Fortune

Fortune (French: fate, luck, fortune, in common parlance it is also used to describe economic success):

  • Fortune (magazine), an American business magazine
  • HMS Fortune, a British destroyer in World War II.
  • The Fortunes, a British vocal group
  • Fortune (computer program), a computer program
  • Fortune (ship type), a standard cargo ship type built by the Japanese shipyard IHI from 1970 onwards
  • Fortune (album), an LP album by American singer and rapper Chris Brown.
  • Fortune (Newfoundland and Labrador), a place in Canada
  • Fortune (island), island in the Philippines
  • a ballad arrangement by John Dowland


Fortune or Fortuné is the family name of the following people:

  • Brian Fortune, Irish actor
  • Clayton Fortune (* 1982), English footballer
  • Dion Fortune (1890-1946), Welsh occultist, Rosicrucian, theosophist and author.
  • Frederick Fortune (1921-1994), US-American bobsleigh athlete
  • George Fortune (1931-2019), US opera singer.
  • Heather Fortune, US flutist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer, and music educator.
  • John Fortune († 2013), British comedian
  • Jonathan Fortune (* 1980), English footballer
  • Julie Fortune (* 1962), US-American SF writer, see Rachel Caine
  • Kristin Fortune, US figure skater
  • Leah Fortune (* 1990), Brazilian-American football player
  • Marc-Antoine Fortuné (* 1981), French football player
  • Quinton Fortune (* 1977), South African football player
  • Reo Franklin Fortune (1903-1979), US anthropologist
  • Robert Fortune (1812-1880), English gardener and explorer
  • Robert Fortune Sanchez (1934-2012), US-American clergyman, senior archbishop of Santa Fe
  • Robert Fortune (director), French director
  • Seán Fortune (1954-1999), priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland
  • Sonny Fortune (1939-2018), US jazz musician.
  • Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928), US-American journalist and civil rights activist


Fortuné is the name

  • of the dog of Joséphine Beauharnais, the wife of Napoléon I, see Fortuné (pug)


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