Danton is a French given name that is a form of

Antoine Antoine is a French language, French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton (name), Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is most common in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada ...

, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin used in

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, and

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. As a surname, it is unrelated to

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 ...

-related names, but rather people from

Anthon, Isère Anthon () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography Anthon stands on the left bank of the river Rhône opposite its confluence with the Ain, about 30 kilometres upstream from the centre of Lyon. Its inhabitants ar ...

. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

Danton Cole Danton Edward Cole (born January 10, 1967) is an American former professional hockey player and the former head coach of the Michigan State Spartans men's hockey team. He had guided the USA Hockey Under-18 team to a pair of gold medals and a b ...

(born 1967), American hockey player * Danton Heinen (born 1995), Canadian hockey player * Danton Mello (born 1975), Brazilian actor *

Danton Remoto Danton Relato Remoto (born March 25, 1963) is a Filipino writer, essayist, reporter, editor, columnist, and professor. Remoto received the first prize at the ASEAN Letter-Writing Contest for Young People. The award earned Remoto a scholarshi ...

(born 1963), Filipino writer, essayist, reporter, editor, columnist, & professor *

Danton Stone Danton Stone (born in Queens, New York) is an American stage, film and television actor. Stage Broadway *''Fifth of July'' (1980) as Weston Hurley *'' Angels Fall'' (1983) as Don Tabaha *''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (2001) as Martini O ...

, American actor

Nickname

* Robert Bodanzky, also known as ''Danton'' (1879–1923), Austrian journalist, playwright and poet

Surname

* Christine Danton, Australian contortionist *

Georges Danton Georges Jacques Danton (; ; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to gove ...

(1759–1794), French Revolutionary *

Henry Danton Henry Danton (born Henry David Boileau Down; 30 March 1919 – 9 February 2022) was a British dancer, teacher, and stager of classical ballet.

(1919–2022), British dancer * Mike Danton (born 1980), Canadian former professional ice hockey player *

Ray Danton Ray Danton (born Raymond Caplan; September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992) was an American radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose most famous roles were in the screen biographies ''The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamo ...

(1931–1992), American actor, director and producer

Fictional character

Danton Black Ma'alefa'ak Josephine MacDonald Josephine MacDonald, also known as Josie Mac, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #763 (December 2001) and was created by ...

, minor DC Comics character

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