Fidel is a given name from the Latin "Fidelis" meaning "faithful." The feminine derivative is Fidelia. Notable people with the name include: * Fidel Dávila Arrondo (1878–1962), Spanish Army officer * Fidel Castaño, Colombian drug lord and paramilitary *

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

(1926–2016), Cuban socialist revolutionary and politician * Fidel Edwards (born 1982) West-Indian cricketer * Fidel Negrete (1932–2016), Mexican long-distance runner * Fidel Nemenzo, Filipino mathematician, professor, and current chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman * Fidel V. Ramos (1928–2022), Filipino military general, politician, and former president of the Philippines * Fidel Sánchez Hernández (1917–2003), president of El Salvador from 1967 to 1972 * Fidel Alonso de Santocildes (1844-1895), Spanish general of the Cuban War of Independence * Fidel Solórzano (born 1962), Ecuadorian decathlete * Fidel Velázquez Sánchez (1900–1997), Mexican union leader * Pen name of Guillermo Prieto (1818–97), Mexican writer * Fidel Chaves de la Torre (born 1989), Spanish footballer better known as just ''Fidel''

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