Famous People with Name Fontana

Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana: was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.Del Carril originally began as a popular personality on Argentine radio, and parlayed that into a film career that began in late 1936. He was an immediate hit, and developed into one of Argentina's major film stars. He made some 50 film appearances as an actor between then and his retirement in 1976 but he turned to directing in 1949 and simultaneously directed, acted and produced many of his films becoming one of the industries highest earners of the period. In 1952 he directed the widely acclaimed Argentine film, Las Aguas Bajan Turbias known as the ("River of Blood") in English. He also composed the "Peronist March" (Marcha Peronista), which served as the anthem of the Peronist movement.

Ivano Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Ivano Fontana: is a former Italian boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, losing to gold medal winner Laszlo Papp.

Bill Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bill Fontana: is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art.Fontana attended New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. He traveled to Australia, and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing. Fontana began making sound sculptures in 1976. In a career spanning 30 years, Fontana’s sound sculptures use the urban environment as a living source of musical information, all with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the mind of the listener. He has made works all over the world and has presented his sound sculptures extensively, including at the Venice Biennale (1999), the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (1995), The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1991) and Tate Modern, London (2006), and Madison Square Park, New York (2007). Some of his more famous works include Distant Trains, Satellite Ear Bridge Cologne-San Francisco, Journey Through My Sound Sculptures, The Sound of an Unblown Flute, and Panoramic Echoes.

Donald ("Don") Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald ("Don") Fontana: is a former top-ranking Canadian tennis player from the 1950s and 1960s. Fontana was the year-ending number two ranked Canadian player six times, three times in the 1950s and three more in the 1960s. He was ranked in the Canadian top-ten five more times.

Silvia Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Silvia Fontana: is a figure skater who represented Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. She was born on Staten Island, New York, raised in Rome, and lives and trains in Hackensack, New Jersey. She is married to professional American figure skater, John Zimm