Fortun or Fortún may refer to:

People

Surname

Antonio Fortún Antonio Fortún (ca. 1800 – ca. 1860) was the first Corregidor (position), corregidor Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was the top civil authority in the municipality of Ponce from April 1850 to 8 January 1851. He was a Spanish military off ...

(c. 1800-c. 1860), former Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico *

Elena Fortún María de la Encarnación Gertrudis Jacoba Aragoneses y de Urquijo (17 November 1886 in Madrid – 8 May 1952 in Madrid) was a Spanish author of children's literature who wrote under the pen name Elena Fortún. She became famous for '' Celia ...

(1886–1952), a Spanish children's author *

Julia Elena Fortún Julia Elena Fortún Melgarejo (9 October 1929 – 5 December 2016) was a Bolivian historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, pioneer in this last field in her country. She was born in the city of Sucre but lived in La Paz ...

(1929–2016), a Bolivian historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist *

Kim Fortun Kim Fortun, an American anthropologist, is a professor at University of California Irvine's department of anthropology. Her interests extend also to science and technology studies with a focus on environmental risk and disaster. From 2017 to 20 ...

, an American anthropologist *

Lawrence Fortun Lawrence Lemuel Hernandez Fortun, also known as Law Fortun, (born August 7, 1971) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is serving as the vice mayor of Butuan since June 30, 2022. He previously served as a member of the House of Representatives ...

, a Filipino politician *

Rafael Fortún Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón (born August 5, 1919, in Camagüey – died June 22, 1982, in Camagüey) was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. His major sporting achieve ...

(1919–1982), a sprinter from Cuba

Given name

Fortún Galíndez Fortún Galíndez (''floruit'' 924–972) was a powerful nobleman in the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century. He is the only recorded Navarrese of that time to bear the title ''dux'' (duke). He was entrusted by Sancho I with the newly conq ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

'' 924–972), a Navarrese nobleman *

Fortún Garcés of Pamplona Fortún Garcés (Basque: ''Orti Gartzez''; died 922) nicknamed the One-eyed (''el Tuerto''), and years later the Monk (''el Monje''), was king of Pamplona from 870/882 until 905. He appears in Arabic records as ''Fortoûn ibn Garsiya'' (''فرت� ...

(died 922), former King of Pamplona *

Fortún Garcés Cajal Fortún Garcés Cajal (died 1146) was a Navarro- Aragonese nobleman and statesman, perhaps "the greatest noble of Alfonso the Battler's reign". He was very wealthy in both land and money, and could raise two to three hundred knights for his retin ...

(died 1146), a Navarro-Aragonese nobleman and statesman * Fortún Íñiguez (c. 842), potential co-regent with

García Íñiguez of Pamplona García Íñiguez I (Latin: ''Garsea Enneconis'', Basque: ''Gartzea Eneko''; c. 810 – 882), also known as García I was the second king of Pamplona from 851–2 until his death. He was the son of Íñigo Arista, the first king of Pamplona. Educ ...

Fortún Jiménez (count) Fortún Jiménez ( 943–58) was the count of Aragon at least between 947 and 958. At that time, Aragon was under the authority of the king of Pamplona, then García Sánchez I, and Fortún appears to have been exercising authority on behalf of the ...

(''fl.'' 943–58), former count of Aragon *

Fortún Ochoiz Fortún Ochoiz or Fortún Ochoa (''floruit'' 1013–1050) was a Kingdom of Navarre, Navarrese nobleman, diplomat, and statesman. Throughout his known career he held the ''tenencia'' of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, an important Marches, marcher lord ...

(''fl.'' 1013–1050), a Navarrese nobleman * Fortún Sánchez (died 1054), a Navarrese nobleman *

Fortún Ximénez Fortún Ximénez Bertandoña (; died 1533) was a Spanish sailor of Basque origin who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the coast of Mexico and is the first European known to have landed in Baja California. Ximénez was the pilot of a ...

(died 1533), a Spanish sailor who led a mutiny near Mexico

Places

Fortun (village) Fortun is a village in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located in the Fortundalen valley, just east of Skjolden, at the innermost part of the Lustrafjorden. The Sognefjellsvegen road passes through the village. Fort ...

, a village in Luster, Norway {{Disambiguation