Anton

Anton is a given name in many European languages. It is a variant of the same root as Antonius or Anthony.

Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Antonius

People

• Anton Apriantono, Indonesian politician
• Anton Ažbe, Slovenian painter
• Anton Chekhov, a Russian writer
• Anton Corbijn, Dutch photographer and music video director
• Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer
• Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer
• Anton du Beke, English dancer
• Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
• Anton Fokin, Uzbek gymnast
• Anton Fugger, 16th century German Merchant, and one of the richest people of all time
• Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka and IOC-member
• Anton Grabreck, Canadian soccer player
• Anton Janša, Slovenian apiarist and painter
• Anton Karas, Viennese zither player
• Anton Korošec, Slovenian politician under Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• Anton Szandor LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan and author of The Satanic Bible
• Anton Tomaž Linhart, Slovenian playwright and historian,
• Anton Newcombe, American rock musician
• Apolo Anton Ohno, American speed skater
• Anton Pieck, Dutch artist
• Anton Martin Slomšek, Slovenian bishop
• Anton Tkáč, Slovak track cyclist
• Anton Volchenkov, defenceman for the Ottawa Senators
• James Anton, American musician
• Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer nicknamed Anton
• Anton Nilson, Swedish militant communist
• Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor
• Anton Acevedo, Waldbaums Cart Manager

Fiction

• Anton, a mythological son of Hercules created by Mark Antony and from whom he claimed descent
• Anton, a fictional geneticist, credited with discovering Anton's Key, in the Ender's Game series of books by Orson Scott Card
• Anton Chigurh, the antagonist in the Cormac McCarthy novel No Country for Old Men and the movie of the same title
• Anton Phibes, murderous organist in two cult movies starring Vincent Price
• Anton Steenwijk, the protagonist in the Harry Mulisch novel The Assault
• Anton Jackson, a filthy, drunken homeless person portrayed by Damon Wayans featured recurringly on the American comedy sketch show In Living Color
• Anton Ego, the food critic in the Pixar film Ratatouille
• Anton Gorodetsky, the hero and narrator of most of the Night Watch tetralogy by Sergei Lukyanenko

Places

• Anton, Colorado, United States
• Anton, Texas, United States
• River Anton, Andover, Hampshire, UK
• Antón, Panama
• Anton, Bulgaria

Technology

• Anton (computer), a highly parallel supercomputer for molecular dynamics simulations