Anton (given name)
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Latin |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Антон (Cyrillic) ანტონ (Georgian) |
Related names | Antonius, Anthony |
Anton is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin name Antonius, and used in various languages.[1][2]
People[edit]
- Anton of Schauenburg (died 1558), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
- Anton Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official
- Anton Çetta (1920–1995), Kosovar academic
- 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 Abele (born 1992), Swedish activist, debater and politician
- Anton Aberle (1876–1953), German-Swiss architect
- Anton Ackermann (1905–1973), German politician
- Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777), German organist and composer
- Anton Adolf Kuyten (1937–2017), Dutch writer
- Anton Afritsch (1873–1924), Australian politician and journalist
- Anton Agius, Maltese sculptor
- Anton Ahlström (1869–1932), Finnish forest ranger and politician
- Anton Alberts, multiple people
- Anton Alekseev, multiple people
- Anton Alén (born 1983), Finnish rally driver
- Anton Alexander, multiple people
- Anton Alikhanov (born 1986), Russian politician
- Anton Allemann (1936–2008), Swiss footballer
- Anton Altmann (1808–1871), Austrian painter
- Anton Amelchenko (born 1985), Belarusian footballer
- Anton Anchin (born 1990), Russian swimmer
- Anton Andersen (1880–1971), Danish sports shooter
- Anton Anderson (1892–1960), American engineer and politician
- Anton Andersson (footballer) (born 1987), Swedish footballer
- Anton Andreasson (born 1993), Swedish footballer
- Anton Anno (1838–1893), German writer
- Anton Anreith (1754–1822), German sculptor
- Anton Antipov (born 1990), Russian professional football player
- Anton Anton (born 1949), Romanian engineer and politician
- Anton Antonov (born 1998), Russian football player
- Anton Antonov-Ovseenko (1920–2013), Russian historian and writer
- Anton Apatin (born 1986), Russian football player
- Anton Apriantono (born 1959), Indonesian politician
- Anton Arensky (1861–1906), Russian composer, pianist and professor of music
- Anton I. Arion (1824–1897), Romanian politician
- Anton Armstrong (born 1956), musical artist
- Anton Aškerc (1856–1912), Slovenian poet and Roman Catholic priest
- Anton Astakhov (born 1987), Russian sports shooter
- Anton Avdeev (born 1986), Russian épée fencer
- Anton Axelsson (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Ažbe (1862–1905), Slovenian painter
- Anton Babchuk (born 1984), Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- Anton Babikov (born 1991), Russian biathlete
- Anton Bacalbașa (1865–1899), Romanian political journalist
- Anton Bagayev (born 1979), Russian footballer
- Anton Bahdanaw (born 2001), Belarusian footballer
- Anton Bakov (born 1965), Russian politician
- Anton Balthasar König (1753–1814), German historian and genealogist
- Anton Christian Bang (1840–1913), Norwegian bishop, writer and politician
- Anton Banko (1927–1986), Slovenian inventor and engineer
- Anton Baraniak (born 1951), Slovak weightlifter
- Anton Barbeau (born 1967), American singer songwriter
- Anton Bardok (born 1986), Belarusian footballer
- Anton Barnard (born 1958), South African rugby union footballer
- Anton Barten (1930–2016), Belgian economist
- Anton Barticevic (1906–?), Chilean hammer thrower
- Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831–1888), German surgeon and biologist
- Anton Basansky (born 1987), Russian politician
- Anton Batagov (born 1965), Russian composer
- Anton Batugin (born 1980), Russian curler and coach
- Anton Baumstark (1800–1876), German classical philologist
- Anton Baydal (born 2000), Ukrainian footballer
- Anton du Beke (born 1966), English dancer
- Anton Belov (born 1986), Russian ice hockey Anton
- Anton Belov (footballer) (born 1996), Russian football player
- Anton Belov (musician), Russian musical artist
- Anton Belyaev (born 1979), Russian musician
- Anton Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish professional ice hockey forward
- Anton Benya (1912–2001), Austrian politician
- Anton Berge (1892–1951), Norwegian agronomist and politician
- Anton Berger, Austrian para-alpine skier
- Anton Bergmann (1835–1874), Belgian Flemish activist and writer
- Anton Berindei (1838–1899), Romanian general and politician
- Anton Berisha, Albanian folklorist
- Anton Bernard (born 1989), Italian professional ice hockey winger
- Anton Berns, Dutch biochemist and cancer researcher
- Anton Besold (1904–1991), German politician
- Anton Bettelheim (1851–1930), Austrian critic and journalist
- Anton Betyuzhnov (born 1997), Russian football player
- Anton Betz (1893–1984), German journalist and publisher
- Anton Bidzilya (born 2000), Hungarian football player
- Anton Biegel, Austrian canoeist
- Anton Biersack (1907–1982), German composer and music educator
- Anton Biersack (ice hockey) (1927–2007), German ice hockey player
- Anton Bilek (1903–1991), Austrian footballer and manager
