Fortune (name)

People

Surname

• Amos Fortune , African American ex-slave and businessman
• Dion Fortune, born Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author
• Jesse Fortune, American Chicago blues singer
• J.D. Fortune, American singer and songwriter who fronted the band INXS from September 2005 till August 2011
• Jimmy Fortune, American country music singer
• Jimmy Fortune, Irish jockey
• John Fortune, British comedian best known for his work on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune
• Kwaku Fortune, Irish actor
• Marc-Antoine Fortuné, French Guianese football player
• Quinton Fortune, South African football player
• Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India
• Rose Fortune, African American businessperson and first female police officer in Canada
• Scott Fortune, American former volleyball player
• Seán Fortune, Irish priest and alleged child molester
• Sonny Fortune, American jazz musician
• Steven Fortune, computer scientist, the namesake of Fortune's algorithm for the convex hull problem
• Timothy Thomas Fortune, American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher
• Victor Fortune, British Army major general

  Given name

• Fortune, African-American slave
• Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton British Mistress of the Robes
• Fortune Gallo, opera impresario
• Fortune Gordien, American athlete, primarily in the discus throw
• Fortuné Méaulle, French wood-engraver

  Fictional characters

• Amos Fortune, DC Comics supervillain
• Anna Fortune, DC Comics character
• Dominic Fortune, Marvel Comics character
• Reginald Fortune, fictional detective of H. C. Bailey
• Fortune, character from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Miss Fortune, the Bounty Hunter, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends