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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

masculine given name, short for Anton or

Antonius Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish name used in Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, part of the Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Belgium, Netherl ...

. People with the name include: * Ton Alberts (1927–1999), Dutch architect * Ton Alblas (1940–2015), Dutch politician *

Ton Alcover Antoni 'Ton' Alcover Roige (born 17 January 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CE L'Hospitalet as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Móra d'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Alcover finished his football formation with local Gimn ...

(born 1990), Spanish footballer * (born 1944), Dutch author and literary critic * Ton Blanker (born 1960), Dutch footballer * Ton Berns (born 1946), Dutch molecular geneticist *

Ton Bisseling Ton Bisseling (born 1952) is a Dutch molecular biologist. He is a professor at Wageningen University and Research Centre. In 1975 Bisseling obtained a degree in biology from the Radboud University Nijmegen. Five years later he earned his PhD in m ...

(born 1952), Dutch molecular biologist *

Ton Boot Antoine "Ton" Boot (born October 16, 1940) is a Dutch retired professional basketball coach and player. Boot is viewed as one of the best Dutch coaches ever, because of his 14 national titles in the Netherlands. The Dutch newspaper ''De Volkskra ...

(born 1940), Dutch basketball player and coach * Ton Butter (1920–1999), Dutch economist * Ton Buunk (born 1952), Dutch water polo player * Ton Caanen (born 1966), Dutch football manager *

Ton du Chatinier Ton du Chatinier (born 13 January 1958) is a retired Dutch football player. He later worked as an assistant manager to Hong Myung-bo of South Korea, and alongside Hong as an assistant to manager Guus Hiddink at Russian side FC Anzhi Makhachkala ...

(born 1958), Dutch footballer *

Ton Cornelissen Antonius Cornelissen (born 24 January 1964) is a Dutch retired footballer who played for, among others, NAC Breda and RBC Roosendaal. Cornelissen was born in Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, l ...

(born 1974), Dutch footballer * (1921–2010), Dutch cabaretier, actor and screenwriter *

Ton Elias Ton Maarten Christofoor Elias (born 14 March 1955) is a Dutch businessman, retired politician and former journalist who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2017. As a parliamentarian for the People's Party for Freedom ...

(born 1955), Dutch VVD politician * Ton van Engelen (born 1950), Dutch footballer * Ton Hartsuiker (1933–2015), Dutch classical pianist *

Ton van Heugten Antonius Maria van Heugten (9 September 1945 – 27 March 2008) was a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 1981 World Champion in the sport, together with his passenger Frits Kiggen. He has also won the Dutch national sidecarcross championship four ...

(1945–2008), Dutch sidecarcross rider * (born 1955), Dutch sculptor *

Ton van Kesteren A. J. M. "Ton" van Kesteren (born 26 August 1954) is a Dutch politician and real estate appraiser. Representing the Party for Freedom, he has been a member of the States of Groningen The Provincial Council of Groningen ( nl, Provinciale Stat ...

(born 1954), Dutch VVD politician *

Ton van Klooster Anton ("Ton") Willem van Klooster (born 17 February 1954) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the heats of the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events. Twenty years later he ...

(born 1954), Dutch swimmer and swimming coach *

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orche ...

(born 1944), Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist * (1906–1991), Dutch composer and conductor *

Ton de Leeuw Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw (Rotterdam, 16 November 1926 - Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer. He occasionally experimented with microtonality. Life and career Taught by Henk Badings, Olivier Messiaen and others, and in his youth ...

(1926–1996), Dutch composer *

(born 1941), Dutch organizational theorist * (1922–1997), Dutch actor, TV director and writer *

Ton Lokhoff Antonius Johannes Jacobus "Ton" Lokhoff (born 25 December 1959) is a Dutch football manager and former player, currently serving as assistant coach and interim head coach of NAC Breda. Playing career Lokhoff is named ''Mister NAC'' due to his lo ...

(born 1959), Dutch football player and manager *

Ton van Loon Ton van Loon (born October 10, 1956 in Weert) is a commander from the Netherlands. He is a Lieutenant General employed by NATO who took control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Regional Command South (RC-S) on November 1 ...

(born 1956), Dutch army commander * Ton Lutz (1919–2009), Dutch actor and artistic leader * Ton Masseurs (born 1947), Dutch guitarist * Ton Meijer, born Dutch chief executive * Ton van Os (born 1941), Dutch painter and sculptor * Ton van Osch (born 1955), Dutch army commander * Ton Pattinama (born 1956), Dutch footballer * Ton Pronk (1941–2016), Dutch footballer *

Ton Richter Antonius "Ton" Maria Richter (November 16, 1919, Blaricum, North Holland – August 10, 2009) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Blaricum Blaricum () is a municipality and village in t ...

(1919–2009), Dutch field hockey player * Ton Roosendaal (born 1960), Dutch software developer and film producer *

Ton Satomi Ton is the name of any one of several units of measure. It has a long history and has acquired several meanings and uses. Mainly it describes units of weight. Confusion can arise because ''ton'' can mean * the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds ...

(1888–1983), pen-name of Japanese author Hideo Yamanouchi *

Ton Scherpenzeel Ton Scherpenzeel (born 6 August 1952) is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of progressive rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum (Hilversum College ...

(born 1952), Dutch keyboardist *

Ton Schmidt Antoon "Ton" Schmidt (born January 31, 1948 in Amsterdam) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Netherlands men's national water polo team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. References ...

(born 1948), Dutch water polo player * Ton Schulten (born 1938), Dutch landscape painter *

Ton Sijbrands Teunis (Ton) Sijbrands (born 15 December 1949, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch international draughts player who became world champion in 1972. The next year, he successfully defended his title in a match against Andris Andreiko. In 1967, 1969, 1970 ...

(born 1949), Dutch draughts player * Ton Strien (born 1958), Dutch CDA politician *

Ton Thie Ton Thie (28 October 1944 – 25 February 2021) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for GC & FC Olympia, Excelsior, Hermes DVS, ADO Den Haag, and the San Francisco Golden Gate Gales. Club career Thie started at h ...

(born 1944), Dutch football goalkeeper * Ton Ven (1884–1965), pseudonym of Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch author * Ton van de Ven (1944–2015), Dutch industrial designer *

Ton van den Hurk Antonius "Ton" van den Hurk (3 March 1933 – 6 April 2021) was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Club Born in Eindhoven, van den Hurk started his career at local club FC Eindhoven, but moved to newly founded profess ...

(1933 – 2021), Dutch footballer * Ton Vorst (born 1952), Dutch financial engineer and mathematician *

Ton Vrolijk Ton Vrolijk (born 1958) is a track cyclist from the Netherlands. He won the bronze medal at the 1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Leicester in the men's tandam together with Sjaak Pieters. The year before, he competed at the 1981 UC ...

(born 1958), Dutch track cyclist

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