Fontana (surname) explained

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

In arts and entertainment

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