Fontana (surname)

Fontana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## In arts and entertainment

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### Architecture

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* Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714), an Italian architect
* Domenico Fontana (1543–1607), an Italian architect
* Giovanni Fontana (architect) (1540–1614), an Italian architect
* Jakub Fontana (1710-1773) Polish architect
* Luigi Fontana (1827–1908), an Italian sculptor, painter and architect

### Music

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* Bill Fontana (b. 1947), an American composer, author of sound sculptures
* Carl Fontana (1928–2003), an American jazz trombonist
* D.J. Fontana (1931–2018), an American drummer
* Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer) (c. 1571–1630), an Italian composer and a violinist
* Jimmy Fontana (1934–2013), an Italian composer and singer-songwriter
* Julian Fontana (1810–1869), a Polish pianist and composer
* Melanie Fontana (b. 1986), an American pop singer
* Wayne Fontana (1945–2020), an English pop singer

### Visual arts

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* Annibale Fontana (1540–1587), an Italian sculptor and crystal-worker
* Franco Fontana (born 1933), an Italian photographer
* Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter) (1524–1587), an Italian painter and engraver
* Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), an Italian painter
* Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), an Argentine modern artist
* Luigi Fontana (1827–1908), an Italian sculptor, painter and architect

### Writing

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* D.C. Fontana (1939–2019), an American science fiction writer
* Giovanni Fontana (poet) (born 1946), an Italian poet and publisher
* Tom Fontana (born 1951), an American television writer/producer

### Other arts

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* Federica Fontana (born 1977), a model
* Isabeli Fontana (born 1983), a Brazilian model
* Santino Fontana, (born 1982), an American actor
* Tom Fontana (born 1951), an American television writer/producer

## In science and academia

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* Alessandro Fontana (1936–2013), Italian academic and politician
* David Fontana (1934–2010), British academic, psychologist and author
* Felice Fontana (1730–1805), an Italian scientist
* Francesco Fontana (1580–1656), an Italian astronomer
* Giovanni Fontana (engineer) (ca. 1395 – ca. 1455), Italian physician and engineer
* Gregorio Fontana (1735–1803), an Italian mathematician
* Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499–1557), an Italian mathematician

## In sport

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* Alberto Fontana (born 1967), an Italian footballer
* Alberto Maria Fontana (born 1974), an Italian footballer
* Anthony Fontana (born 1999), an American soccer player
* Arianna Fontana (born 1990), an Italian short-track speed skater
* José de Anchieta Fontana (1940–1980), a Brazilian soccer player/footballer
* Lorenzo Fontana (born 1996), Italian rower
* Norberto Fontana (born 1975), an Argentine racing driver

## In other fields

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* Ilaria Fontana (born 1984), Italian politician
* Lorenzo Fontana (born 1980), Italian politician
* Paul J. Fontana (1911–1997), American Marine general, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient
* Richard Fontana (birth date unknown), an open-source lawyer

## In Fiction

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* Maria Eleanor Raquel Fontana, antagonist in Dead Rising 4

Surname list

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