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In alphabetical order by surname:- Fernand AugereauFernand AugereauFernand Augereau was a successful early twentieth century French road racing cyclist. Augereau, who was born in Naintré, participated in the 1903 Tour de France, where he finished third, and won Bordeaux–Paris in 1904. He was professional from 1902 to 1911.- External links :...
, French cyclist - Fernand AuweraFernand AuweraFerdinand Van der Auwera , pseudonym Fernand Auwera is a Belgian writer. His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life , had an effect on his first literary work....
, Belgian writer - Fernand BaldetFernand BaldetFernand Baldet was a French astronomer.He worked with Count Aymar de la Baume Pluvinel observing Mars from the newly built observatory on Pic du Midi in 1909...
, French astronomer - Fernand BerckelaersFernand BerckelaersFernand Berckelaers , pseudonym Michel Seuphor , was a Belgian painter, draughtsman, and a designer of carpets....
, Belgian artist - Fernand BodenFernand BodenFernand Boden is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979 to 2009.Boden was born in Echternach. He studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Liège, and between 1966 and 1978 he taught at Echternach grammar school...
, Luxembourg politician - Fernand BouissonFernand BouissonFernand Bouisson was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1927 to 1936 and briefly as Prime Minister in 1935.-Bouisson's Ministry, 1–7 June 1935:...
, French politician - Fernand BraudelFernand BraudelFernand Braudel was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects, each representing several decades of intense study: The Mediterranean , Civilization and Capitalism , and the unfinished Identity of France...
, French historian- Fernand Braudel CenterFernand Braudel CenterThe Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations at Binghamton University, State University of New York was founded in September 1976 and serves as one of the preeminent centers for advanced study of systemic history and historiography in the US...
, named after the historian
- Fernand Braudel Center
- Fernand BrouezFernand BrouezFernand Brouez was the founder and publisher of La Société Nouvelle . He initially edited the magazine with Belgian-born Arthur James, whom he met at the Université Libre de Bruxelles', and after 1889 with various other individuals.The second son of Jules Brouez and Victorine Sapin, Fernand and...
, Belgian publisher - Fernand CollinFernand CollinFernand Collin , was a Belgian businessman. He was president of the Kredietbank from 1938 to 1973 and was also a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven....
, Belgian businessman - Fernand CormonFernand CormonFernand 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....
, French painter - Fernand CrommelynckFernand CrommelynckFernand Crommelynck was a Belgian dramatist. He was born into a family of actors, the child of a French mother and a Belgian father and he himself was also an actor...
, Belgian dramatist - Fernand de BrinonFernand de BrinonFernand de Brinon, Marquis de Brinon was a French lawyer and journalist who was one of the architects of French collaboration with the Nazis during World War II...
, French Nazi collaborationist - Fernand de Langle de CaryFernand de Langle de CaryFernand Louis Armand Marie de Langle de Cary was a French general during World War I. He commanded Fourth Army when the war began.-Early life:...
, French general - Fernand Dullavin, Baseball Player
- Fernand DubéFernand DubéFernand G. Dubé, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician in the Province of New Brunswick.He graduated from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa and obtained a law degree from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton...
, Canadian politician - Fernand FonssagrivesFernand FonssagrivesFernand Fonssagrives born near Paris, France he 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 Little Rock, Arkansas....
, French photographer - Fernand GambiezFernand GambiezFernand Gambiez was a French Army general and military historian, he fought in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War, during the Algerian War he was commander-in-chief of the French Army in Algeria....
, French general - Fernand GignacFernand GignacFernand Gignac was a French Canadian singer and actor.Beside his music career under the label Fleur-de-Lis, Gignac also starred in several television series ....
, French-Canadian singer - Fernand GonderFernand GonderFernand Gonder was a French athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.He competed for a France in the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in the pole vault where he won the gold medal. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he finished fifteenth....
, French pole vaulter - Fernand GoyvaertsFernand GoyvaertsFernand Goyvaerts was a Belgian international footballer. He was an attacker.He made his début for the first team of Club Brugge at the age of 16. In 1958, his penalty kick against CS Verviers was decisive for the promotion of Club to the highest level in Belgian football...
, Belgian footballer - Fernand GraveyFernand GraveyFernand Gravey , also known as Fernand Gravet in America, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who have appeared in silent films produced by pioneer "Belge Cinéma Film" .- Early life :He started performing at the age of five, under his father's direction...
, Belgian-French actor - Fernand HalphenFernand HalphenFernand Gustave Halphen was a French Jewish composer.Fernand Halphen was the son of Georges Halphen, a diamond merchant, and of Henriette Antonia Stern , who was from a family of bankers...
, French composer - Fernand HautainFernand HautainFernand Hautain was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1923 until 1926.-Career:He started his career at an early age, and combined working with evening classes and self-tuition...
