Fortin Explained

Fortin is a surname, and may refer to:

Artists:

• Augustin Félix Fortin (1763–1832), French painter
• Charles Fortin (1815–1865), French painter
• Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888–1970), Québécois painter
• Robert-Émile Fortin (1945–2004), Québécois painter

Politicians:

• André-Gilles Fortin (1943–1977), Social Credit Party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Dean Fortin (born 1959), Canadian mayor of Victoria
• Émile Fortin (1878–1936), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Gilles Fortin (1946–2021), Québécois provincial politician
• Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1764–1841) farmer and Canadian political figure
• Jean-François Fortin (politician) (born 1973), Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Joseph-Édouard Fortin (1884–1949), Québécois provincial politician
• Louis Fortin (1920–2005), Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Louis-Napoléon Fortin (1850–1892), physician and Québécois provincial politician
• Pierre-Étienne Fortin (1823–1888), Quebec physician Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Roméo Fortin (1886–1953), Québécois provincial politician
• Thomas Fortin (1853–1933), Québécois lawyer, judge, educator and member of the Canadian House of Commons

Sportsmen:

• Alexandre Fortin (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jean-François Fortin (ice hockey) (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Marc-Antoine Fortin (born 1987), Canadian football player
• Marco Fortin (born 1974), Italian goalkeeper
• Ray Fortin (1941–2023), Canadian ice hockey player
• Richard Fortin (cricketer) (born 1941), Singapore-born English cricketer
• Roger Fortin (born 1951), Canadian boxer
• Roman Fortin (born 1967), American football player
• Stéphane Fortin (born 1974), Canadian football player

Others:

• Anne Fortin (born 1957), professor of accounting
• Dan Fortin, general manager of IBM Canada
• Dédé Fortin, (1962–2000), singer in Québécois band Les Colocs
• Ernest Fortin (1923–2002), American professor of theology
• Fred Fortin (born 1971), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Jean-François Fortin (chairman) (born 1947), French businessman and football club chairman
• Jean Nicolas Fortin, (1750–1831), French maker of scientific instruments, and editor of Atlas céleste de Flamstéed
• Judy Fortin (born 1961), American broadcaster
• Nicole Fortin (born c. 1954), Canadian economist
• Richard Fortin (businessman) (born 1949), Canadian businessman