Fortune (name)


Fortune (name)


Fortune is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

Surname

  • Amos Fortune (citizen of Jaffrey) (c. 1710–1801), African American ex-slave and businessman
  • Dion Fortune (1890–1946), born Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author
  • Jesse Fortune (1930–2009), American Chicago blues singer
  • J.D. Fortune (1973), Canadian singer and songwriter who fronted the band INXS from September 2005 till August 2011
  • Jimmy Fortune (born 1955), American country music singer
  • Jimmy Fortune (born 1972), Irish jockey
  • John Fortune (1939–2013), British comedian best known for his work on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune
  • Kwaku Fortune, Irish actor
  • Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born 1981), French Guianese football player
  • Quinton Fortune (born 1977), South African football player
  • Robert Fortune (1812–1880), Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India
  • Rose Fortune (1774–1864), African American businessperson and first female police officer in Canada
  • Scott Fortune (born 1966), American former volleyball player
  • Seán Fortune (1954–1999), Irish priest and alleged child molester
  • Sonny Fortune (1939–2018), American jazz musician
  • Steven Fortune, computer scientist, the namesake of Fortune's algorithm for the convex hull problem
  • Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856–1928), American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher
  • Victor Fortune (1883–1949), British Army major general
  • William Fortune (businessman) (1863-1942), American businessman, journalist, and civic leader
  • William Fortune (1897-1947), American football player.

Given name

  • Fortune (circa 1743–1798), African-American slave
  • Fortune Feimster (born 1980), American comedian and actor
  • Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton (1920-2021) British Mistress of the Robes
  • Fortune Gallo (1878–1970), opera impresario
  • Fortune Gordien (1922–1990), American athlete, primarily in the discus throw
  • Fortuné Méaulle (1844–1901), French wood-engraver

Fictional characters

  • Amos Fortune (comics), DC Comics supervillain
  • Anna Fortune, DC Comics character
  • Dominic Fortune, Marvel Comics character
  • Reginald Fortune, fictional detective of H. C. Bailey
  • Fortune, character from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
  • Ms. Fortune (real name Nadia), a character from the fighting game Skullgirls
  • Miss Fortune (real name Sarah), the Bounty Hunter, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Fortune (name) by Wikipedia (Historical)



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