, Belgian businessman - Fernand JaccardFernand JaccardFernand Alfred Jaccard was a Swiss football midfielder.-Career:Jaccard played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He went on to manage FC Basel from 1937 to 1939, after retiring from playing. He then coached FC Locarno, Servette FC, Cantonal Neuchâtel FC, FC Chiasso and FC Lausanne-Sport.- References :...
, Swiss footballer - Fernand KhnopffFernand KhnopffFernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff as a Belgian symbolist painter.- Youth and Training :...
, Belgian painter - Fernand LeducFernand LeducFernand Leduc is a Canadian abstract expressionist painter who was a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene in the 1940s and 1950s. During his 50-year career, Leduc has participated in many expositions in Canada, France and other countries...
, Canadian painter - Fernand LégerFernand LégerJoseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of Cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style...
, French artist - Fernand LegrosFernand LegrosFernand Legros was an art dealer who, together with his lover Real Lessard, sold the art forgeries of Elmyr de Hory.-Biography:Legros first wished to be a ballet dancer. After World War II he moved from Cairo to Paris...
, French art dealer - Fernand MelgarFernand MelgarFernand Melgar is a Swiss actor, producer, director and film editor. The son of Spanish immigrants, Melgar has lived in Lausanne since 1963...
, Swiss actor - Fernand MourlotFernand MourlotFernand Mourlot , son of Jules Mourlot, was the director of Mourlot Studios and founder of Editions Mourlot.- Early life and career :...
, French printer - Fernand NaultFernand NaultFernand Nault, OC, CQ was a Canadian dancer and choreographer.He was born Fernand-Noël Boissonneault in Montreal. After he abandoned his original career choice to become a priest, he studied dance with Maurice Morenoff in Montreal and went on to study in New York City, London and Paris...
, Canadian dancer - Fernand OuelletFernand OuelletNot to be confused with Fernand Ouellette, a Quebecois poet and essayist.Fernand Ouellet, OC, FRSC , a French-Canadian author and educator, was educated at Université Laval and gained a PhD in 1965...
, Canadian historian - Fernand PelloutierFernand PelloutierFernand Pelloutier was a French anarchist .He was the leader of the Bourses du Travail, a major French trade union, from 1895 until his death in 1901. He was succeeded by Yvetot...
, French anarchist - Fernand PetiotFernand PetiotFernand Petiot was a bartender who claimed to have created the Bloody Mary, a popular cocktail drink.-Biography:...
, bartender who invented the Bloody Mary - Fernand Point, French chef
- Fernand RinfretFernand RinfretLouis Édouard Fernand Rinfret, PC was a Canadian politician.-Biography:He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Montreal riding of St. James in a 1920 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1930, and 1935...
, Canadian politician - Fernand RobichaudFernand RobichaudFernand Robichaud, PC is a Canadian politician.He was born in Shippagan, New Brunswick and received a teaching certificate from the Moncton Technical Institute. Before entering politics, Robichaud was a teacher and businessman...
, Canadian politician - Fernand SeguinFernand SeguinFernand Seguin, was a Canadian biochemist, professor and host of science programs on radio and television.-Honours:* In 1977 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science....
, Canadian biochemist - Fernand St. GermainFernand St. GermainFernand Joseph St. Germain is a former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, St. Germain attended parochial schools in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Our Lady of Providence Seminary High School, 1945, and from Providence College, 1948...
, American politician
Fictional people
- Fernand CortezFernand CortezFernand Cortez, ou La conquête du Mexique is an opéra in three acts by Gaspare Spontini with a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy and Joseph-Alphonse d’Esmenard...
, the titular character of an opera - Fernand Mondego, one of the main characters in The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844...
Other
- Fernand, a 1980 film by Robert GuédiguianRobert GuédiguianRobert Jules Guédiguian is a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin....
- Fernand CortezFernand CortezFernand Cortez, ou La conquête du Mexique is an opéra in three acts by Gaspare Spontini with a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy and Joseph-Alphonse d’Esmenard...
, an opera by Gaspare SpontiniGaspare SpontiniGaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini was an Italian opera composer and conductor, extremely celebrated in his time, though largely forgotten after his death.-Biography:...
See also
- Ferdinand (disambiguation)Ferdinand (disambiguation)Ferdinand is a Germanic given name which can refer to:* Ferdinand, including a list of people with the given name- Places :*Siġġiewi , largest city in Malta by areaUnited States:*Ferdinand, Idaho*Ferdinand, Indiana*Ferdinand, Vermont...
- Ferdinando (disambiguation)
- FernandoFernandoFernando may mean:* A Portuguese, Spanish and Italian given name equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand or Vernon, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey".-First name:* Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon...