his participations in sports transmissions on TVN, like "Zoom Deportivo". He is of Basque descent. Is married to the journalist and television presenter Ivette Vergara and they have three children, Nicolás, Iñaki...

, Chilean journalist
Fernando Soler
Fernando Soler
Fernando Soler was a prolific Mexican film actor and film director.He appeared in over 100 films between 1915 and his death in 1979.- External links :...

, Mexican film actor and director
Fernando Torres
Fernando Torres
Fernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....

, Spanish football (soccer) player
Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 1981, the 20-year-old Valenzuela took Los Angeles by storm, winning his first 8 decisions and leading the Dodgers to the World Championship...

, MLB pitcher
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...

, Mexican American boxer
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona is a professional tennis player. He is currently ranked no. 22 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight...

, Spanish tennis player
Fernando Vergara
Fernando Vergara
Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed El Zamorano de los Pobres during his career...

, Chilean football (soccer) player and manager
Fernando Serrano
Fernando Serrano
Manuel Fernando Serrano Uribe was a Neogranadine statesman, lawyer, and officer who became Governor of the Province of Pamplona and wrote its Constitution in 1815...

, Colombian statesman
Fernando Baudrit Solera
Fernando Baudrit Solera
Fernando Baudrit Solera was a Costa Rican jurist.Born in Heredia, he was the son of Oscar Baudrit González and Carmen Solera Pérez. He married Adilia Gómez Mesén. He graduated from the Law School of Costa Rica...

, Costa Rican jurist
Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre, played by Amaury Nolasco, is a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. He is introduced to the series in the pilot episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield .-Background:Of Puerto Rican descent, Sucre grew up in Chicago...

, fictional character from the American television series Prison Break

Cricketers

Akshu Fernando
Akshu Fernando
Akshu Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Panadura Sports Club...

(born 1991), Sri Lankan cricket batsman who plays for Panadura
Buddika Fernando (born 1980), Sri Lankan cricketer
C. Fernando
C. Fernando
C. Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Kurunegala Sports Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1992-93 season, against Singha Sports Club...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Damian Fernando
Damian Fernando
Damian Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Chilaw Marians. He was born in Marawila....

(born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer
Dilhara Fernando
Dilhara Fernando
Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando is a cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka. He is a right-handed pace bowler.Dilhara studied at De Mazenod College Kandana...

(born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
Dinesh Fernando
Dinesh Fernando
Dinesh Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Nondescripts Cricket Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1994-95 Saravanamuttu Trophy season, against Moratuwa Sports Club. From the lower order, he scored 12 runs in the...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Dinusha Fernando
Dinusha Fernando
Kandana Arachchige Dinusha Manoj Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....

(born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer
G. Fernando
G. Fernando
G. Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Colts Cricket Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1990-91 season, against Moors Cricket Club. From the upper-middle order, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and 9 runs in the...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Hasantha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
Lalithamana Fernando
Lalithamana Fernando
Thewarathantrige Lalithamana Fernando is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in one ODI in 1989....

(born 1962), Sri Lankan cricketer
Lushan Fernando
Lushan Fernando
Lushan Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Moratuwa Sports Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 2003-04 season, against Singha Sports Club...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Milindu Fernando
Milindu Fernando
Milindu Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler who plays for Moratuwa Sports Club...

(born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
Nayana Fernando
Nayana Fernando
Nayana Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler who plays for Moratuwa Sports Club...

(born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
Nisal Fernando
Nisal Fernando
Ungamandadige Nisal Kumudusiri Fernando is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two ODIs in 1994.-External links:*...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Nishantha Fernando
Nishantha Fernando
Nishantha Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-arm bowler who played for Moratuwa Sports Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1989-90 season, against Burgher Recreation Club...

(born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer
Ranjit Fernando
Ranjit Fernando
Edward Ranjit Fernando is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three ODIs, all of which were during the 1975 Cricket World Cup during which he was the wicket-keeper and opening batsman. He later worked as the team manager for the Sri Lanka national cricket team and as a cricket...

(born 1944), Sri Lankan cricketer
Samantha Fernando
Samantha Fernando
Samantha Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Chilaw Marians. He was born in Chilaw....

(born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer
Sajan Fernando
Sajan Fernando
Sajan Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Moratuwa Sports Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 2003-04 season, against Singha Sports Club...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Sujith Fernando
Sujith Fernando
Sujith Fernando was a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Panadura Sports Club.Fernando made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1998-99 season, against Colombo...

, Sri Lankan cricketer
Suresh Fernando
Suresh Fernando
Suresh Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club...

(born 1986), Sri Lankan cricketer
Susil Fernando
Susil Fernando
Ellekutige Rufus Nemesion Susil Fernando is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 7 ODIs from 1983 to 1984....

(born 1955), Sri Lankan cricketer
Upekha Fernando
Upekha Fernando
Upekha Ashantha Fernando is a Sri Lankan first class cricketer who played for the Sinhalese Sports Club. He captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 team in a "Test" against India in 1998–99. An all rounder, he bowls right arm off cutters. He bats right-handed as well and often opens the batting.Upekha...

