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, Spanish Army officer
- Fidel Castaño, Colombian drug lord and paramilitary
- Fidel Castro, Cuban socialist revolutionary and politician
- Fidel Edwards West-Indian cricketer
- Fidel Negrete, Mexican long-distance runner
- Fidel Nemenzo, Filipino mathematician, professor, and current chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman
- Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino military general, politician, and former president of the Philippines
- Fidel Solórzano, Ecuadorian decathlete
- Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican union leader
- Pen name of Guillermo Prieto, Mexican writer
- Fidel Chaves de la Torre, Spanish footballer better known as just Fidel
