Anton (given name)
Anton is a given name in many European languages. It is a variant of Anthony, which is the English form of Antonius
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| Gender | male |
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| Word/name | Antonius |
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People
- Anton of Schauenburg (died 1558), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
- Anton I of Georgia, Catholicos–Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church (1744–1755 and 1764–1788)
- Anton II of Georgia (1762 or 1763-1827), King of Kartli and Kakheti, and Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia, canonized by the Georgian church in 2011
- Anton I, Prince Esterházy (1738-1794), a prince of Hungary
- Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1785-1854), chief minister in Magdeburg, governor of the Prussian Province of Saxony and Prussian Minister of State
- Prince Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1841-1866), German prince and soldier
- Anton Anton (born 1949), Romanian engineer and politician
- Anton Apriantono (born 1959), Indonesian politician
- Anton I. Arion (1824-1897), Romanian politician
- Antun Augustinčić (1900–1979), Croatian sculptor
- Anton Ažbe (1862–1905), Slovenian painter
- Anton Babchuk (born 1984), Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- Anton Bacalbașa (1865-1899), Romanian political journalist
- Anton Bakov (born 1965), Russian politician
- Anton Barten, Belgian economist
- Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831–1888), German surgeon and biologist
- Anton du Beke (born 1966), English dancer
- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer
- Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian writer
- Anton Corbijn (born 1955), Dutch photographer and video director
- Anton Coșa (born 1961), Romanian Catholic bishop
- Anton Davidoglu (1876-1958), Romanian mathematician
- Anton Denikin (1872–1947), Russian military commander
- Anton Dermota (1910–1989), Slovenian tenor
- Anton Diabelli (1781–1858), Austrian composer
- Anton Docher (1852-1928)
- Anton Durcovici (1888-1951), Romanian Catholic bishop
- Anton Ferdinand (born 1985), English footballer
- Anton Fokin (born 1982), Uzbek gymnast
- Anton Fugger (1493–1560), German merchant
- Anton Geesink (1934–2010), Dutch judoka
- Anton Golopenția (1909-1951), Romanian sociologist
- Anton Gunn (born 1973), American politician
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare (A. H. Tammsaare; 1878–1940), Estonian writer
- Anton thor Helle (1683–1748), Baltic German clergyman and translator
- Anton Holban (1902-1937), Romanian novelist
- Anton Hysén (born 1990), British football player
- Anton Irv (1886–1919), Estonian military commander
- Anton Janša (1734–1773), Slovenian beekeeper and painter
- Anton Jones, Sri Lankan singer
- Anton Karas (1906–1985), Viennese zither player
- Anton Koolmann (1899–1953), Estonian wrestler
- Anton Korošec (1872–1940), Slovenian politician
- Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan
- Anton Moisescu (1913-1997), Romanian politician
- Anton Muttukumaru (1908-2001), first indigenous Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
- Anton Nilson (1887–1989), Swedish Communist militant
- Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795), Slovenian playwright and historian
- Anton Newcombe (born 1967), American musician
- Apolo Anton Ohno, American speed skater
- Anton Õunapuu (1887–1919), Estonian scouting activist
- Anton Pann (1790s-1854), Ottoman-born Wallachian composer
- Anton Peschka (1885–1940), Austrian painter
- Anton Pieck (1895–1987), Dutch artist
- Anton Raadik (1917–1999), Estonian boxer
- Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor
- Anton Santesson (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey defenceman
- Anton Shipulin (born 1987), Russian biathlete
- Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862), Slovenian bishop
- Antun Branko Šimić (1898–1925), Croatian poet
- Anton Heinrich Springer (1825–1891), German art historian and writer
- Anton Uesson (1879–1942), Estonian politician and engineer
- Anton Vaino (born 1972), Russian diplomat and politician
- Anton Volchenkov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Antun Vrdoljak (born 1931), Croatian film director
- Anton Yelchin (born 1989), Russian-American actor
- Anton Yugov (1904–1991), Bulgarian politician
- Anton Webern (1883–1945), Austrian composer
Fictional characters
- Anton, mythological son of Hercules created by Mark Antony, and from whom he claimed descent
- Anton, aka Tony, former co-leader of the gang, the Jets, from West Side Story
- Anton O'Neill, title role of feature film Anton, directed by Graham Cantwell
- Anton, fictional geneticist, credited with discovering Anton's Key, in the Ender's Game series of books by Orson Scott Card
- Anton Chigurh, antagonist in the Cormac McCarthy novel No Country for Old Men and the 2007 movie of the same title
- Anton Phibes, murderous organist in two cult movies starring Vincent Price
- Anton Steenwijk, protagonist in the Harry Mulisch novel The Assault
- Anton Jackson, a homeless person portrayed by Damon Wayans in the American comedy sketch show In Living Color
- Anton Ego, food critic in the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille
- Anton Gorodetsky, hero and narrator of most of the Watch novels by Sergei Lukyanenko
- Anton Herzen, supposed vampire in Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box who lived in Herzen Castle
- Anton Tobias, main character in the horror comedy film Idle Hands, played by actor Devon Sawa
- Anton Hofmiller, main character in the book Beware of Pity, written by Stefan Zweig
- Anton Vanko, name of two Marvel Comics characters: Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash
- Anton Zeck, a master thief hired to steal Shredder's helmet in TMNT 2012.
- Anton Krieg, a German black market kingpin in Wolfenstein 2009
- Frederick Anton Reiker, male protagonist in the book Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene.
See also
- Anton (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "Anton"
- All pages with titles containing Anton
References
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