Antoine

Antoine
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Latin
Origin
Meaning	beyond praise, highly praise-worthy
Other names
See also	Antonious

Antoine (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃.twan]) is a French given name (from Latin Antonius) meaning beyond praise or highly praise-worthy.

As a first name

• Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician
• Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician
• Antoine Audet, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Antoine, bastard of Burgundy
• Antoine Béchamp, French biologist
• Antoine Bethea, American football player
• Antoine Bibesco, Romanian prince, lawyer and writer
• Antoine Alexandre Barbier, French librarian
• Antoine Baumé, French chemist
• Antoine Bethea, American football player
• Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet
• Antoine Caldwell, American football player
• Antoine Carr, former American basketball player
• Antoine Cason, American football player
• Antoine Clamaran, French DJ
• Antoine D'Coolette, a character from Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
• Antoine de Caunes French director
• Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist
• Antoine de Lhoyer, A French virtuoso guitarist and composer
• Antoine Dénériaz, French alpine skier
• Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French aviator and writer
• Antoine Dodson, American interviewee turned internet sensation
• Antoine Domino, American singer and pianist, better known as Fats Domino
• Antoine Drouot, French soldier
• Antoine Dubé, member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Antoine François Desrues, French poisoner
• Antoine Étex, French sculptor, painter and architect
• Antoine Furetière, French scholar
• Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist
• Antoine Héroet, French poet
• Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman
• Antoine Lavoisier, French nobleman and chemist
• Antoine François Marmontel, French pianist
• Antoine Merriweather, a character portrayed by David Alan Grier in the In Living Color sketch "Men on Film"
• Antoine Parent, French mathematician
• Antoine River, a river in Antoine, Arkansas
• Antoine Sibierski (born 1974), French former footballer
• Antoine Sonrel, illustrator and photographer
• Antoine Claire Thibaudeau, French politician
• Antoine Walker, American basketball player
• Antoine Winfield, American football player
• Antoine-Aimé Dorion, French Canadian politician and jurist
• Antoine-Denis Chaudet, French sculptor
• Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter
• Antoine-Marin Lemierre, French dramatist and poet
• Antoine Fuqua, American film director
• Antoine Dufour,French-Canadian acoustic guitarist

As a family name

• André Antoine, French actor and director, founder of the Théâtre Libre

Films

• Antoine (film), a 2008 film by Laura Bari

Objects

• Antoine (automobile), a Belgian automobile
• Antoine equation, a vapor pressure equation
• Antoine Butte is the highest summit of the Little Rocky Mountains in Montana

Other spellings

• Antoin:
  • Antoin Sevruguin, photographer (note that Sevruguin's personal practice was to re-add the E to the end of his first name; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antoin_Sevruguin.svg)
• Antuan:
  • Antuan Simmons, American football player
• Antwan:
  • Antwan Patton, American rapper who uses the stage name Big Boi
• Antwaan:
  • Antwaan Randle El, American football player
• Antwaun
• Antwawn
• Antjuan
• Antwone:
  • Antwone Fisher, American author, screenwriter and film producer
    • Antwone Fisher (film), autobiographical film about the aforementioned Antwone Fisher
• Antaun
• Antawn (when pronounced as in Antoine rather than as in Anton):
  • Antawn Jamison, American basketball player
• Antione
• Antowain:
  • Antowain Smith, American football player

See also

• Antoinette (disambiguation)
• Jean-Antoine