People
- Anne Fernald, an American professor of psychology at Stanford University
- Bert Manfred Fernald, former Governor and United States Senator from Maine, a 19th century educator, farmer and entrepreneur
- Charles Henry Fernald, a 19th century American economic entomologist, geologist and natural scientist
- Grace Fernald, a 20th century educational psychologist and literacy advocate
- Henry Torsey Fernald, C.H. Fernald's son, a 20th century American entomologist and natural scientist
- Ivan Fernald, a Surinamese politician and minister of defense
- Merritt Lyndon Fernald, a 20th century American botanist
- Theodore B. Fernald, a linguistics professor at Swarthmore College
- Fernald, the birth name of Hook-Handed Man, a character in A Series of Unfortunate Events, a children's book series by Lemony Snicket
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