(born 1979), Sri Lankan cricketer

Other people

Basil Fernando
Basil Fernando
W.J. Basil Fernando is a Sri Lankan born jurist, author, poet, human rights activist, editor of Article 2 and Ethics in Action, and a prolific writer. He was educated at St. Anthony’s College, Wattala and St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena...

, Sri Lankan jurist, author, poet, human rights activist
Chandra Fernando
Chandra Fernando
Reverend Chandra Fernando was a priest from the town of Baticaloa in minority Tamil-dominated eastern province of Sri Lanka. He was known for his human rights activism. He was assassinated by unknown men on June 6, 1988.-Biography:...

, (died 1988), Sri Lankan Tamil Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist
Chitra Fernando
Chitra Fernando
Chitra Fernando was a female writer and critic from Sri Lanka.Fernando was born in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.- External links :* **********...

(1935-1998), Sri Lankan female writer and critic
Clancy Fernando
Clancy Fernando
Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV, USP, MSc, ndc, psc, MNI, SLN was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1 November 1991 - 16 November 1992...

(1938-1992), Sri Lankan admiral and Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
C. T. Fernando
C. T. Fernando
Cyril Tudor Fernando was a popular Sri Lankan singer.Fernando entered music in the 1940s. He was praised by critics for the themes and wording of his songs like "Vana Bamaru," "Bilinda Nelwa Ukule" and "Rosa Male." His other popular songs include "Lo Ad Giles Male Tarawa" and "Mariya Mawu Kuse."-...

(1921-1977), Sri Lankan musician
Don Fernando
Don Fernando
Don Fernando is a director and actor of pornographic films. He has been in the pornography business since 1977 and has won the Best Supporting Actor award twice during the Festival de Cine Erotica-Barcelona Fernando has won the award for Best Actor at the 2006 EXPOSEX Madrid Awards Gala, and was...

(born 1948), actor and director
D. T. Fernando
D. T. Fernando
Danister Thomas Fernando is a pioneer Sri Lankan lyricist. Some of the pioneers, whose names most people could not even remember were honoured. The oldest lyricist, D. T. Fernando, was a forgotten name....

, Sri Lankan lyricist
Elmo Fernando
Elmo Fernando
Elmo Fernando was a popular announcer with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. Fernando was an excellent reader of the news. He joined Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia at a time when it was known as the 'King of the Airwaves' in the 1950s and...

, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe.- Edward Harper :...
Eric Fernando
Eric Fernando
Eric Fernando was a popular English language broadcaster with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. He presented a range of radio programs both over the home and the All Asia services of the SLBC....

, SLBC English language broadcaster
Frank Marcus Fernando
Frank Marcus Fernando
Frank Marcus Fernando was the Sri Lankan bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw in Sri Lanka. Fernando served as the Bishop of Chilaw from his appointment on December 27, 1972, until his retirement on October 19, 2006. The diocese is based in Chilaw, a coastal city north of Colombo.Frank...

(1931-2009), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Bishop of Chilaw
Gratien Fernando
Gratien Fernando
Bombardier Gratien Fernando CGA was the leader of the Cocos Islands Mutiny, an agitator for the freedom of Sri Lanka from the British....

(1915-1942), Sri Lankan mutineer
Hemasiri Fernando
Hemasiri Fernando
Hemasiri Fernando is the current Vice President of Commonwealth Games Federation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka.He has been the former Secretary to the Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, former Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd, former Chairman Airport and Aviation...

, Vice President of Commonwealth Games Federation, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Hugo Fernando
Hugo Fernando
K. Hugo Fernando , popularly known as Hugo Master, was a Sri Lankan film personality. Debuting in the first Sinhalese film Kadawunu Poronduwa, Fernando had an over 30 year career as a character actor, lyricist, assistant director and music director.Fernando was born in Periyamulla, Negombo...

(1912-1999), Sri Lankan film personality
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Fernando
Johnston Xavier Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, current Cabinet Minister of Co-operatives & Internal Trade and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.- Portfolio :• 1991 - Councilor in Kurunegala Municipal Council...

, Sri Lankan politician
Kenneth Fernando
Kenneth Fernando
Kenneth Michael James Fernando, B.A., BD is a former Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka.Educated at Royal College, Colombo and at the University of Oxford. He was made the Archdeacon of Colombo before he was elected as the Bishop of Colombo....

, Former Anglican bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Lloyd Fernando
Lloyd Fernando
Lloyd Fernando was a Malaysian author and professor at the University of Malaya in the English Department.-Life:Lloyd Fernando was born to a Sinhalese family in Sri Lanka in 1926. In 1938, his family migrated to Singapore. Mr. Fernando was educated at St Patrick’s in Singapore, with the Japanese...

(1926-2008), Malaysian author and professor at the University of Malaya in the English Department
Mark Fernando
Mark Fernando
Justice Mark Damien Hugh Fernando was a jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He died after a long bout with cancer on 20 January 2009.-Education and early career:...

