Fidel (given name)

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 (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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