Fort (disambiguation)

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A fort is a fortification, a defensive military construction.

[edit] Types of fortifications

• Castle, fortified building
• Defensive wall, fortified wall
• Blanket fort or pillow fort, built by children
• Device Forts, England from 1539
• Hill fort, European Bronze Age / Maori / Indian
• Martello tower, British Empire 19th century
• Promontory fort, mainly Iron Age
• Star fort, 15th and 16th century Europe
• Tegart fort, Palestine from 1938
• Wagon fort, many periods and places

[edit] People with the surname Fort

• Bernard Fort (born 1954), French musician
• Charles Fort (1874-1932), journalist and researcher whose philosophy inspired the term Fortean
• Charles Fort (poet) (born 1951), American poet
• Cornelia Fort (1919-1943), American aviatrix
• De Witt Clinton Fort (1830-1868), Texan politician
• Franklin W. Fort (1880-1937), American politician
• George F. Fort (1809-1872), American politician
• Greenbury L. Fort 91825-1883), American politician
• Jeff Fort (born 1947), American gang leader and convicted terrorist
• John Franklin Fort (1852-1920), American politician
• M. K. Fort, Jr. (1921-1964), American mathematician
• Matthew Fort (born 1954), British food writer and critic
• Neal Fort (born 1968), American footballer
• Pavel Fořt (born 1983), Czech footballer

[edit] Other meanings

• Fort (Mumbai precinct), a neighborhood in India
• Fort (band), an Australian band
• Forts (album), an album by The Boggs
• Fleet Fort, a Canadian World War II aircraft
• Fort 12, an Ukrainian semi-automatic pistol
• Fort Wayne, Indiana
• RPC Fort, a Ukrainian arms manufacturer
• The Fort (Gillette Stadium), area of soccer stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA

[edit] See also

• Fortress (disambiguation)
• Category:Forts for Wikipedia articles on forts
• Wikipedia articles starting with "Fort"