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