Fonda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bridget Fonda (born 1964), American film actress Douw Fonda (1700–1780), early settler in the Mohawk Valley, New York Enrico Fonda (1892–1929), Italian artist Gloria Fonda (1896–1978), American film actress Henry Fonda (1905–1982), American stage and film actor Jane Fonda (born 1937), American film actress Joe Fonda (born 1954), American musician Lorenzo Fonda (born 1979), Italian-American film director and artist Luciano Fonda (1931–1998), Italian physicist Mary Alice Fonda (1837–1897; pen name, "Octavia Hensel"), American musician, linguist, author, critic Olga Fonda (born 1982), Russian-American actress and model (née Olga Tchakova) Pavel Fonda (born 1942), Italian psychiatrist Peter Fonda (1940–2019), American film actor