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and Suriname. It is sometimes a surname and is transliterated as Antonios and Andonis. Antonis is a cognate of the English language name

Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ...

. People bearing the name Antonis or Antónis include:

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Antonis Antoniadis Antonis Antoniadis (Greek: Αντώνης Αντωνιάδης, born 25 May 1946) is a former Greek footballer. He scored 243 goals during his 22-years long career. He started his career in 1964 playing for Aspida Xanthi before moving to Pan ...

(born 1946), Greek footballer *

(born 1946), Greek naval officer * Antonis Aresti (born 1983), Cypriot track and field paralympian athlete *

Antonis Benakis Antonis Benakis (Greek: Αντώνης Μπενάκης) (1873–1954) was a Greek art collector and the founder of the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, the son of politician and magnate Emmanuel Benakis and the brother of author Penelope Delta. ...

(1873–1954), Greek art collector and museum founder * Antonis Bourselis (born 1994), Greek footballer * Antonis Constantinides (born 1974), Cypriot basketball coach * Antonis Christeas (1937–2011), Greek basketball player * Antonis Daglis (1974–1997), Greek serial killer * Antonis Dedakis (born 1995), Greek footballer * Antonis Diamantidis (1892–1945), Greek

rebetiko Rebetiko ( el, ρεμπέτικο, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped together since the s ...

musician * Antonis Drossoyannis (1922–2006), Greek Army general and politician * Antonis Fostieris (born 1953), Greek poet * Antonis Fotiadis (1899–19??), Greek footballer *

Antonis Fotsis Antonis Fotsis (alternate spelling: Antonios, Greek: Αντώνης Φώτσης; born April 1 or 2, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ilysiakos. He was also the captain of the Greece men's national basketball team. He is a ...

(born 1981), Greek basketball player * Antonis Georgallides (born 1982), Cypriot footballer * Antonis Georgiades, Cypriot politician * Antonis Georgiadis (born 1933), Greek footballer * Antonis Iliadis (born 1993), Greek footballer * Antonis Kablionis (born 1991), Greek footballer * Antonis Kafetzopoulos (born 1951), Greek actor * Antonis Kanakis (born 1969), Greek television host and an actor * Antonis Kapnidis (born 1992), Greek footballer * Antonis Katsantonis (c. 1775–1808), Greek

klepht Klephts (; Greek κλέφτης, ''kléftis'', pl. κλέφτες, ''kléftes'', which means "thieves" and perhaps originally meant just "brigand": "Other Greeks, taking to the mountains, became unofficial, self-appointed armatoles and were kno ...

* Antonis Katsis (born 1989), Cypriot footballer *

Antonis Koniaris Antonis Koniaris (alternate spelling: Antonios) ( el, Αντώνης Κόνιαρης; born September 30, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is ...

(born 1997), Greek basketball player * Antonis Kotsakas (born 1947), Greek politician * Antonis Ladakis (born 1982), Greek footballer * Antonis Makris (born 1981), Cypriot footballer * Antonis Manikas (born 1959), Greek footballer and manager *

Antonis Manitakis Antonis Manitakis ( el, Αντώνης Μανιτάκης: born 1944) is a Greek university professor and politician. He was a Minister of administrative reform and e-governance (2012/2013) and a former interim Minister of the Interior and Adm ...

(born 1944), Greek politician and educator * Antonis Mantzaris (born 1986), Greek basketball player * Antonis Martasidis (born 1992), Greek-Cypriot weightlifter * Antonis Michaloglou (born 1988), Greek basketball player *

Antonis Migiakis Antonis Migiakis ( el, Aντώνης Mηγιάκης; born 23 October 1911 – 19 November 1999) was a star forward for Greek football team Panathinaikos in the 1930s. He is probably best remembered for his memorable performance in his team's 8� ...

(1911–1999), Greek footballer *

Antonis Minou Antonis Minou ( el, Αντώνης Μήνου, born 4 May 1958) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Minou took his first football steps in Almopos Aridea and to Kastoria in 1980 and two years later ...

(born 1958), Greek footballer * Antonis Natsouras (born 1979), Greek footballer * Antonis Nikolaidis (born 1967), British-Cypriot sport shooter *

Antonis Oikonomou Antonis Oikonomou ( el, Αντώνης Οικονόμου; 1785 – 16 December 1821) was a Greece, Greek naval captain in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Life Antonis was born in Hydra (island), Hydra and became a sai ...

(1785–1821), Greek naval captain * Antonis Panagi (born 1983), Cypriot footballer * Antonis Papadakis (1893–1980), Greek Cretan lyra musician * Antonis Papasavvas (born 1995), Greek footballer *

Antonis Paschalides Antonis Paschalides also Antonios ( gr, Αντώνης Πασχαλίδης) is a Greek Cypriot lawyer and politician member of DIKO (Democratic Party). On 29 February 2008 he was appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus as Minister of ...

(born 1952), Greek-Cypriot politician and lawyer * Antonis Petropoulos (born 1986), Greek footballer * Antonis Prekas (born 1960), Greek journalist, actor, television report and author * Antonis Ranos (born 1993), Greek footballer *

Antonis Remos Antonis Remos ( el, Αντώνης Ρέμος, ; born Antonios Paschalidis, el, Αντώνιος Πασχαλίδης, links=no; 19 June 1970) is a Greek singer. Biography Early life He was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany. Later his family ...

(born 1970), Greek singer * Antonis Rikka (born 1986), French-Greek footballer * Antonis Roupakiotis, Greek lawyer and politician * Antonis Samarakis (1919–2003), Greek writer *

Antonis Samaras Antonis Samaras ( el, Αντώνης Σαμαράς, ; born 23 May 1951) is a Greek politician who served as 14th Prime Minister of Greece from 2012 to 2015. A member of the New Democracy party, he was its president from 2009 until 2015. Samaras ...

(born 1951), Greek politician. former Prime Minister of Greece * Antonis Siatounis (born 2002), Greek footballer * Antonis Tritsis (1937–1992), Greek politician * Antonis Tsiaras (born 1993), Greek footballer * Antonis Tsotras (born 1990), Greek sport sailor *

Antonis Vardis Antonis Vardis ( el, Αντώνης Βαρδής; 7 August 1948 – 2 September 2014) was a Greeks, Greek composer and singer. Born in Moschato, a suburb of Athens, Vardis established a 40-year career as a composer and singer, collaborating with w ...

(1948–2014), Greek composer and singer * Antonis Vasiliou (born 1996), Cypriot footballer * Antonis Volanis (born 1948), Greek automobile and industrial designer * Antonis Vratsanos (1919–2008), Greek communist saboteur * Antonis Xylouris (born 1942), Greek composer, singer,

Cretan lyra ) * Lira da braccio * Rabāb (Arabic الرباب) * Lijerica * Violin , musicians = * Andreas Rodinos * Alekos Karavitis * Antonis Papadakis (Kareklas) * Kostas Mountakis * Nikos Xilouris * Psarantonis * Ross Daly * Yiorgos K ...

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* Carlos De Antonis, Argentine opera singer * Terry Antonis (born 1993), Australian footballer

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