Fortune Explained

Fortune may refer to:

General

• Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck
• Luck
• Wealth
• Fate
• Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling
• Fortune, in a fortune cookie

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• The Fortune (1931 film), a French film
• The Fortune, a 1975 American film
• Fortune TV, Burma
• , a 2007 UK TV programme
• "Fortune" (Smallville), a US TV episode

Music

• Fortune Records, 1946–1995
• Fortune (band), 1980s, US
• The Fortunes, an English harmony beat group
• Fortune (Beni album), 2011
• Fortune (Callers album) and its title song, 2008
• Fortune (Chris Brown album), 2012
• "Fortune" (song), by Nami Tamaki, 2005
• "Fortune", a song by Emma Pollock from Watch the Fireworks, 2007
• "Fortune", a song by Great Big Sea from Sea of No Cares, 2002

Sports and games

• Fortune (Metal Gear), a video game character
• Fortune (professional wrestling)

Theatres

• Fortune Playhouse, a theatre in London, England
• Fortune Theatre, London, England
• Fortune Theatre, Dunedin
• New Fortune Theatre, University of Western Australia, Perth

Businesses

• Fortune Brands, a former US company
  • Fortune Brands Home & Security, a successor company
• Fortune Systems, a defunct US computer company
• Fortune Tobacco, a Philippine company now part of PMFTC

People

• Fortune (name), a surname and given name
• Fortune (American slave) (c. 1743 – 1798), African-American slave

Periodicals

• Fortune (magazine), US
• Addis Fortune or Fortune, a newspaper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Places

• Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
• Fortune (constituency), in Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong
• Fortune, a barangay in Marikina, Philippines
• Fortune, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in the U.S.
• Fortunen, Denmark
• Fortune Island (disambiguation)

Ships

• Fortune (1799 ship)
• Fortune (1800 ship)
• Fortune (1805 ship)
• Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship)
• HMS Fortune, ships of the Royal Navy, including:
  • HMS Fortune (1778), a 14-gun sloop
  • HMS Fortune (1913), an Acasta-class destroyer
  • HMS Fortune (H70), an F-class destroyer
• HMCS Fortune (MCB 151), a Canadian minesweeper
• SS Fortune, a cargo ship
• USS Fortune (1865), a tugboat
• USS Fortune (IX-146), a cargo ship
• MSC Fortunate, a cargo ship also known as MV Fortune and MV Hyundai Fortune

Other uses

• fortune, a Unix program
• Fortune, a typeface designed by Walter Baum

See also

• Fortuna (disambiguation)
• Fortunate (disambiguation)
• Misfortune (disambiguation)