Lafontaine (surname)

Lafontaine is a French topographic surname for someone who lived near a spring or well.

Notable people with the name Lafontaine or La Fontaine include:


 * Allan La Fontaine, (1910–1999), Australian rules footballer
 * Andrea LaFontaine (born 1987), American politician
 * Antoine Ménard, dit Lafontaine (1744–1825), building contractor and politician in Lower Canada
 * August Lafontaine (1758–1831), German novelist
 * Charles Lafontaine (1803–1892), Swiss mesmerist
 * De Lafontaine (1655–1738), French ballerina
 * Denis La Fontaine (1929–2011), Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
 * Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), American voice-over actor
 * Eugène Lafontaine (1857–1935), lawyer, educator, judge and politician
 * Fernand Lafontaine (1922–2010), Canadian politician
 * Francis La Fontaine (1810–1847), chief of the Miami tribe
 * Franz Leopold Lafontaine (1756–1812), German military surgeon
 * Gary LaFontaine (1945–2002), American fly fisherman and author
 * Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), Belgian jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 * Herb LaFontaine (fl. 1951–1953), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Hilary La Fontaine (1937–2012), Kenyan-born British intelligence officer
 * Ida LaFontaine (born 1997), Swedish singer
 * Jacques de Lafontaine de Belcour (1704–1765), French entrepreneur
 * Jean La Fontaine (born 1931), British anthropologist and academic
 * John LaFontaine (born 1990), Canadian lacrosse player
 * Joseph Lafontaine (disambiguation)
 * Joseph Lafontaine (Berthier MLA) (1865–1920), Canadian farmer and politician
 * Joseph Lafontaine (Shefford MLA) (1829–1907), Canadian notary, journalist and politician
 * Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MP) (1885–1965), merchant and politician
 * Laurent-David Lafontaine (1823–1892), Canadian physician and politician
 * Léonie La Fontaine (1857–1949), Belgian pioneering feminist and pacifist
 * Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807–1864), Canadian politician
 * Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942), Canadian film producer
 * Marie-Jo Lafontaine (born 1950), Belgian sculptor and video artist
 * Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), German politician
 * Pablo Lafontaine (fl. 2001–2005), Puerto Rican politician
 * Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), ice hockey player
 * Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (1930–2016), American jazz clarinetist known professionally as Pete Fountain
 * Pietro La Fontaine (1860–1935), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
 * Rita Lafontaine (1939–2016), Canadian actor
 * W. Lafontaine (1796–1859), 19th-century French playwright
 * Yves Lafontaine (born 1959; 1841–1921), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier