Fontana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

In arts and entertainment

Architecture

Carlo Fontana Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714) was an Italian architect originating from today's Canton Ticino, who was in part responsible for the classicizing direction taken by Late Baroque Roman architecture. Biography There seems to be no proof that ...

(1634 or 1638–1714), an Italian architect *

Domenico Fontana Domenico Fontana (154328 June 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples. Biography He was born at Melide, a village on the Lake Lugano, at that time joint p ...

(1543–1607), an Italian architect *

Giovanni Fontana (architect) Giovanni Fontana ( Melide, 1540 – Rome, 1614) was a Dominican friar and late-Mannerist architect, as well as brother of Domenico Fontana. Fontana built one of the most important rural villas of the Roman Campagna in 1601-1605 for the Aldobrandi ...

(1540–1614), an Italian architect *

Jakub Fontana Jakub Fontana (born 1710 in Szczuczyn, died 13 April 1773 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect of Swiss Italian origin, a practitioner of the Baroque and Neoclassical styles. He was court architect to the Polish king. He was knighted in 1764. Jakub ...

(1710-1773) Polish architect *

Luigi Fontana Luigi Fontana (9 February 1827 – 27 December 1908) was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect. Biography He was born at Monte San Pietrangeli in the Marche. He first began training between 1838 and 1841 at Macerata under Gaetano Ferri; t ...

(1827–1908), an Italian sculptor, painter and architect

Music

Bill Fontana Bill Fontana (born April 25, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio) is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art. Life and career Fontana attended the New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. ...

(b. 1947), an American composer, author of sound sculptures *

Carl Fontana Carl Charles Fontana (July 18, 1928 – October 9, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. After working in the big bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, and Stan Kenton, he devoted most of his career to playing music in Las Vegas. Career Font ...

(1928–2003), an American jazz trombonist * D.J. Fontana (1931–2018), an American drummer *

Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer) Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589–1630) was an early Baroque Italian composer and violinist. Fontana was born in Brescia, and worked there and in Rome, Venice, and Padua. He died in Padua during the plague of 1629–31. Nearly all information ...

(c. 1571–1630), an Italian composer and a violinist *

Jimmy Fontana Jimmy Fontana (13 November 1934 – 11 September 2013) was an Italian actor, composer and singer-songwriter. Two of his most famous songs are " Che sarà", performed also by José Feliciano with Ricchi e Poveri, and " Il Mondo". Biography Born ...

(1934–2013), an Italian composer and singer-songwriter *

Julian Fontana Julian (or Jules) Fontana (31 July 181023 December 1869) was a Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author, translator, and entrepreneur, best remembered as a close friend and musical executor of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Life Born in Wars ...

(1810–1869), a Polish pianist and composer *

Melanie Fontana Melanie Joy Fontana (born October 3, 1986)Joyce Cohen''New York Times'', December 26, 2004. is an American singer, composer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group. Early life Fontana was born in Newington, Connecticut. She moved to New Y ...

(b. 1986), an American pop singer *

Wayne Fontana Glyn Geoffrey Ellis (28 October 19456 August 2020

(1945–2020), an English pop singer

Visual arts

Annibale Fontana Annibale Fontana (1540–1587) was an Italian sculptor, medallist and crystal-worker. Fontana was born in Milan. His first known work is a crystal case, now in the ''Schatzkammer '' of Munich, for Albert V of Bavaria (c. 1560-1570). In 1570–157 ...

(1540–1587), an Italian sculptor and crystal-worker * Franco Fontana (born 1933), an Italian photographer *

Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter) Giovanni Battista Fontana (1524 – 25 September 1587) was an Italian painter and engraver. Fontana's training made use of the paintings of masters such as Titian and Veronese. His artistic output in Austria which is recorded from 1562, included ...

(1524–1587), an Italian painter and engraver *

Lavinia Fontana Lavinia Fontana (August 24, 1552 – August 11, 1614) was a Bologna, Bolognese Mannerism, Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious pai ...

(1552–1614), an Italian painter *

Lucio Fontana Lucio Fontana (; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist. He is mostly known as the founder of Spatialism. Early life Born in Rosario, to Italian immigrant parents, he was t ...

(1899–1968), an Argentine modern artist *

(1827–1908), an Italian sculptor, painter and architect

Writing

D.C. Fontana Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original ''Star Trek'' franchise and several Western television series. After a short ...

(1939–2019), an American science fiction writer * Giovanni Fontana (poet) (born 1946), an Italian poet and publisher *

Tom Fontana Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.'' Early life and education Fontana was born on the west sid ...

