Fortune (name)
Fortune is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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), American singer and song writer who lead the band INXS till August 2011
- Jimmy Fortune (born 1955), American country music singer
- John Fortune (1939-2013), British comedian best known for his work on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune
- 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 (born 1939), 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
Given name:
- Fortune (circa 1743–1798), African-American slave
- Fortune Gallo (1878–1970), opera impresario
- Fortune Gordien (1922–1990), American athlete, primarily in the discus throw
- Fortuné Méaulle (1844–1901), French 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
- Miss Fortune, the Bounty Hunter, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
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