- Anton Biró (born 1939), Romanian ice hockey player
- Anton Blackwood (born 1991), footballer
- Anton Blasbichler (born 1972), Italian luger
- Anton Blok, Dutch anthropologist
- Anton Blidh (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey forward
- Anton Blom (1924–2012), Norwegian journalist and author
- Anton Blomberg (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Blomqvist (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Bobyor (born 1982), Russian football midfielder
- Anton Bocharov (born 1995), Russian football player
- Anton Boisen (1876–1965), American chaplain
- Anton Bol (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
- Anton Bolinder (1915–2006), Swedish high jumper
- Anton Borodachev (born 2000), Russian Olympic foil fencer
- Anton Botev (born 1986), Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler
- Anton Boys, Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker
- Anton Brady (born 1994), Scottish footballer
- Anton Braith (1836–1905), German painter
- Anton Bratkov (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer
- Anton Braun (born 1990), German rower
- Anton Bredell (born 1965), South African politician
- Anton Brehme, German volleyball player
- Anton Brehmer (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Breinl (1880–1944), Australian-Austrian tropical medicine physician
- Anton Bresler (born 1988), Namibian rugby union player
- Anton Brioschi (1855–1920), Austrian painter, scenic designer and graphic artist
- Anton Brosenbauer (1909–1992), Austrian footballer
- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer
- Anton Bruehl (1900–1982), Australian-born American photographer
- Anton Brugmans (1732–1789), Dutch physicist
- Anton Brusnikin (born 1986), Russian footballer
- Anton Bubnow (born 1988), Belarusian professional footballer
- Anton Bühler (1922–2013), Swiss equestrian
- Anton Bukhanko (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player
- Anton Bulaev (born 1996), Russian archer
- Anton Bulla (1901–1987), Slovak footballer and coach
- Anton Burdasov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
- Anton Burenkov (born 1986), Russian footballer
- Anton Burg (1904–2003), American chemist
- Anton Burger (1911–1991), Austrian-German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Anton Burger (artist) (1824–1905), German painter
- Anton Burghardt (1942–2022), German footballer and manager
- Anton Burko (born 1995), Belarusian footballer
- Anton Buslov (1983–2014), Russian blogger and writer
- Anton But (born 1980), Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- Anton Buteyko (1947–2019), Ukrainian diplomat
- Anton Bütler (1819–1874), Swiss painter
- Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983), Maltese politician and poet, president of Malta from 1976 until 1981
- Anton Byström (born 1992), Swedish ice hockey player
- Antón Cabaleiro (born 1977), Spanish visual artist
- Anton Cadar (1941–1989), Romanian gymnast
- Anton Cajtoft (born 1994), Swedish footballer
- Anton Calenic (born 1943), Romanian sprint canoeist
- Antón Cancelas, Spanish voice actor and broadcaster
- Anton Cederholm (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey defenseman
- Anton Cerer (1916–2006), Yugoslav swimmer
- Anton Cermak (1873–1933) American politician
- Anton Chaitkin, American writer, historian and LaRouchist activist
- Anton Abad Chavarria, Spanish singer-songwriter
- Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian writer
- Anton Chermashentsev (born 1976), Russian rower
- Anton Chichkan (born 1995), Belarusian footballer
- Anton Chichulin (born 1984), Kazakh football midfielder
- Anton Chirlacopschi (born 1942), Romanian rower
- Anton Chladek (1794–1882), Romanian painter
- Anton Christoforidis (1917–1985), Greek boxer
- Anton Chupkov (born 1997), Russian swimmer
- Anton Chuvakin, computer security specialist
- Anton Collin (1891–1973), Finnish skier and cyclist
- Anton Constandse (1899–1985), Dutch author and journalist
- Anton Cooper (born 1994), New Zealand cyclist
- Anton Coppola (1917–2020), American opera conductor and composer
- Anton Corbijn (born 1955), Dutch photographer and video director
- Anton Coșa (born 1961), Romanian Catholic bishop
- Anton Cottier (1943–2006), Swiss politician
- Anton Crihan (1893–1993), Bessarabian politician
- Anton Crișan (1942–2012), Romanian ice hockey player
- 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), priest and missionary
- Anton Dostler (1891–1945), German general executed for war crimes
- Anton Drexler (1884–1942), Founder of the Nazi Party
- Anton Dubrov (born 1995), Belarusian tennis coach
- Anton Durcovici (1888–1951), Romanian Catholic bishop
- Anton Ewald (born 1993), Swedish singer and dancer
- Anton Ferdinand (born 1985), English footballer
- Anton Fokin (born 1982), Uzbek gymnast
- Anton Fugger (1493–1560), German merchant
- Anton Gavel (born 1984), German basketball player
- Anton Geesink (1934–2010), Dutch judoka
- Anton Glasnović (born 1981), Croatian sports shooter
- Anton Golopenția (1909–1951), Romanian sociologist
