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Fortunatus is a Latin word meaning "happy, lucky, rich, blessed". A masculine given name, it can refer to:

Saints

Fortunatus the Apostle, one of the 70 Disciples of Jesus Christ, companion of Achaicus of Corinth
Fortunatus (1st century), martyred with Orontius and Justus
Fortunatus (died c. 70), a deacon martyred with Hermagoras of Aquileia
Fortunatus (died 212), martyred with SS Felix and Achilleus
Fortunatus of Casei (died 286), a martyr
Fortunatus (died 303), a deacon martyred with SS Felix of Thibiuca, Audactus, Januarius, and Septimus
Fortunatus of Naples, 4th century bishop of Naples
Fortunatus of Spoleto (died 400), a priest near Montefalco
Fortunatus of Todi (died 537), bishop of Todi
Venantius Fortunatus (died in the early 7th century), a poet and bishop of Poitiers

Fortunatus Dwarris (1786–1860), English lawyer and author
Fortunatus Hueber (1639–1706), German Franciscan historian and theologian
Fortunatus M. Lukanima (1940–2014), Roman Catholic bishop
Fortunatus Nwachukwu (born 1960), Roman Catholic apostolic nuncio to various Caribbean nations
Fortunatus Wright (1712–1757), English privateer
Emerich Szerencsés (died 1526), known as Fortunatus, deputy treasurer of the Kingdom of Hungary and a Jewish convert to Christianity
Heinrich Glücksmann (1864–1947), Moravian-born Austrian author who used the pseudonym Fortunatus

the protagonist of Fortunatus, a German proto-novel or chapbook about a legendary hero popular in 15th- and 16th-century Europe
the protagonist of Old Fortunatus, a 1599 play by Thomas Dekker
a character in "King Fortunatus's Golden Wig", a French fairy tale