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, (1910âÂÂ1999), Australian rules footballer
- Andrea LaFontaine (born 1987), American politician
- Antoine Ménard, dit Lafontaine (1744âÂÂ1825), building contractor and politician in Lower Canada
- August Lafontaine (1758âÂÂ1831), German novelist
- Charles Lafontaine (1803âÂÂ1892), Swiss mesmerist
- De Lafontaine (1655âÂÂ1738), French ballerina
- Denis La Fontaine (1929âÂÂ2011), Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
- Don LaFontaine (1940âÂÂ2008), American voice-over actor
- Eugène Lafontaine (1857âÂÂ1935), lawyer, educator, judge and politician
- Fernand Lafontaine (1922âÂÂ2010), Canadian politician
- Francis La Fontaine (1810âÂÂ1847), chief of the Miami tribe
- Franz Leopold Lafontaine (1756âÂÂ1812), German military surgeon
- Gary LaFontaine (1945âÂÂ2002), American fly fisherman and author
- Henri La Fontaine (1854âÂÂ1943), Belgian jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Herb LaFontaine (fl. 1951âÂÂ1953), Canadian ice hockey player
- Hilary La Fontaine (1937âÂÂ2012), Kenyan-born British intelligence officer
- Ida LaFontaine (born 1997), Swedish singer
- Jacques de Lafontaine de Belcour (1704âÂÂ1765), 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) (1865âÂÂ1920), Canadian farmer and politician
- Joseph Lafontaine (Shefford MLA) (1829âÂÂ1907), Canadian notary, journalist and politician
- Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MP) (1885âÂÂ1965), merchant and politician
- Laurent-David Lafontaine (1823âÂÂ1892), Canadian physician and politician
- Léonie La Fontaine (1857âÂÂ1949), Belgian pioneering feminist and pacifist
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807âÂÂ1864), 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. 2001âÂÂ2005), Puerto Rican politician
- Pat LaFontaine (born 1965), ice hockey player
- Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (1930âÂÂ2016), American jazz clarinetist known professionally as Pete Fountain
- Pietro La Fontaine (1860âÂÂ1935), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Rita Lafontaine (1939âÂÂ2016), Canadian actor
- W. Lafontaine (1796âÂÂ1859), 19th-century French playwright
- Yves Lafontaine (born 1959; 1841âÂÂ1921), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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