Fontana (family name)
Fontana is an originally local Italian family name meaning "the (spring) fountain ".
Name bearer
A.
- Adriano Fontana (* 1946), Swiss doctor and immunologist
- Alex Fontana (* 1992), Swiss racing driver
- Aniello Fontana (1947–2019), Swiss real estate entrepreneur and football official
- Annemie Fontana (1925–2002), Swiss artist
- Anthony Fontana (* 1999), American football player
- Antonio Fontana (1784–1865), Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and educator
- Arianna Fontana (* 1990), Italian short tracker
- Attilio Fontana (* 1952), Italian politician
B.
- Baldassare Fontana (1661–1733), Swiss sculptor, plasterer and architect
- Barbra Fontana (* 1965), American beach volleyball player
- Benedikt Fontana (Vogt) (around 1450–1499), Swiss Vogt and freedom hero
- Benedikt Fontana (psychiatrist) (* 1926), Swiss psychiatrist
- Bill Fontana (born 1947), American artist
- Bruno Fontana (* 1936), Italian writer and screenwriter
C.
- Carl Fontana (1928–2003), American jazz trombonist
- Carlo Fontana (1638–1714), Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
- Carlo d'Ottavio Fontana (1774–1832), Swiss businessman and collector
- Corsin Fontana (* 1944), Swiss artist, areas of object art, drawing, woodcut, painting, film, action art, installation
D.
- DJ Fontana (1931-2018), American drummer
- Daniel Fontana (* 1975), Argentine-Italian triathlete
- Domenico Fontana (1543–1607), Italian architect
- Donald Fontana (1931-2015), Canadian tennis player
- Dorothy Fontana (1939-2019), American screenwriter
E.
- Eszter Fontana (* 1948), Hungarian musicologist
F.
- Fabrizio Fontana († 1695), Italian organist and composer
- Felice Fontana (1730–1805), Italian natural scientist
- Ferdinando Fontana (1850–1919), Italian playwright, librettist, poet and translator
- Fernando Dalla Fontana , Argentine tennis player
- Francesco Fontana (astronomer) (1580/1590 – around 1656), Italian astronomer
- Francesco Fontana (architect) (1668–1708), Italian architect
- Francesco Fontana (cardinal) (1750–1822), Italian cardinal
- Franco Fontana (* 1933), Italian photographer
G
- Gabriele Fontana (* 1957), Austrian opera singer
- Gerardo Fontana (* 1953), Italian director and screenwriter
- Giacinto Fontana, called Farfallino (1692–1739), Italian opera singer (soprano castrato)
- Giacomo Fontana ( Jakub Fontana , 1710–1773), Polish architect
- Giacomo Giuseppe Fontana (1676–1739), Polish architect, see Józef Fontana
- Gian Fontana (1897–1935), Swiss Romansh writer and poet
- Giorgio Fontana (* 1981), Italian writer
- Giovanni Fontana (1395–1455), Italian engineer, see Johannes de Fontana
- Giovanni Fontana (architect) (1540–1614), Italian architect
- Giovanni Fontana (poet) (* 1946), Italian poet and artist
- Giovanni Angelo Fontana (* 1944), Italian politician
- Giovanni Battista Fontana (painter) (around 1524–1587), Italian artist
- Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer) (around 1571–1630), Italian composer and violinist
- Giuseppe Fontana (medic) (1729–1788), Italian medic
- Giuseppe Fontana (Cistercian) († 1826), Italian religious
- Giuseppe Fontana (soccer player) (* 1952), Italian soccer player
- Giuseppe Fontana (economist) (* 1968), Italian economist
- Gregorio Fontana (mathematician) (1735–1803), Italian mathematician
- Gregorio Fontana (politician) (* 1963), Italian politician (PdL)
I.
- Isabeli Fontana (* 1983), Brazilian model
- Ivano Fontana (1926-1993), Italian boxer
J
- Jimmy Fontana (1934–2013), Italian singer, composer and actor
- José de Anchieta Fontana (1940–1980), Brazilian soccer player
- Josef Fontana (* 1937), Italian South Tyrol activist
- Józef Fontana ( Giacomo Giuseppe Fontana ; 1676–1739), Italian-Polish architect
- Juan López Fontana (1908–1984), Uruguayan football coach, see Juan López (football coach)
- Julian Fontana (1810–1869), Polish pianist and composer
L.
- Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), Italian painter
- Lenny Fontana (* 1968), American house DJ
- Lito Fontana (* 1962), Italian-Argentine trombonist
- Lorenzo Fontana (* 1980), Italian politician
- Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), Italian painter and sculptor
- Ludwig Fontana (1824–1894), Russian architect
- Luigi Fontana (1812–1877), Swiss architect
- Luis Jorge Fontana (1846–1920), Argentine naturalist, military man and city founder
M.
- Marco Aurelio Fontana (* 1984), Italian cyclocross rider
- Micol Fontana († 2015), Italian fashion designer
N
- Norberto Fontana (* 1975), Argentine Formula 1 racing driver
O
- Oskar Maurus Fontana (1889–1969), Austrian writer
P
- Paolo Fontana (1696–1765), Italian-Ukrainian architect
- Paolo Fontana (coachbuilder) (20th century), Italian coachbuilder ( Carrozzeria Paolo Fontana ) and racing driver
- Prospero Fontana (1512–1597), Italian painter
R.
- Riccardo Fontana (* 1947), Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
- Rod Fontana (* 1952), American porn actor and director
S.
- Silvia Fontana (* 1976), Italian figure skater
- Summer Fontana (* 2008), American actress
- Susana Fontana (1937-2010), Argentine journalist
T
- Trude Fontana (1910–1998), Austrian writer
U
- Ugo Fontana (soccer player) (1898– ??), Swiss soccer player
- Ugo Fontana (illustrator) (1921–1985), Italian children's book illustrator
V
- Victor Fontana (1948–1989), Romanian biathlete
- Vincenzo Fontana (* 1952), Italian politician (PdL)