(1941-2009), Jurist
Jurist
A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...

and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka is the highest court of the nation of Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court is the highest and final judicial instance of record and is empowered to exercise its powers, subject to the provisions of the Constitution. The Court has ultimate appellate jurisdiction in...
Milroy Fernando
Milroy Fernando
Warnakulasuriya Milroy Surgeus Fernando is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.-References:...

, Sri Lankan MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

and government minister
Mignonne Fernando
Mignonne Fernando
-Introduction:Having won Radio Ceylon's Talent Contest at the age of seven, a year later she wrote her first music composition. Her father. Arnold Rutnam, was renowned for his mathematical skills, and her mother, Marie was a devoted and much loved teacher of music....

, Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, and pianist
M. S. Fernando
M. S. Fernando
M. S. Fernando was a Sri Lankan baila singer. He is heralded a major player in the development of baila music and was widely popular among Sri Lankan audiences....

(died 1994), Sri Lankan musician
Nimalka Fernando
Nimalka Fernando
Nimalka Fernando is an attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka. She is a member of the Democratic People’s Movement in Sri Lanka, which is a coalition of people’s movements, NGOs and trade unions initiating action and dialogue for alternative development paradigms...

, Attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka
Nita Fernando
Nita Fernando
Nita Fernando is an award-winning actress in the Sri Lankan cinema. She has starred in films like Duhulu Malak and Pavuru Walalu.-Early life:Nita Fernando was born the eldest of three children...

, Sri Lankan actress
Percy Fernando
Percy Fernando
Major General Percy Fernando, RWP, RSP, psc, CR was a Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at Elephant Pass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special Forces Brigade....

, Sri Lankan Army
Sri Lankan Army
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is responsible for land-based military and humanitarian operations. Established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972...

officer
Prosper Fernando
Prosper Fernando
Prosper Fernando was a longstanding announcer with Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. Fernando presented some of Radio Ceylon's most popular radio programs such as Housewives' Choice and Holiday Choice. Thousands tuned in to the programs on the island.Fernando was a news reader,...

, Sri Lankan announcer with Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe.- Edward Harper :...
Rohan Fernando
Rohan Fernando
Rohan Fernando is a Canadian visual artist, painter and film maker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Fernando has directed two films for the National Film Board of Canada; Trudeau's Other Children and Cecil's Journey about his ambivalence towards his identity and his trip to Jaffna, Sri Lanka where...

, Canadian visual artist, painter, and film maker
Saman Piyasiri Fernando
Saman Piyasiri Fernando
Saman Piyasiri Fernando aka Keerthi Vijayabahu , was the military wing leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna during the 1987-89 insurrection in Sri Lanka, the JVP's military wing also known as Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya...

(died 1989), Sri Lankan Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
The Janathā Vimukthi Peramuṇa is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 and 1987-89...

militant
Sanjaya Fernando
Sanjaya fernando
Magage Asantha Sanjaya Fernando is one of the two coaches of the first Sri Lankan women's water polo team. In 2009, under the supervision of Sanjaya, the women's team won the bronze medal at 11th Asia pacific water polo tournament held in Kowloon park, Hong Kong.In addition to coaching the National...

(born 1982), One of the two coaches of the first ever Sri Lanka women's Water polo team
Shalindra Fernando
Shalindra Fernando
Shalindra Fernando is a prominent Sri Lankan politician. Notorious for his controversial policies, including his view on the Sinhala–Tamil ethnic crisis, he rose quickly up the ranks. At such a young age, he was regarded as an unimportant figure on the world stage of politics...

(born 1984), Sri Lankan politician
Susitha R. Fernando
Susitha R. Fernando
Susitha R. Fernando is a journalist and the film critic for a Sri Lankan English-language daily newspaper the Daily Mirror and its Sunday weekly edition, The Sunday Times, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.-Education and training:...

, Journalist and the film critic for a Sri Lankan English-language daily newspaper
Swithin Fernando
Swithin Fernando
Swithin Winston Fernando is a former Anglican Bishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka. A former incumbent of St. Luke's Church Borella and Archdeacon of Colombo, he died on 5 December 2009 and a memorial service to honour his life of service to the Anglican Communion was held the following...

(died 2009), Former Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Tyronne Fernando
Tyronne Fernando
Tyronne Fernando , PC was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Foreign Minister from 2001 until 2004.-Early life and education:...

(1941-2008), Sri Lankan politician
Vijita Fernando
Vijita Fernando
Vijita Fernando is a Sri Lankan journalist, translator and fiction writer. She was a winner of the Gratiaen Prize and has received Sri Lanka’s State Literary Award.-Biography:...

, Sri Lankan journalist, translator, and fiction writer
Hennadige Francisco Fernando, a.k.a. Puran Appu
Puran Appu
Weerahennadige Francisco Fernando alias Puran Appu is one of the notable personalities in Sri Lanka's history. He was born on November 1812 in the coastal town of Moratuwa. He left Moratuwa at the age of 13 and stayed in Ratnapura with his uncle, who was the first Sinhalese proctor, and moved to...

, Sri Lankan anticolonial rebel

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