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Lafontaine


Lafontaine


Lafontaine, French for "the fountain", may refer to:

People

  • Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695), French fabulist, one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century
  • De Lafontaine (1655–1738), French ballerina
  • Georg Wilhelm Lafontaine (1680–1745), German painter
  • Ludolph Lafontaine (1704–1774), German painter
  • August Lafontaine (1758–1831), German writer
  • Albert Millaud (1844–1892), French journalist and playwright, who wrote under various pseudonyms, including "Lafontaine"
  • Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), German politician

Places

  • Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada
  • Lafontaine, Quebec, Canada
  • LaFontaine, a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
  • Lafontaine, Kansas, U.S.
  • La Fontaine, Indiana, U.S.

Other uses

  • Lafontaine (electoral district), a former riding in Quebec, Canada
  • Lafontaine (surname)
  • Lafontaine Bellot, governor of Plaisance, Newfoundland from 1664 to 1667
  • 5780 Lafontaine, a minor planet
  • Hotel LaFontaine, Huntington, Indiana

See also

  • La Fontaine (disambiguation)
  • LaFountain, surname
  • Fountain (disambiguation)


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