Famous People with Name Fernando

Fernando Orsi            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Fernando Orsi: an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player.Orsi, a goalkeeper, made his professional debut in 1979 for Serie C2 club Siena. He made his Serie A debut with Lazio in 1982, a team where he played from 1982 to 1985, and again, as backup keeper, from 1989 until his retirement in 1998.

Fernando Veneranda            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Fernando Veneranda: was an Italian football (soccer) player and manager.Veneranda, a forward, started his professional career for Fiorentina, where he played from 1960 to 1963. He never played a single Serie A match, but appeared in a Cup Winners' Cup match, as well as in the Coppa Italia and Mitropa Cup. He owns the record of being the Fiorentina players with the highest number of appearances without having ever played a league match.[3] He then played for a number of Serie A, B and C clubs. Veneranda ended his playing career in 1970 for Matera, and soon became manager of the same club.

Fernando Tambroni Armaroli            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Fernando Tambroni Armaroli: was an Italian politician of the Christian Democratic Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy briefly in 1960, best remembered for the riots which resulted from the possibility that he might look to the Movimento Sociale Italiano for support against the par

Fernando Atzori            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Fernando Atzori: is a former professional boxer, and olympic boxing gold medalist from Italy.Atzori had an outstanding amateur career. In 1963 and 1964 he was the Italian Flyweight Champion, and in 1964 he was the Olympic Flyweight Champion. His overall Amateur record in

Fernando Cavallini            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Fernando Cavallini: was an Italian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team sabre events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Enrique M Fernando            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Enrique M Fernando: was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. A noted constitutionalist and law professor, he served in the Supreme Court for 18 years, including 6 years as Chief Justice.Fernando was born in Malate, Manila. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of the Philippines College of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 1938. Shortly after admission to the bar, he joined the faculty of his alma mater, where he taught as a full-time member of the faculty until 1953, and as a professorial lecturer for decades afterwards. He was eventually appointed as the George A. Malcolm Professor of Constitutional Law. Later, he would also teach constitutional law at the Lyceum of the Philippines. Fernando was feared for his rather tyrannical manner in the classroom, yet many of his law students would emerge as Supreme Court justices or prominent practitioners in their own right.

Adelaida Fernando            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Adelaida Fernando: was a Filipina comedian and singer. Her career in entertainment spanned seven decades, beginning in bodabil and ending in television.Atay-Atayan had completed her second year in high school when she broke into showbusiness as a kundiman singer at the Palace Theater in Manila.[2] From 1930 to 1934, she toured with a bodabil troupe, billing herself as "The Queen of Laughs".[2] She made her film debut in 1940 with Lakambini, where she played opposite her husband, comedian Andoy Balunbalunan. After Balunbalunan's death, she married Catalino Ong.[1]

Tyronne Fernando            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Tyronne Fernando: was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Foreign Minister from 2001 until 2004.In 1974, Fernando entered politics after he joined the United National Party. He was elected to Parliament in 1977 as a representative of the Moratuwa constituency, a strongho

Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando: was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from 1 November 1991 - 16 November 1992. He was assassinated by the LTTE[1] in 1992, as the most senior officer in the Sri Lankan military to be killed in the line of duty.Within the Sri Lankan Navy, he has held the ranks of Midshipman, Sub Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain and Commodore respectively. In 1991, he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and held the post of the Chief of Staff of the Navy, shortly he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on appointment to the office of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. After becoming Navy Commander he intensified naval operations against the LTTE, effectively denying the terrorist free use of the sea.

Mark Fernando            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Mark 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.Fernando was born in a family with a long judicial tradition on 27 February 1941. His father was former Chief Justice H. N. G. Fernan