Fidel (first name)
Fidel is a male given name of Spanish origin. It goes back to the Latin root word fides (trust, loyalty). In the German-speaking world, the name is mostly used as a short form of the name Fidelis after Saint Fidelis von Sigmaringen .
Well-known namesake (alphabetically)
- Fidel André (1770–1827), Lord Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau from 1824 to 1827
- Fidel von Baur-Breitenfeld (1805–1882), German officer and minister of war in the service of the King of Württemberg
- Fidel Binz (1850–1920), German sculptor
- Fidel Brunhart , Liechtenstein politician
- Fidel Castro (1926 / 27–2016), Cuban head of state and revolutionary leader
- Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (1949–2018), Cuban nuclear physicist and son of Fidel Castro
- Fidel Hollinger (1818–1889), German printer and publicist of the Vormärz and March Revolution of 1848/1849
- Fidel Kröner (1839–1904), Austrian stonemason and master builder
- Fidel Martínez (* 1990), Ecuadorian football player
- Fidel Nadal , Argentine singer and songwriter
- Fidel Pagés (1886–1923), Spanish military doctor and developer of epidural anesthesia
- Fidel Peugeot (* 1969), Swiss graphic and type designer
- Fidel Rädle , German medievalist
- Fidel Ramos , General and President of the Philippines
- Fidel Sánchez Hernández (1917–2003), Salvadoran general and President of El Salvador from 1967 to 1972
- Fidel Sporer (1731–1811), German Rococo sculptor
- Fidel Uriarte (1945-2016), Spanish football player
- Fidel Wagner (1912–1945), German cross-country skier and Nordic combined athlete
- Fidel Markus Wohlwend (1808–1883), Austrian landowner and politician
- Fidel Zurlauben (1675–1731), the last political representative of the Zurlauben family from Zug in Switzerland
- Beat Fidel Zurlauben (1720–1799), the last male descendant of the Zurlauben family
See also
Wiktionary: Fidel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
