Anton (given name)

Anton
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Antonius

Anton is a given name in many European languages. Like the English name Anthony, it is descended from the Roman name Antonius.

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 Gustafsson (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
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 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 Martin Slomšek (1800–1862), Slovenian bishop
Antun Branko Šimić (1898–1925), Croatian poet
Anton Heinrich Springer (1825–1891), German art historian and writer
Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
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 (1989–2016), Russian-American actor
Anton Yugov (1904–1991), Bulgarian politician
Anton Webern (1883–1945), Austrian composer
Anton Wright (born 1974), Adventurer and social entrepreneur

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.

References

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