Famous People with Name Fontana

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

Arianna Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Arianna Fontana: is an Italian short track speed skater, who won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She placed 11th in the 500m and 6th in the 1000m. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the 500 metre event, was

Attilio Francisco Xavier Fontana            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Attilio Francisco Xavier Fontana: was a businessman and politician Brazil . He was the founder and owner of Group Sadia . He was deputy to the Chamber of Deputies of Santa Catarina in the 40th legislature (1955-1959) , elected by the Social Alliance Labor coalition of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) with the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) , and the 41 th Legislature (1959 - 1963) elected by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) .