Fidel (given name)

For other uses, see Fidel.

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

See also

• Fidelis (name), Latin equivalent