Antony is a Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

that is a form of Anthony. As a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

it is derived from the

Antonius Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, Finnish language, Finnish, Latin language, Latin, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish name used in Gre ...

root name. People with this name include the following:

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Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman people, Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the Crisis of the Roman Republic, transformation of the Roman Republic ...

(83–30 BC), Roman politician and general *

Anthony the Great Anthony the Great (; ; ; ; – 17 January 356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as , by various epithets: , , , , , and . For his importance among t ...

(c. 251–356), also known as Antony, Egyptian saint * Antony the Younger (785–865), Byzantine soldier, monk and Eastern Orthodox saint * Anthony of Sourozh (Bloom, 1914–2003) of Sourozh, Russian Orthodox bishop *

Antony (Khrapovitsky) Metropolitan Anthony (, secular name Aleksey Pavlovich Khrapovitsky, ; 17 March (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) 1863 – 10 August 1936) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Empire, the Metropolitan of Eparchy of Kiev ( ...

(1863–1936) of Kiev, Russian Orthodox bishop *

Antony (footballer, born 2000) Antony Matheus dos Santos (born 24 February 2000), known mononymously as Antony (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Real Betis, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United, and the ...

(Antony Matheus dos Santos), Brazilian footballer *

Antony (footballer, born 2001) Antony Alves Santos (born 8 September 2001), known as just Antony, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers. Club career Antony began his senior career with Joinville, before jo ...

(Antony Alves Santos), Brazilian footballer * Antony Acland (1930–2021), British diplomat and Provost of Eton College *

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (7 March 1930 – 13 January 2017) was a British photographer. He is best known internationally for his portraits of world notables, many of them published in '' Vogue'', '' Vanity Fa ...

(1930–2017), English photographer and filmmaker, husband of Princess Margaret * Antony de Ávila (born 1962), Colombian footballer *

Antony Beevor Sir Antony James Beevor, (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil War, and most recently the Russian Revolution and Civil War. ...

(born 1946), English military historian *

Antony Blinken Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as Deputy National Security Advisor, deputy national security advisor ...

(born 1962), American government administrator and secretary of state of the United States * Antony Caceres (born 2000), Canadian soccer player * Antony Clark (born 1956), South African educationalist * Antony Duff (1920–2000), British diplomat and Director General of MI5 *

Antony Flew Antony Garrard Newton Flew (; 11 February 1923 – 8 April 2010) was an English philosopher. Belonging to the analytic and evidentialist schools of thought, Flew worked on the philosophy of religion. During the course of his career he taught ...

(1923–2010), English philosopher * Antony Gormley (born 1950), British sculptor * Antony Green (born 1960), Australian psephologist and commentator * Antony Hämäläinen (born 1980), Finnish musician, singer and composer *

Antony Hewish Antony Hewish (11 May 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle) for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the ...

(1924–2021), British radio astronomer, Nobel Prize for Physics * Antony Jay (1930–2016), English writer, broadcaster and director * Antony Johnston (born 1972), British writer of comics, video games and novels *

Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree Antony Harold Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, OBE, PC, DL (29 August 1937 – 25 March 2012) was a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was the member of Parliament for Braintree from 1974 to 1997, and was later ...

(1937–2012), British politician * Antony Padiyara (1921–2000), Indian Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal * Antony Page (fl. 1980s–2020s), dean of the Florida International University School of Law * Antony Pappusamy (born 1949), Indian Roman Catholic archbishop * Antony Lopez Peralta (born 1981), French footballer * Antony Raju (born 1954), Indian politician * Antony Sher (1949–2021), English actor * Antony Starr (born 1975), New Zealand television actor * Antony C. Sutton (1925–2002), British and American economist, historian and writer * Antony Valentini (born 1965), British theoretical physicist * Tony Whitlam (born 1944), Australian lawyer, judge, politician and son of former Australian Prime Minister

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being ...

Surname

* A. K. Antony (born 1940), Indian politician, former Defence Minister of India and three-time Chief Minister of the state of Kerala * Anto Antony (born 1956), Indian politician *

Johny Antony Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Taha, Kamal an ...

(), Indian film director * P. J. Antony (1925–1979), Indian stage and film actor * Steve Antony, British children's author and illustrator

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