# Fortuin

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**Fortuin** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) and [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans) surname. Though meaning "fortune" in Dutch, the name usually appears derived from the French surname *Fortin* ("small fort").[1] Variant spellings are *Fortuijn* and *[Fortuyn](/source/Fortuyn_(disambiguation))*, each pronounced fɔrˈtœyn in Dutch. People with this surname include:

- [Aston Fortuin](/source/Aston_Fortuin) (born 1996), South African rugby player
- [Bevin Fortuin](/source/Bevin_Fortuin) (1979–2025), South African rugby player
- [Bjorn Fortuin](/source/Bjorn_Fortuin) (born 1994), South African cricketer
- [Cees M. Fortuin](/source/Cees_M._Fortuin) (born 1940 ), Dutch mathematician; the "F" in the [FKG inequality](/source/FKG_inequality) and the FK cluster model[2]
- [Clyde Fortuin](/source/Clyde_Fortuin) (born 1995), South African cricketer
- [Gregory Fortuin](/source/Gregory_Fortuin), South African businessman in Australia and New Zealand
- [Harold Fortuin](/source/Harold_Fortuin) (born 1964), American composer and pianist
- [Irene Fortuyn](/source/Fortuyn/O'Brien) (born 1959), Dutch sculptor and installation artist
- [Nicole Fortuin](/source/Nicole_Fortuin) (born 1992, South African actress
- [Pim Fortuijn](/source/Pim_Fortuijn), later Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), Dutch social scientist and politician

## See also

- [Fortuyn (disambiguation)](/source/Fortuyn_(disambiguation))

## References

1. [Fortuin](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=fortuin&gba_naam=Fortuin&nfd_naam=Fortuin&operator=bw&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

1. C.M. Fortuin, [On the random-cluster model](https://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/IL-publications/dissertations/sources/Fortuin_1971.pdf), PhD dissertation with [Pieter Kasteleyn](/source/Pieter_Kasteleyn), Leiden, 1971

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