Namesakes
Hernando de Soto
(a.k.a. Ferdinando) (m) c. 1496-1542 
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri
(m) 1821-1893
Saints
Grimoaldo of the Purification
(a.k.a. Ferdinando) (m) 1883-1902
Saints
Ferdinando Gandolfi
(m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1992 water polo (gold)