Fernand is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of
French origin. The feminine form is
Fernande.
Fernand may refer to:
People
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Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist
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Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer
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Fernand Baldet (1885–1964), French astronomer
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Fernand Berckelaers (1901– 1999), Belgian artist
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Fernand Besnier (1894–1977), French cyclist
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Fernand Boden (born 1943), Luxembourg politician
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Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959), French politician
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Fernand Braudel
Fernand Paul Achille Braudel (; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: ''The Mediterranean'' (1923–49, then 1949–66), ''Civilization and Capitalism'' (1955–79), and the un ...
(1902–1985), French historian
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Fernand Brouez (1861–1900), Belgian publisher
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Fernand Buyle (1918–1992), Belgian footballer
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Fernand Canelle
Fernand Émile Canelle (2 January 1882 – 11 September 1951) was a French footballer who played as a forward and later as a defender for Club Français. He competed in the football tournament at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a sil ...
(1882–1951), French footballer
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Fernand Charpin (1887–1944), French actor
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Fernand Collin (1897–1990), Belgian businessman
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Fernand Cormon
Fernand Cormon (; 24 December 1845 – 20 March 1924) 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.
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(1845–1924), French painter
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Fernand Crommelynck
Fernand Crommelynck (19 November 1886 – 17 March 1970) was a Belgian dramatist. His work is known for farces in which commonplace weaknesses are developed into monumental obsessions.
Biography
He was born into a family of actors, the child o ...
(1886–1970), Belgian dramatist
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Fernand David (1869–1935), French Minister of Agriculture
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Fernand Decanali (1925–2017), French cyclist
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Fernand Dubé (1928–1999), Canadian politician
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Fernand de Brinon
Fernand de Brinon, Marquis de Brinon (; 26 August 1885 – 15 April 1947) was a French lawyer and journalist who was one of the architects of French collaboration with the Nazism, Nazis during World War II. He claimed to have had five private tal ...
(1885–1947), French Nazi collaborationist
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Fernand de Langle de Cary
Fernand Louis Armand Marie de Langle de Cary (4 July 1849 – 19 February 1927) was a French general during World War I. He commanded the Fourth Army when the war began.
Early life
Fernand Louis Armand Marie De Langle De Cary (1849-1927) was ...
(1849–1927), French general
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Fernand Fédronic
Fernand Fédronic (born 21 December 1964) is a French former competitive figure skater. He is the 1982 Grand Prix International St. Gervais champion, 1984 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, and 1985 1985 French national champion. He place ...
(born 1964), French figure skater
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Fernand Fonssagrives
Fernand Fonssagrives (June 8, 1910 – April 23, 2003), born Fernand Vigoureux near Paris, was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s, and as the first husband of the model Lisa Fonssagrives. He died in 2003 at Litt ...
(1910–2003), French photographer
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Fernand Gambiez
Fernand Gambiez (27 February 1903 – 29 March 1989) was a French Army general and military historian who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. During the Algerian War, Gambiez was commander-in-chief of the French A ...
(1903–1989), French general
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Fernand Gignac
Fernand Gignac (March 23, 1934 – August 18, 2006) was a French Canadian
French Canadians, referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century, are an ethnic group descended from French people, French colonists first arriving in Ca ...
(1934–2006), Canadian singer
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Fernand Gonder
Fernand Gonder (12 June 1883 – 10 March 1969) was a French pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
Career
Gonder was selected to represent France at the 1906 Olympic Games and won gold in the pole jump event. ...
(1883–1969), French pole vaulter
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Fernand Goux
Fernand Goux (31 December 1899 – 9 November 2008) was, at age 108, the penultimate French World War I veteran, with Pierre Picault being the last. "On a retrouvé un soldat de 1918 vivant". '' Ouest-France'' (19 June 2008).
Born in Sceaux-d ...
(1899–2008), at age 108, French World War I veteran
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Fernand Goyvaerts
Fernand Goyvaerts (24 October 1938 – 5 April 2004) was a Belgian international footballer. He played as an attacker.
Club career
He made his début for the first team of Club Brugge at the age of 16. In 1958, his penalty kick against CS ...
(1938–2004), Belgian footballer
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Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was a Belgian-born French actor.
Early life
Gravey was the son o ...
(1905–1970), Belgian-French actor
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Fernand Gregh (1873–1960), French poet and literary critic
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Fernand Guindon (1917–1985), Canadian politician
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Fernand Halphen (1872–1917), French composer
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Fernand Hautain (1858–1942), Belgian businessman
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Fernand Jaccard (1907–2008), Swiss footballer
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Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter.
Life Youth and training
Fernand Khnopff was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Khnopf ...
(1858–1921), Belgian painter
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Fernand Leduc (1916–2014), Canadian painter
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Fernand Legros (1931–1983), French art dealer
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Fernand Léger
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painting, painter, sculpture, sculptor, and film director, filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually ...
(1881–1955), French artist
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Fernand Melgar (born 1961), Swiss actor
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Fernand Mourlot (1895–1988), French printer
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Fernand Nault (1920–2006), Canadian dancer
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Fernand Ouellet
Fernand Ouellet (6 November 1926 in Lac-Bouchette, Quebec – 28 June 2021 in Toronto, Ontario) was a French Canadian historian, author and educator.
Biography
He was educated at Université Laval and gained a PhD in 1965. Ouellet taught at Un ...
(1926–2021), Canadian historian
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Fernand Paillet (1850–1918), French figurine artist and jewelry designer
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Fernand Pelloutier (1867–1901), French anarchist
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Fernand Petiot Fernand Petiot (born in Paris, February 18, 1900; died in Canton, Ohio, January 6, 1975) was a bartender who claimed to have created the Bloody Mary, a popular cocktail drink.
Biography
Petiot was born into the hospitality industry in Paris in 19 ...
(1900–1975), bartender who invented the Bloody Mary
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Fernand Point (1897–1955), French chef
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Fernand Rinfret (1883–1939), Canadian politician
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Fernand Robichaud (born 1939), Canadian politician
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Fernand Seguin (1922–1988), Canadian biochemist
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Fernand Sorlot, French editor and publisher
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Fernand St. Germain (1928–2014), American politician
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Fernand Tardy (1919–2017), French politician
Surname
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Jeannot Fernand (born 1961), Malagasy politician
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Ferdinand (disambiguation)
Ferdinand is a Germanic given name. For more details including a list of aristocracy see Ferdinand.
Ferdinand may also refer to:
Places United States
* Ferdinand, Idaho, a city
*Ferdinand, Indiana, a town
*Ferdinand, Vermont, a town
Elsew ...
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Ferdinando (disambiguation)
Ferdinando may refer to:
Politics
* Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609)
* Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670)
* Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663–1713), eldest son of Cosimo ...
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Fernando
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...
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