# Fontaine (surname)

Fontaine is a French topographic surname for someone who lived near a spring or well. It was originally found in northern and central France. Variants of Fontaine include Fountain, La Fontaine, Lafontaine, and de La Fontaine. Notable people with the name include:

## People

* Adélard Fontaine (1892–1967), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Anne Fontaine (born 1959), Luxembourger filmmaker
* Anne Fontaine (designer) (born 1971), Paris-based fashion designer
* Arturo Fontaine Talavera (born 1952), Chilean writer and political philosopher
* Audrey Fontaine (born 1992), French badminton player
* Bertha V. Fontaine (1929–1986), American home economist
* Brigitte Fontaine (born 1939), French singer and musician
* Carole R. Fontaine (born 1950), American biblical scholar
* Chris Fontaine (born 1981), American professional stock car racing driver
* Claudia Fontaine (1960–2018), British backing singer
* Cynthia Lee Fontaine (born 1981), Puerto Rican drag queen
* Del Fontaine (1904–1935), Canadian boxer executed for murder
* Dick Fontaine, English documentary filmmaker
* Eddie Fontaine (1927–1992), American actor and rockabilly singer
* Eva Fontaine (born 1974), British actress
* Francis Fontaine (1845–1901), American poet and novelist
* Frank Fontaine (1920–1978), American comedian and singer
* Gabriel Fontaine (born 1940), Canadian politician
* Godfrey of Fontaines (fl. 1250–1306), medieval philosopher
* Henri Fontaine (1924–2020), French Roman Catholic missionary
* Hippolyte Fontaine (1833–1910), French engineer, developer of dynamo
* Isaac Fontaine (born 1975), American former professional basketball player
* Jacquelynne Fontaine (born 1982), American opera singer, actress, Miss California 2006
* James Fontaine (1757–1790), US major during American Revolutionary War
* Jean Fontaine (1936–2021), French writer and theologian
* Jean-Marc Fontaine (1944–2019), French mathematician
* Jerry Fontaine, Canadian politician
* Joan Fontaine (1917−2013), British American actress
* John Fontaine (1792–1866), the first mayor of Columbus, Georgia, from 1836 to 1837
* Joseph-Éloi Fontaine (1865–1930), physician and political figure in Quebec
* Juan Andrés Fontaine (born 1954), Chilean Minister for the Economy, Development, and Reconstruction and Minister of Public Works in the 2010s
* Just Fontaine (1933–2023), French football player
* Justin Fontaine (hockey player) (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Kathleen Fontaine (born 22 March 1962), American physicist and ethicist
* Lamar Fontaine (1829–1921), American military veteran, surveyor, poet and author
* Len Fontaine (1948–2019), Canadian who played professional hockey in the United States
* Liam Fontaine (born 1986), English football player
* Lilian Fontaine (1886–1975), British actress
* Madeline Fontaine, French costumer designer
* Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), American astronomer, US Navy officer, historian
* Maurice Fontaine (1919–2015), French politician
* Michel Fontaine (born 1934), French sports shooter
* Nasio Fontaine, reggae artist from the Commonwealth of Dominica
* Nicolas Fontaine (born 1970), Canadian freestyle skier
* Nicole Fontaine, French politician
* Nora Fontaine Davidson (1836–1929), American schoolteacher, inspired US Memorial Day
* Oliver W. Fontaine (fl. 1900–1967), American architect
* Pamela Fontaine (born 1964), American Paralympic table tennis player
* Paul Fontaine, American painter
* Peter Fontaine (1691–1797), English noble clergyman
* Phil Fontaine (born 1944), Aboriginal Canadian leader
* Pierre Fontaine (composer) (c. 1380–1450), French composer
* Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853), French architect
* Raymond Fontaine (born 1980), Canadian football linebacker
* René Fontaine (1933–2012), Canadian politician
* Richard Maury (1882–1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer
* Robert Fontaine (born 1980), French chess grandmaster
* Serge Fontaine (born 1947), Canadian politician
* Stéphane Fontaine, French cinematographer
* Tina Fontaine (1999–2014), Canadian murder victim
* William Fontaine (1909–1968), American philosopher
* Yvette Fontaine (born 1946), Belgian racing driver
* Yvonne Fontaine (1913–1996), French worker of Special Operations Executive

## Characters

* Frank Fontaine, fictional character in the 2007 video game BioShock
* Furina de Fontaine, a character from the video game Genshin Impact
* Dr. Harlan Fontaine, fictional character in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire
* Vic Fontaine, fictional, holographic nightclub singer in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine