Fortun or Fortún may refer to:

People

Surname

Antonio Fortún Antonio Fortún (ca. 1800 – ca. 1860) was the first Corregidor (position), corregidor Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was the top civil authority in the municipality of Ponce from April 1850 to 8 January 1851. He was a Spanish military off ...

(c. 1800-c. 1860), former mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico * Elena Fortún (1886–1952), a Spanish children's author *

Julia Elena Fortún Julia Elena Fortún Melgarejo (9 October 1929 – 5 December 2016) was a Bolivian historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, pioneer in this last field in her country. She was born in the city of Sucre but lived in La Paz f ...

(1929–2016), a Bolivian historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist * Kim Fortun, an American anthropologist *

Lawrence Fortun Lawrence Lemuel Hernandez Fortun, also known as Law Fortun, (born August 7, 1971) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the vice mayor of Butuan since June 30, 2022 until May 12 2025. He previously served as a member of the House of R ...

, a Filipino politician *

Rafael Fortún Rafael Emilio Fortún Chacón (born August 5, 1919, in Camagüey – died June 22, 1982, in Camagüey) was a male sprinter from Cuba, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. His major sporting achie ...

(1919–1982), a sprinter from Cuba

Given name

* Fortún Galíndez (''

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

'' 924–972), a Navarrese nobleman *

Fortún Garcés of Pamplona Fortún Garcés (Basque: ''Orti Gartzez''; died 922) nicknamed the One-eyed (''el Tuerto''), and years later the Monk (''el Monje''), was king of Pamplona from 870/882 until 905. He appears in Arabic records as ''Fortoûn ibn Garsiya'' (''فرت� ...

(died 922), former King of Pamplona *

Fortún Garcés Cajal Fortún Garcés Cajal (died 1146) was a Kingdom of Navarre, Navarro-Kingdom of Aragon, Aragonese nobleman and statesman, perhaps "the greatest noble of Alfonso the Battler's reign". He was very wealthy in both land and money, and could raise two t ...

(died 1146), a Navarro-Aragonese nobleman and statesman * Fortún Íñiguez (c. 842), potential co-regent with

García Íñiguez of Pamplona García or Garcia may refer to: People * García (surname) * Kings of Pamplona/Navarre ** García Íñiguez of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 851/2–882 ** García Sánchez I of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 931–970 ** García Sánchez II of Pamp ...

Fortún Jiménez (count) Fortún Jiménez ( 943–58) was the count of Aragon at least between 947 and 958. At that time, Aragon was under the authority of the king of Pamplona, then García Sánchez I, and Fortún appears to have been exercising authority on behalf of th ...

(''fl.'' 943–58), former count of Aragon *

Fortún Ochoiz Fortún Ochoiz or Fortún Ochoa (''floruit'' 1013–1050) was a Navarrese nobleman, diplomat, and statesman. Throughout his known career he held the '' tenencia'' of La Rioja, an important marcher lordship, the rump of the Kingdom of Viguera, an ...

(''fl.'' 1013–1050), a Navarrese nobleman *

Fortún Sánchez Fortún Sánchez (c. 992 – 1 September 1054), called ''Bono Patre'' ("the godfather"), was a Navarrese nobleman and courtier (''curialis''). He had the same wet nurse as King Sancho Garcés III, and was a regular presence at his court from the ...

(died 1054), a Navarrese nobleman *

Fortún Ximénez Fortún Ximénez Bertandoña (; died 1533) was a Spanish sailor of Basque origin who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the Pacific Coast of Mexico and is the first European known to have landed in the Baja California peninsula. Xim ...

(died 1533), a Spanish sailor who led a mutiny near Mexico

Places

* Fortun (village), a village in Luster, Norway {{Disambiguation