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Fortis

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Fortis may refer to:

Business

  • Fortis AG, a Swiss watch company
  • Fortis Healthcare, a chain of hospitals in India
  • Fortis Inc., a Canadian utility holding company
  • Fortis (finance), a defunct banking, financial services, and insurance company, based in Belgium and The Netherlands or their successors:
    • Ageas, formed from the insurance operations of Fortis
    • ASR Nederland, formed from the Dutch insurance operations of Fortis
    • BNP Paribas Fortis, formed from the Belgian banking operations of Fortis, now owned by BNP Paribas
    • ABN AMRO, formed from the Netherlands banking operations of Fortis, now owned by the Dutch government

People

  • Alberto Fortis (1741–1803), Venetian writer, naturalist and cartographer
  • Alberto Fortis (musician) (born 1955), Italian singer and songwriter
  • Alessandro Fortis (1842–1909), Italian politician and prime minister
  • Jean-Baptiste-Boniface de Fortis (1746–1836), French politician
  • Louis Fortis (born 1947), American politician
  • Luigi Fortis (1748–1829), Italian Jesuit
  • Rami Fortis (born 1954), Israeli rock musician

Other

  • Fortis (aerojeep), a propelled ground vehicle
  • Fortis (linguistics), consonants produced with greater energy than lenis ones
  • Mitsubishi Galant Fortis, a compact car also known as the Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Fortis College

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