Fortune (name)

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 (1890–1946), born Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author
• Jesse Fortune (1930–2009), American Chicago blues singer
• J.D. Fortune (1973), Canadian singer and songwriter who fronted the band INXS from September 2005 till August 2011
• Jimmy Fortune (born 1955), American country music singer
• Jimmy Fortune (born 1972), Irish jockey
• John Fortune (1939–2013), British comedian best known for his work on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune
• Kwaku Fortune, Irish actor
• Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born 1981), French Guianese football player
• Quinton Fortune (born 1977), South African football player
• Robert Fortune (1812–1880), Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India
• Rose Fortune (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 (1939–2018), American jazz musician
• Steven Fortune, computer scientist, the namesake of Fortune's algorithm for the convex hull problem
• Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856–1928), American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher
• Victor Fortune (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 (circa 1743–1798), African-American slave
• Fortune Feimster (born 1980), American comedian and actor
• Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton (1920-2021) British Mistress of the Robes
• Fortune Gallo (1878–1970), opera impresario
• Fortune Gordien (1922–1990), American athlete, primarily in the discus throw
• Fortuné Méaulle (1844–1901), French wood-engraver

Fictional characters

• Amos Fortune (comics), 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
• Ms. Fortune (real name Nadia), a character from the fighting game Skullgirls
• Miss Fortune (real name Sarah), the Bounty Hunter, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends