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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 de Vaucluse (spring), a spring in the Vaucluse department
- 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
Other countries
- Fontaine, Arkansas, United States, an unincorporated community
People
Fontaine is also the name of several persons:
- Adélard Fontaine (1842-1967), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Anne Fontaine (born 1971), Paris-based fashion designer
- Audrey Fontaine (born 1992), a French badminton player
- Brigitte Fontaine (born 1939), a French singer and musician
- Carole R. Fontaine (born 1950), American biblical scholar
- Chris Fontaine (born 1981), American professional stock car racing driver
- Claudia Fontaine, British backing singer
- Del Fontaine, Canadian boxer executed for murder
- Dick Fontaine, an English documentary filmmaker
- Eddie Fontaine, American actor and rockabilly singer
- Eva Fontaine (born 1974), a British actress
- 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
- Gabriel Fontaine (born 1940), a Canadian politician
- Godfrey of Fontaines, medieval philosopher
- Dr. Harlan Fontaine, a fictional character in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire
- Henri Fontaine (born 1924), French Roman Catholic missionary
- Hippolyte Fontaine (1833–1910), a French engineer, developer of dinamo
- 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-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
- Joseph-Éloi Fontaine (1865-1930), physician and political figure in Quebec
- Just Fontaine, French football player
- Justin Fontaine (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Yvonne Fontaine (1913-1996), French worker of Special Operations Executive
- Lamar Fontaine (1829-1921), American military veteran, surveyor, poet and author
- Len Fontaine (born 1948), a Canadian who played professional hockey in the United States
- Liam Fontaine, English football player
- Lilian Fontaine (1886-1975), British actress
- Louis Fontaine (1882–1960), an American racecar driver
- Madeline Fontaine, a French costumer designer
- Maurice Fontaine (1919–2015), a French politician
- Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American astronomer, US Navy officer, historian
- Michel Fontaine (born 1934), a French sports shooter
- Nasio Fontaine, reggae artist from the Commonwealth of Dominica
- Nicolas Fontaine (born 1970), a Canadian freestyle skier
- Nicole Fontaine, French politician
- Nora Fontaine Davidson (1836-1929), American schoolteacher, inspired US Memorial Day
- Oliver W. Fontaine (born 1900), American architect
- Pamela Fontaine (born 1964), an American Paralympic table tennis player
- Peter Fontaine (1691-1797), English noble clergyman
- 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
- Raymond Fontaine (born 1980), former professional Canadian football linebacker
- Richard Fontaine Maury (1882-1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer
- Robert Fontaine (born 1980), French chess grandmaster
- Scott Fontaine, American journalist and reporter
- Serge Fontaine (born 1947), a Canadian politician
- Stéphane Fontaine, French cinematographer
- William Fontaine (1909–1968), an American philosopher
- 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
Other
- Fontaine (Charleroi Metro), a metro station in Fontaine-l'Évêque, Belgium
See also
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