Fortin is a surname, and may refer to:
Artists:
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Augustin Félix Fortin (1763–1832), French painter
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Charles Fortin (1815–1865), French painter
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Marc-Aurèle Fortin
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (; March 14, 1888 – March 2, 1970) was a Québécois painter, known best for paintings that convey the charm of small-town Quebec.
Career
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in 1888 in Ste-Rose, Quebec, son of Thomas Fortin. ...
(1888–1970), Québécois painter
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Robert-Émile Fortin
Robert-Émile Fortin (December 19, 1945 – July 8, 2004) was a Quebec painter.
He was born in Hull, Quebec, the son of Émile Fortin and Aline Boisvert. His mother died before he was two years old and Fortin was raised at the Sainte-Thér� ...
(1945–2004), Québécois painter
Politicians:
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André-Gilles Fortin
André-Gilles Fortin (; November 13, 1943 – June 24, 1977) was a Canadian politician. Fortin was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for Lotbinière. He was first elected in the 1968 federal election for the Ralliement Créditist ...
(1943–1977), Social Credit Party member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Dean Fortin
Dean Fortin (born March 1, 1959) served as mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, from 2008 to 2014.
Dean Fortin was first elected to city council in 2002 and became the 51st Mayor of Victoria on November 15, 2008. He was sworn into office for a s ...
(born 1959), Canadian mayor of Victoria
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Émile Fortin
Émile Fortin (18 February 1878 – 18 May 1936) was a Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Lévis, Quebec, and became a pharmacist and physician.
Fortin, a graduate of ...
(1878–1936), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Gilles Fortin (1946–2021), Québécois provincial politician
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Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1764–1841) farmer and Canadian political figure
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Jean-François Fortin (politician) (born 1973), Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Joseph-Édouard Fortin
Joseph-Édouard Fortin (June 10, 1884 – April 9, 1949) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauce from 1929 to 1935. He was also mayor of Beauceville, Quebec
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(1884–1949), Québécois provincial politician
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Louis Fortin (1920–2005), Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Louis-Napoléon Fortin
Louis-Napoléon Fortin (August 8, 1850 – March 31, 1892) was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmagny (provincial electoral district), Montmagny in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1876 to 1883 as a Quebe ...
(1850–1892), physician and Québécois provincial politician
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Pierre-Étienne Fortin (1823–1888), Quebec physician Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Roméo Fortin
Roméo Fortin (May 16, 1886 – August 16, 1953) was a Canadian provincial politician.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Fortin was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, ...
(1886–1953), Québécois provincial politician
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Thomas Fortin (1853–1933), Québécois lawyer, judge, educator and member of the Canadian House of Commons
Sportsmen:
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Alexandre Fortin (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
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Jean-François Fortin (ice hockey) (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
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Marc-Antoine Fortin (born 1987), Canadian football player
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Marco Fortin
Marco Fortin (born 8 July 1974) is an Italian former football goalkeeper. During his playing career, Fortin frequently wore the number 14 shirt, as the pronunciation of his surname sounded similar to the number fourteen in English.
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(born 1974), Italian goalkeeper
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Ray Fortin (1941–2023), Canadian ice hockey player
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Richard Fortin (cricketer) (born 1941), Singapore-born English cricketer
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Roger Fortin
Roger Fortin (born October 27, 1951, in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's light heavyweight division (– 81 ki ...
(born 1951), Canadian boxer
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Roman Fortin (born 1967), American football player
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Stéphane Fortin (born 1974), Canadian football player
Others:
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Anne Fortin (born 1957), professor of accounting
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Dan Fortin, general manager of IBM Canada
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Dédé Fortin, (1962–2000), singer in Québécois band Les Colocs
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Ernest Fortin
Ernest L. Fortin, Assumptionists, A.A. (December 17, 1923 – October 22, 2002) was a professor of theology at Boston College. While engaged in graduate studies in France, he met Allan Bloom, who introduced him to the work of Leo Strauss. Fathe ...
(1923–2002), American professor of theology
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Fred Fortin
Fred Fortin (born Joseph Antoine Frédéric Fortin Perron on 5 May 1971 in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter. Formerly associated with the bands Galaxie, Gros Mené and Les Breastfeeders, he has also released several ...
(born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter
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Jean-François Fortin (chairman) (born 1947), French businessman and football club chairman
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Jean Nicolas Fortin, (1750–1831), French maker of scientific instruments, and editor of ''Atlas céleste de Flamstéed''
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Judy Fortin (born 1961), American broadcaster
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Nicole Fortin (born c. 1954), Canadian economist
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Richard Fortin (businessman) (born 1949), Canadian businessman
See also
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French-language surnames