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Fontaine is a French word meaning fountain or natural spring or an area of natural springs.
Fountain (Duchamp) is the title of a sculpture by Marcel Duchamp.
Place Names
Fontaine or Fontaines is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:
- Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, in the Oise département
- Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne département
- Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, in the Rhône département
- Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines, in the Yonne département
- Fontaine, Aube, in the Aube département
- Fontaine, Isère, in the Isère département
- Fontaine, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort département
- Fontaine-au-Bois, in the Nord département
- Fontaine-au-Pire, in the Nord département
- Fontaine-Bellenger, in the Eure département
- Fontaine-Bonneleau, in the Oise département
- Fontaine-Chaalis, in the Oise département
- Fontaine-Chalendray, in the Charente-Maritime département
- Fontaine-Couverte, in the Mayenne département
- Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse département
- Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy, in the Marne département
- Fontaine-en-Bray, in the Seine-Maritime département
- Fontaine-en-Dormois, in the Marne département
- Fontaine-Étoupefour, in the Calvados département
- Fontaine-Fourches, in the Seine-et-Marne département
- Fontaine-Française, in the Côte-d'Or département
People
Fontaine is also the name of several persons:
Not to be confused with Fontane.
- Brigitte Fontaine (born 1939), French singer and musician
- Claudia Fontaine, British backing singer
- Del Fontaine, Canadian boxer executed for murder
- Eddie Fontaine, American actor and rockabilly singer
- Fontaine Weyman, American singer, songwriter, guitarist and photographer
- Francis Fontaine (1845-1901), American poet and novelist.
- Frank Fontaine, American comedian and singer
- Frank Fontaine, a fictional character in the 2007 video game BioShock
- Godfrey of Fontaines, medieval philosopher
- Dr. Harlan Fontaine, a fictional character in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire
- Jean-Marc Fontaine, 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.
- Just Fontaine, French football player
- Liam Fontaine, English football player
- Nicole Fontaine, French politician
- Paul Fontaine, American painter
- Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine, Aboriginal Canadian leader
- Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, architect
- Pierre Fontaine (c. 1380–1450), French composer
- René Fontaine, Canadian politician
- Richard Fontaine Maury (1882-1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer
- Yvonne Fontaine, female spy during World War II
La Fontaine is the name of several persons:
- Don LaFontaine, an American voiceover artist
- Henri La Fontaine, a Belgian international lawyer and Nobel Prize for Peace winner
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Oskar Lafontaine, a German politician
See also
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