Antony

Antony is a Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish, given name that is a form of Anthony in use in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, India, Pakistan, England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Denmark, Germany, Austria, eastern Switzerland, part of Serbia, part of Romania, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Nigeria.[1] As a surname it is derived from the Antonius root name.[2] People with this name include the following:

Given name

• Mark Antony (83–30 BC), Roman politician and general
• Anthony the Great (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) (1863–1936) of Kiev, Russian Orthodox bishop
• Antony Acland (born 1930), British diplomat and Provost of Eton College
• Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930–2017), English photographer and filmmaker, husband of Princess Margaret
• Antony de Ávila (born 1962), Colombian footballer
• Antony Beevor (born 1946), English military historian
• Antony Caceres (born 2000), Canadian soccer player
• Antony Duff (1920–2000), British diplomat and Director General of MI5
• Antony Flew (1923–2010), English philosopher
• Antony Gormley (born 1950), British sculptor
• Antony Hämäläinen (born 1980), Finnish musician, singer and composer
• Antony Hewish (born 1924), 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
• Antony Matheus dos Santos (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
• Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree (1937–2012), British politician
• Antony Padiyara (1921–2000), Indian Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal
• Antony Pappusamy (born 1949), Indian Roman Catholic archbishop
• Antony Lopez Peralta (born 1981), French footballer
• Antony Raju (born 1954), Indian politician
• Antony Sher (born 1949), 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

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 (fl. 1991–present), Indian film director
• P. J. Antony (1925–1979), Indian stage and film actor
• Steve Antony, British children's author and illustrator

It is also the name of some places:

Places

• Antony, Belarus, a village in the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus
• Antony, Cornwall, a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Antony House, Cornwall, United Kingdom
• Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département of France
• Gare d'Antony, a train station on the RER B line in Île-de-France

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Antony
• All pages with titles containing Antony
• Anthony (disambiguation)
• Antona (name)
• Antone
• Antoni, a given name and surname
• Antonie (disambiguation)
• Antono (name)

References

1. "Antony". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
2. "Last name: Antony". Surnamedb.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.