- Anton Jude Gomes (1960–2012), Sri Lankan actor and comedian
- Anton Gubankov (1965–2016), Russian TV journalist and civil servant
- Anton Gunn (born 1973), American politician
- Anton Gustafsson (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare (A. H. Tammsaare; 1878–1940), Estonian writer
- Anton Harrison (born 2002), American football player
- Anton Carl Hartmann (1803–1860), Norwegian politician
- Anton thor Helle (1683–1748), Baltic German clergyman and translator
- Anton C. Hesing (1823–1895), American journalist
- Anton Hofreiter (born 1970), German politician
- Anton Holban (1902–1937), Romanian novelist
- Anton Hysén (born 1990), Swedish football player
- Anton Carl Illum (1863–1938), Danish industrialist
- Anton Irv (1886–1919), Estonian military commander
- Anton Janša (1734–1773), Slovenian beekeeper and painter
- Anton Jones (1937–2016), Sri Lankan singer
- Anton Josipović (born 1961), Bosnian Croat boxer who competed for Yugoslavia
- Anton Kaindl (1902–1948), German SS concentration camp commandant
- Anton Karas (1906–1985), Austrian zither player
- Anton Kazarnovski (born 1985), Israeli-Russian basketball player
- Anton Khudobin (born 1986), Kazakhstani-Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Anton Koolmann (1899–1953), Estonian wrestler
- Anton Korošec (1872–1940), Slovenian politician
- Anton Kotonen (1876–1936), Finnish jurist and politician
- Anton Kržan (1835–1888), Croatian academic
- Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan
- Anton Lesser, English actor
- Anton Lipošćak (1863–1924), Austro-Hungarian general of Croatian descent
- Anton Lundell (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player
- Anton Maresch (born 1991), Austrian basketball player
- 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 Charles Pegis (1905–1978), American philosopher and theologian
- Anton Peschka (1885–1940), Austrian painter
- Anton Lundin Pettersson (1994–2015), Swedish murderer, perpetrator of the Trollhättan school stabbing
- Anton Pieck (1895–1987), Dutch artist
- Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam (born 1966), Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo
- Anton Raadik (1917–1999), Estonian boxer
- Anton Rabie, Canadian billionaire businessman
- Anton Rodgers, English actor
- Anton Rödin (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor
- Anton Santesson (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey defenceman
- Anton Shipulin (born 1987), Russian biathlete
- Anton Shoutvin (born 1989), Israeli basketball player
- Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862), Slovenian bishop
- Anton Heinrich Springer (1825–1891), German art historian and writer
- Anton Storch (1892–1975), German politician
- Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
- Anton Sullivan (born 1991/1992), Offaly Gaelic footballer
- Anton Tabakov (born 1960), Russian actor
- Anton Thernes (1892–1944), German Nazi SS deputy commandant of concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Anton Dayasritha Tissera (born 1966), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician
- Anton Uesson (1879–1942), Estonian politician and engineer
- Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt (1699–1769), Austrian politician and diplomat
- Anton Aleksandrovich Utkin (born 1967), Russian writer, film director, director and novelist
- Anton Vaino (born 1972), Russian diplomat and politician
- Anton Volchenkov (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
- Anton Webern (1883–1945), Austrian composer
- Anton Wilfer (1901–1976), Czechoslovak luthier
- Anton Wright (born 1974), adventurer and entrepreneur
- Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-American actor
- Anton Yugov (1904–1991), Bulgarian politician
- Anton Zaslavski also known as Zedd (born 1989), Russian-German music producer and DJ
- Anton Zeilinger (born 1945), Austrian quantum physicist
Fictional characters[edit]
- 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 Shudder, side character in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Owner of the Midnight Hotel.
- 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.
- Anton, a character from The Amazing World of Gumball
- Anton, Gilfoyle's server in Silicon Valley.
- Antoine Roquentin, diarist/narrator of Jean-Paul Sartre's novel Nausea
- Anton Lavrentievich G______v, narrator of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Demons
- Dynamite Anton, titular protagonist of indie games Antonball and Antonblast
See also[edit]
- All pages with titles beginning with Anton
- All pages with titles containing Anton
- Anton (disambiguation)
- Anton (surname)
- Anthon (given name)
- Antoan
- Antona (name)
- Antono (name)
- Antoon
- Antos (name)
- Antoun
- Antun
- Antton (name)
- Antxon, name
References[edit]
- ^ "Anton" (in Swedish). Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Anton". Behind the Name. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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