Fountain (disambiguation) explained

A fountain is a piece of architecture that pours or jets water for drinking or for decorative effect.

Fountain or Fountains may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Fountain (1988 film), a Russian film directed by Yuri Mamin
• Fountain (Duchamp), a 1917 sculpture by Marcel Duchamp
• Fountain (juggling), a juggling pattern
• "Fountain", a song by PJ Harvey from the 1992 album Dry
• "Fountain (I Am Good)", a song by Mosaic MSC from the 2020 album Human
• "Fountains", a song by Drake from the 2021 album Certified Lover Boy

People

• Albert Jennings Fountain (1838–1896), American lawyer and politician
• Ben Fountain (born 1958), American fiction writer
• Cherryl Fountain (born 1950), British artist
• Clarence Fountain (1929–2018), American gospel singer of The Blind Boys of Alabama
• Daurice Fountain (born 1995), American football player
• Hyleas Fountain (born 1981), American heptathlete
• Nigel Fountain (born 1944), British writer and journalist
• Pete Fountain (1930–2016), American jazz clarinetist
• Fountain E. Pitts (1808–1874), American Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain
• Fountain Hughes (1848–1957), former slave interviewed by Library of Congress as part of the Federal Writers' Project

Places

Canada

• Fountain, British Columbia
  • Xaxli'p First Nation, or the Fountain or the Fountain Indian Band, a First Nations government

United States

• Fountain, Colorado
• Fountain, Florida
• Fountain, Illinois
• Fountain, Indiana
  • Fontanet, Indiana, also known as Fountain or Fountain Station
  • Fountain County, Indiana
• Fountain City, Indiana
• Fountain, Michigan
• Fountain, Minnesota
• Fountain, North Carolina
• Fountain City, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Fountain, West Virginia
• Fountain, Wisconsin
• Fountain City, Wisconsin
• Fountain County, Jefferson Territory 1859–1861

Elsewhere

• Fountain, U.S. Virgin Islands

Other uses

• Fountain (heraldry), a roundel with wavy blue and white stripes in heraldry
• Fountain (markup language), an open-source markup language for screenwriting
• Fountain F.C., a Nigerian football club
• Fountain syndrome, a congenital disorder
• Fountain University, in Osogbo, Nigeria
• Drinking fountain, a fountain designed to provide drinking water
• Soda fountain, a carbonated drink dispenser
• Gerb (pyrotechnic), or fountain, a type of firework

See also

• The Fountain (disambiguation)
• Fountain Creek (disambiguation)
• Fountain Hill (disambiguation)
• Fountain House (disambiguation)
• Fountain of Youth (disambiguation)
• Fountain Square (disambiguation)
• Fountain Township (disambiguation)
• Fountain Valley (disambiguation)
• Centennial Fountain (disambiguation)
• Fountaine, a surname
• Fountains Abbey, a ruined monastery in Yorkshire, England
• Fountains Fell, a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England