Fortune

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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
  • Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway, 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 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

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

Wikiquote has quotations related to Fortune.
  • Fortuna (disambiguation)
  • Misfortune (disambiguation)
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