Anton (given name)

Anton is a common given name throughout Europe. 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 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 Golopenția (1909-1951), Romanian sociologist
• 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 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 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 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.

See also

• Anton (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Anton"
• All pages with a title containing Anton

References

• http://www.behindthename.com/name/anton