Toon is a Dutch masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonie used in Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa, Namibia, Indonesia and

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. Notable people with the name include the following:

Given name

* Toon Aerts (born 1993), Belgian cyclist *

Toon de Ruiter Toon de Ruiter (12 June 1935 – 23 November 2001) was a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games o ...

(1935 – 2001), Dutch rower *

Toon Greebe Toon Greebe (born 25 September 1988 in Den Bosch) is a Dutch darts player. Career Greebe reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Dutch Open. He beat Spain's Carlos Rodriguez in the last 32 stage and then defeated Stephen Bunting in the last 16 ...

(born 1988), Dutch darts player * Toon Hiranyasap (born 1954), Thai film actor *

Toon Lenaerts Toon Lenaerts (born 16 July 1990) is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for K.F.C. Dessel Sport in the Belgian Second Division as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role ...

(born 1990), Belgian footballer *

Toon Meerman Toon Meerman (13 October 1933 – March 2023) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. Meerman made his professional debut at Feijenoord and also played for Excelsior. On 17 March 2023, it was announced that Meerman had died at the age ...

(born 1933), retired Dutch footballer *

Toon van Driel Toon van Driel (born 16 February 1945, Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist, comics writer and comics artist, best known for his comics series ''F.C. Knudde'', about an incompetent association football team, and ''De Stamgasten'', which features ant ...

(born 1945), Dutch cartoonist * Toon van Welsenes (1903 – 1974), Dutch athlete

Nickname

Toon Becx Antonius Wilhelmus Maria "Toon" Becx (21 April 1920 − 26 November 2013) was a Dutch people, Dutch Association football, footballer who played for Willem II (football club), Willem II, primarily as a Left winger (association football), left wing ...

, nickname of Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Becx (1920 − 2013), Dutch footballer *

Toon Dupuis Antonius Stanislaus Nicolaas Ludovicus Dupuis (18 February 1877, Antwerp – 13 October 1937, The Hague) was a Dutch sculptor and medallist of Belgian origin. Dupuis was a lecturer at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. ...

, nickname of Antonius Stanislaus Nicolaas Ludovicus Dupuis, (1877–1937), Dutch sculptor and medallist of Belgian origin * Toon Ebben, nickname of Antonius Ebben, who is known as

Anton Ebben Antonius "Toon" Ebben (22 December 1930 – 4 February 2011) was a Dutch equestrian. After acting as a groom for Max and Ernest van Loon at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Ebben began competing himself, riding ''Kairouan'' in the 1950s–60s and later ...

(22 December 1930 – 4 February 2011), Dutch equestrian *

Toon Geurts Antonius "Toon" Geurts (29 February 1932 – 5 October 2017) was a Dutch sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boa ...

, nickname of Antonius Geurts (1932 – 2017), Dutch canoer * Toon Hermans, nickname of Antoine Gerard Theodore Hermans, (1916–2000), Dutch comedian, singer and writer * Toon Oprinsen, nickname of Antonius Adrianus Henricus Oprinsen, (1910–1945), Dutch football midfielder * Toon Pastor, nickname of Antonius Franciscus Pastor, (born 1929), Dutch boxer * Toon Tellegen, nickname of Antonius Otto Hermannus Tellegen (born 1941), Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for his children's works *

Toon Verhoef Anthonie Wilhelmus (Toon) Verhoef (born Voorburg, October 17, 1946) is a Dutch painter, ceramist and art lecturer. Biography Verhoef attended the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 1965-1966, and studied art history at the University of South Africa ...

, nickname of Anthonie Wilhelmus Verhoef (born 1946), Dutch artist * Toon van Helfteren, nickname of Anton van Helfteren (born 1951), Dutch basketball player and coach

Surname

* Al Toon (born 1963), American football player * Colin Toon (born 1940), English footballer *

Francine Toon Francine Toon (born 1986), also writing as Francine Elena, is a British writer. Early life Toon was born in Canterbury, England, in 1986, and moved to the Scottish Highlands, near Dornoch, at the age of nine after living in England and Portugal. ...

(born 1986), British writer *

James Toon (cricketer) James Harry Cecil Toon (17 January 1916 – 26 December 1987) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Oundle and died in Wellingborough Wellingborough ( ) is a large market and commuter town in the unita ...

(1916–1987), English cricketer *

James Toon (American football) James Allen Toon (November 12, 1938 – June 4, 2011) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Fayetteville State University Fayetteville State University (FSU) is a public historically black u ...

(1938 – 2011), American gridiron football player and coach *

Joseph Toon Joseph Toon (5 June 1879 – 7 March 1950) was an English cricketer. Toon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Ratby, Leicestershire. Toon made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against De ...

(1879–1950), English cricketer * Malcolm Toon (1916–2009), American diplomat * Maurice Toon, New Zealand paralympic boccia player *

Michael Toon Michael Toon (born 11 April 1979 in Brisbane) is an Australian rowing coxswain. He is a former Australian national champion, an U23 world champion, an Olympian and a medallist at world championships and the 2004 Olympics. Early life Toon was ...

(born 1979), Australian rowing coxswain *

Michael Simon Toon Michael Simon Toon (born 12 March 1977) is an English photographer, filmmaker, designer and builder. Short films Toon has made two short films in the style of cinéma vérité which are globally recognised as serious inquiries into the nature of ...

(born 1977), English filmmaker and builder *

Nick Toon Nicholas Adam Toon (born November 4, 1988) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Wisconsin and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He is the son of former New Yo ...

(born 1988), American football wide receiver * Owen Toon (born 1947), American professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences * Paige Toon (born 1975), English romantic fiction writer * Peter Toon (1939–2009), English Anglican priest *

Thomas F. Toon Thomas Fentress Toon (June 10, 1840 – February 19, 1902) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Thomas Fentress Toon was born June 10, 1840, in Columbus County, North Carolina, to A ...

(1840–1902), Confederate States Army brigadier general

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