Fontana (surname)

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

Architecture

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * Maria Eleanor Raquel Fontana, antagonist in Dead Rising 4