Anthony (given name)

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Anthony or Antony is a male given name, (ninth most popular male first name in the United States as of 2006), derived from Antonius, a Roman family name. That name seems to have come originally from the Etruscan language, although no further information is known about this derivation. Its popularity as a Christian name largely stems from its association with St. Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism. The Greek word ανθος (anthos), meaning "flower" is incorrectly considered by some sources to be the meaning of the name»Behind the Name - Anthony, Behind The Name; others incorrectly claim it is from the ancient Greek name Anthonios, king of Achaia. In fact, Anthony is not spelled with a th in any language other than English. It is often shortened to Tony or Tone; or when the background is Sicilian, Nino, shortened from Antonino.

;In media
  • Anthony Bourdain, Chef, restaurant owner, and host of no reservations tv show.
  • Anthony Ausgang, American painter and mixed media visual artist
  • Tony Blackburn, British disc jockey, first DJ heard in BBC Radio 1 in 1967
  • Tony Booth, British actor, father of Cherie Blair
  • Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz), American actor
  • Anthony Daniels, British actor best known for the role of C-3PO in all six Star Wars films
  • Tony Danza, American actor and talk show host
  • Anthony Edwards, American actor best known for the role of Dr. Mark Green on TV's ER
  • Tony Hancock, British comedian and actor, known for playing a fictional character with the same name on radio and television in the 1950/60s
  • Tony Hawks, British comedian and writer
  • Anthony Stewart Head, British actor & singer, best known for the role of Rupert Giles in TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Anthony Hopkins, British actor
  • Anthony Horowitz, British author & scriptwriter
  • Anthony Steven Kalloniatis, aka ANT an American-Greek openly gay comedian
  • the Tony Award
  • Anthony Montgomery, American actor best known in the role of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the television series Star Trek
    Enterprise
  • Anthony Padilla, from "Smosh" on Youtube
  • Anthony Quinn, a two-time Academy Award-winning Irish American and Mexican American actor.
  • Tony Randall, American actor best known for his TV and movie roles roles, especially The Odd Couple
  • Tony Robinson, British actor and TV presenter
  • Tony Shalhoub, American television and film actor, lead role on Monk
  • Anthony Trollope, Victorian Novelist
  • Anthony Fedorko, artist illustrator based in Los Angeles, California

    • Fictional people

    • Tony Almeida, CTU Agent in 24.
    • Toni Cipriani, the main Character on
    • Anthony Daly, character in BBC's TV show Doctor Who
    • Anthony Soprano, main character on the HBO hit show, The Sopranos. Portrayed by James Gandolfini
    • Anthony Stark, the alter ego to the superhero Iron Man
    • Tony Stonem, a main character in British dramedy Skins
    • Anthony DiNozzo, the senior agent in NCIS
    • Anthony Lee - former director of CADC (Chinese Association Dance Crew) at the University of California, Irvine. Also a destructive superhero by night.
    • Kreivi Antony DiMera, a criminal in Days of our Lives
    • Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino in Scarface
    • Tony Manero, played by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever
    • Tony Rydinger, character from the 2004 Pixar film, The Incredibles, who is Violet Parr's crush
    • Anthony Muccio, son of Stephen Muccio the famous high school sports star from DeWitt Clinton in the Bronx. Anthony attends Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, where he also is a sports star. His main sport is baseball just like his father.
    • Anthony Cullen
    • Anthony Christina - French Horn Virtuoso and Conspiracy Enthusiast

    See also

    See also
    • Anthony (disambiguation)

    References

    External links

    • [http">Disambiguation page for other meanings of Anthony

    • Anthony

    ; Disambiguation pages for other spellings

    ; Disambiguation pages for this name in combination with others

    See also

    References

    External links

    • [http
      //behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=anthony BehindTheName.com entry (also contains a list of versions of Anthony in other languages)

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