(born 1951), an American television writer/producer

Other arts

Federica Fontana Federica Fontana (born April 30, 1977) is an Italian television sports announcer (especially for soccer games) and TV program hostess, who also does various kinds of modeling on the side. Biography Federica started to appear in TV and public ...

(born 1977), a model *

Isabeli Fontana Isabeli Bergossi Fontana (born 4 July 1983) is a Brazilian model known for her work with brands like Victoria's Secret. Early life Fontana was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, to Maribel Bergossi and Antonio Carlos Fontana. She is of Italian ...

(born 1983), a Brazilian model *

Santino Fontana Santino Fontana (born March 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He has received a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, Lortel Award, Obie Award, and Clarence Derwent Award in a mix of straight plays and musica ...

, (born 1982), an American actor *

(born 1951), an American television writer/producer

In science and academia

Alessandro Fontana Alessandro Fontana (1936–2013) was an Italian academician and politician for the Christian Democracy Party who held several government posts and served in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999. Biography Fontana was born in Marcheno, ...

(1936–2013), Italian academic and politician *

David Fontana David G. J. Fontana FBPsS (1 November 1934 – 18 October 2010) was a British psychologist, parapsychologist and author. He was Professor of Psychology at Cardiff University. He was also visiting professor at Liverpool John Moores University and ...

(1934–2010), British academic, psychologist and author *

Francesco Fontana Francesco Fontana (, Naples – July 1656, Naples) was an Italian lawyer and an astronomer. Biography Francesco Fontana studied law at the University of Naples and then he became a lawyer in the court at the Castel Capuano. But failing to alwa ...

(1580–1656), an Italian astronomer *

Felice Fontana Abbé Gasparo Ferdinando Felice Fontana (15 April 1730 – 9 March 1805) was an Italian polymath who contributed to experimental studies in physiology, toxicology, and physics. As a physicist he discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780. He ...

(1730–1805), an Italian scientist *

Giovanni Fontana (engineer) Giovanni Fontana, also known as Johannes de Fontana (ca. 1395 – ca. 1455) was a fifteenth-century Italian physician and engineer. He was born in Venice in the 1390s and attended the University of Padua, where he received his degree in arts in 141 ...

(ca. 1395 – ca. 1455), Italian physician and engineer *

Gregorio Fontana Gregorio Fontana, born Giovanni Battista Lorenzo Fontana (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an Italian mathematician and a religious of the Piarist order. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscov ...

(1735–1803), an Italian mathematician *

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (; 1499/1500 – 13 December 1557) was an Italian mathematician, engineer (designing fortifications), a surveyor (of topography, seeking the best means of defense or offense) and a bookkeeper from the then Republi ...

(1499–1557), an Italian mathematician

In sport

* Alberto Fontana (born 1967), an Italian footballer *

Alberto Maria Fontana Alberto Maria Fontana (born 2 December 1974) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the vast majority of his 18-year senior career as a backup. In Serie A, he represented Torino and Novara, for a total of 25 games ...

(born 1974), an Italian footballer *

Arianna Fontana Arianna Fontana OMRI (born 14 April 1990) is an Italian short track speed skater, who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track, one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 20 ...

(born 1990), an Italian short track speed skater * José de Anchieta Fontana (1940–1980), a Brazilian soccer player/footballer *

Lorenzo Fontana Lorenzo Fontana (born 10 April 1980) is an Italian politician and member of the League (Lega), who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies since 14 October 2022. Fontana served as Minister of European Affairs in the Conte I Cabinet. ...

(born 1996), Italian rower *Luciano Fontana (born 1965), Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier *

Norberto Fontana Norberto Edgardo Fontana (born 20 January 1975) is an Argentine racing driver. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 June 1997 but scoring no championship points. His opportunity to race came as a result of two separat ...

(born 1975), an Argentine racing driver

In other fields

Ilaria Fontana Ilaria Fontana (born 26 June 1984) is an Italian politician from the Five Star Movement. She is a member of the Chamber of Deputies and is Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Ecological Transition in the Draghi Government. Reference ...

(born 1984), Italian politician *

(born 1980), Italian politician * Paul J. Fontana (1911–1997), American Marine general, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient *

Richard Fontana Richard Fontana is a lawyer in the United States who is particularly known for his work in the area of open source and free software. Fontana works at Red Hat. Before Red Hat he was counsel at the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). In 2012 Fontana ...

(birth date unknown), an open source lawyer {{surname, Fontana Italian-language surnames Italian toponymic surnames