Lafontaine (surname)

Lafontaine is a French topographic surname for someone who lived near a spring or well.

Notable people with the name Lafontaine or La Fontaine include:

• Allan La Fontaine, (1910–1999), Australian rules footballer
• Andrea LaFontaine (born 1987), American politician
• Antoine Ménard, dit Lafontaine (1744–1825), building contractor and politician in Lower Canada
• August Lafontaine (1758–1831), German novelist
• Charles Lafontaine (1803–1892), Swiss mesmerist
• De Lafontaine (1655–1738), French ballerina
• Denis La Fontaine (1929–2011), Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
• Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), American voice-over actor
• Eugène Lafontaine (1857–1935), lawyer, educator, judge and politician
• Fernand Lafontaine (1922–2010), Canadian politician
• Francis La Fontaine (1810–1847), chief of the Miami tribe
• Franz Leopold Lafontaine (1756–1812), German military surgeon
• Gary LaFontaine (1945–2002), American fly fisherman and author
• Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), Belgian jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Herb LaFontaine (fl. 1951–1953), Canadian ice hockey player
• Hilary La Fontaine (1937–2012), Kenyan-born British intelligence officer
• Ida LaFontaine (born 1997), Swedish singer
• Jacques de Lafontaine de Belcour (1704–1765), French entrepreneur
• Jean La Fontaine (born 1931), British anthropologist and academic
• John LaFontaine (born 1990), Canadian lacrosse player
• Joseph Lafontaine (disambiguation)
• Joseph Lafontaine (Berthier MLA) (1865–1920), Canadian farmer and politician
• Joseph Lafontaine (Shefford MLA) (1829–1907), Canadian notary, journalist and politician
• Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MP) (1885–1965), merchant and politician
• Laurent-David Lafontaine (1823–1892), Canadian physician and politician
• Léonie La Fontaine (1857–1949), Belgian pioneering feminist and pacifist
• Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807–1864), Canadian politician
• Hernan LaFontaine (born 1934), Puerto Rican Educator, New York and Connecticut, United States
• Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942), Canadian film producer
• Marie-Jo Lafontaine (born 1950), Belgian sculptor and video artist
• Oskar Lafontaine (born 1943), German politician
• Pablo Lafontaine (fl. 2001–2005), Puerto Rican politician
• Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), ice hockey player
• Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (1930–2016), American jazz clarinetist known professionally as Pete Fountain
• Pietro La Fontaine (1860–1935), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Rita Lafontaine (1939–2016), Canadian actor
• W. Lafontaine (1796–1859), 19th-century French playwright
• Yves Lafontaine (born 1959; 1841–1921), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier

See also

• Lafontaine baronets
• La Fontaine (disambiguation)
• Lafontaine (disambiguation)
• De la fontaine (disambiguation)
• Fontaine (disambiguation)

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