Fortune is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
Surname
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Amos Fortune (citizen of Jaffrey) (c. 1710–1801), African American ex-slave and businessman
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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
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Jesse Fortune (1930–2009), American Chicago blues singer
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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 a ...
(1973), American singer and songwriter who fronted the band
INXS
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian 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 keyboardist Andrew Farriss ...
from September 2005 till August 2011
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Jimmy Fortune (born 1955), American country music singer
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Jimmy Fortune (born 1972), Irish jockey
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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''
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Kwaku Fortune, Irish actor
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Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born 1981), French Guianese football player
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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 Madr ...
(born 1977), South African football player
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Robert Fortune (1812–1880), Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India
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Rose Fortune (1774–1864), African American businessperson and first female police officer in Canada
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Scott Fortune (born 1966), American former volleyball player
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Seán Fortune (1954–1999), Irish priest and alleged child molester
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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
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Steven Fortune, 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
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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 leadi ...
(1856–1928), American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher
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Victor Fortune (1883–1949), British Army major general
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William Fortune (businessman) (1863-1942), American businessman, journalist, and civic leader
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William Fortune (1897-1947), American football player.
Given name
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Fortune (circa 1743–1798), African-American slave
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Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton (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 ...
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Fortune Gallo (1878–1970), opera impresario
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Fortune Gordien (1922–1990), American athlete, primarily in the discus throw
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Fortuné Méaulle (1844–1901), French wood-engraver
Fictional characters
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Amos Fortune (comics), DC Comics supervillain
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Anna Fortune, DC Comics character
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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
''Skullgirls'' is a 2D fighting game
A fighting game, also known as a versus fighting game, is a genre of video game that involves combat between two or more players. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as blocking, grappli ...
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*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 custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...
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