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 Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 6 December 1890 – 6 January 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist and author. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted ph ...

(1890–1946), born Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author *

Jesse Fortune Jesse Fortune (February 28, 1930 – August 31, 2009) was an American Chicago blues singer and barber. Biography Born in Macon, Mississippi, Fortune was trained as a barber before moving to Chicago, Illinois, in 1952. In Chicago, he worked ...

(1930–2009), American Chicago blues singer *

J.D. Fortune Jason Dean Bennison (born September 1, 1973), better known by his stage name J.D. Fortune, is a Canadian singer and songwriter best known for his six-year tenure as the frontman of the Australian rock band INXS. He received worldwide recognition ...

(1973), American singer and songwriter who fronted the band

INXS INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ...

from September 2005 till August 2011 *

Jimmy Fortune Jimmy Fortune (born March 11, 1955) is an American country music singer from Nelson County, Virginia. Fortune sang tenor for The Statler Brothers for 21 years, and wrote the song "Elizabeth" for the group. After The Statler Brothers retired, he c ...

(born 1955), American country music singer *

(born 1972), Irish jockey *

John Fortune John Fortune (born John C. Wood; 30 June 1939 – 31 December 2013) was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune''. Early life Fortu ...

(1939–2013), British comedian best known for his work on the TV series ''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'' *

Kwaku Fortune Kwaku Fortune is an Irish actor. Early life and education Fortune is from Roundwood, County Wicklow. He is of Ghanaian descent on his mother's side. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dubli ...

, Irish actor * Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born 1981), French Guianese football player *

Quinton Fortune Quinton Fortune (born 21 May 1977) is a South African professional football coach and former player, who played as both a midfielder and a defender. His career began in Europe and after stints with Tottenham Hotspur, Mallorca and Atlético M ...

(born 1977), South African football player *

Robert Fortune Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, a ...

(1812–1880), Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India *

Rose Fortune Rose Fortune (March 13, 1774 – February 20, 1864) was a child born in or around Philadelphia of runaway slaves. Her parents became Black Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War when they pledged to be loyal to the British Army in exc ...

(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 Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute. Biography He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Stat ...

(1939–2018), American jazz musician *

Steven Fortune Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

, computer scientist, the namesake of

Fortune's algorithm Fortune's algorithm is a sweep line algorithm for generating a Voronoi diagram from a set of points in a plane using O(''n'' log ''n'') time and O(''n'') space. Section 7.2: Computing the Voronoi Diagram: pp.151–160. It was origina ...

for the convex hull problem *

Timothy Thomas Fortune Timothy Thomas Fortune (October 3, 1856June 2, 1928) was an orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was the highly influential editor of the nation's leading black newspaper ''The New York Age'' and was the leadin ...

(1856–1928), American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher *

Victor Fortune Major General Sir Victor Morven Fortune (21 August 1883 – 2 January 1949) was a senior officer of the British Army. He saw service in both World War I and World War II. He commanded the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during the Battle o ...

(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 Fortune may refer to: General * Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck * Luck * Wealth * Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling * Fortune, in a fortune cookie Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Fortune'' (1931 film) ...

(circa 1743–1798), African-American slave *

Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton Ann Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, (; 24 February 1920 – 3 December 2021) was a British courtier who served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II from 1967 until her death in 2021. She was the wife of Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of ...

(1920- ) British

Mistress of the Robes The mistress of the robes was the senior lady in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. Formerly responsible for the queen consort's/regnant's clothes and jewellery (as the name implies), the post had the responsibility for arranging the rota o ...

Fortune Gallo Fortune Thomas Gallo (May 9, 1878 – March 28, 1970) (born Fortunato Gallo) was an Italian-born opera impresario. Gallo was owner and General Manager of the traveling San Carlo Opera Company from 1913 until its disbandment in the late 1950s. ...

(1878–1970), opera impresario *

Fortune Gordien Fortune Everett Gordien (September 9, 1922 – April 10, 1990) was an American discus thrower and shot putter who set four world records in the discus throw. He competed in this event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed third, fourth ...

(1922–1990), American athlete, primarily in the discus throw *

Fortuné Méaulle Fortuné Louis Méaulle (11 April 1844, Angers – 11 May 1916)"On annonce la mort de : M. Fortuné Méaulle, le dessinateur bien connu qui illustra notamment les pauvres de Victor-Hugo." iJournal des débats politiques et littéraires, 15 May 191 ...

(1844–1901), French wood-engraver

Fictional characters

Amos Fortune (comics) Amos Fortune is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history Amos Fortune first appeared in ''Justice League of America'' #6 (August–September 1961) and was created by Gardner Fox and Mike S ...

, DC Comics supervillain *

Anna Fortune Anna Fortune is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe, a member of the superhero team the Justice Society of America. Anna Fortune first appeared in ''JSA All-Stars'' #5 (June 2010) and was created by Lilah Sturges and Freddie William ...

, DC Comics character *

Dominic Fortune Dominic Fortune is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Created by Howard Chaykin and based on the Scorpion, Chaykin's character for the failed Atlas/Seaboard Comics company, Do ...

, 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 ''Skullgirls'' is a 2D fighting game developed by Reverge Labs and published by Autumn Games. In ''Skullgirls'', players fight each other with teams of one, two, or three characters, attempting to knock out their opponents or have the most cumul ...

'' *Miss Fortune (real name Sarah), the Bounty Hunter, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for War ...

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