Anton (given name)

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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 Gavel (born 1984), German basketball player

Anton Geesink (1934–2010), Dutch judoka

Anton Golopenția (1909-1951), Romanian sociologist

Anton Gubankov (1965-2016), Russian TV journalist and civl 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 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.

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