Tony (given name)
Tony is an English masculine given name that occurs as a diminutive form of Anthony[1] in many countries.[2] As a diminutive form of Antonia,[1] it is found in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Norway, and Sweden.[2]
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Toney, Toni, Tonie |
| Related names | Anthony, Antonio, Tonie |
People
- Tony Abbott (born 1957), Australian politician
- Tony Acquaviva (1925–1986), American composer and conductor
- Tony An (born 1978), South Korean singer, member of South Korean boy band H.O.T.
- Tony Armas (born 1953) Venezuelan baseball player
- Tony Armas Jr. (born 1978) Tony's son, Venezuelan baseball player
- Tony Atlas (born 1954), American wrestler
- Tony Blair (born 1953), British politician
- Antony Blinken (born 1962), American government administrator and incoming secretary of state of the United States
- Tony Benn (1925–2014), British politician
- Tony Blackburn (born 1943), British disc jockey
- Tony Brooks-James (born 1994), American football player
- Tony Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Burke (born 1969), Australian politician
- Tony Compagno (1921–1971), American football player
- Tony Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Corbin (born 1974), American football player
- Tony Costa (1944–1974), American serial killer
- Tony Cristiani, American football player
- Tony Curtis, American actor (1925–2010), born Bernard Schwartz
- Tony Danza (born 1951), American actor
- Tony Discenzo (1936–2007), American football player
- Tony Douglas (singer) (1929–2013), American country music singer
- Tony Drago (born 1965), Maltese snooker player
- Tony Evers (born 1951), American politician
- Tony Fernandes (born 1964), Malaysian entrepreneur
- Tony Fields (1958–1995), American dancer
- Tony Fields II (born 1999), American football player
- Tony Gaffney (born 1984), American basketball player
- Tony Gara (1939–2006), Zimbabwean politician
- Tony Grosser, South Australian criminal who repeatedly shot at police in 1994
- Tony Gwynn (1960–2014), American baseball player
- Tony Hale (born 1970), American actor and comedian
- Tony Hargain (born 1967), American football player
- Tony Hart (1925–2009), English TV presenter
- Tony Hawk (born 1968), American skateboarder
- Tony Haynes (American musician) (born 1960), American lyricist, songwriter, author
- Tony Haynes (English composer) (born 1941), British composer, musician and bandleader
- Tony Imba (born 1979), Malaysian murderer
- Tony Ippolito (1917–1951), American football player
- Tony Jayawardena (born 1978), Sri Lankan Briton actor
- Tony Jeffery (born 1964), American football player
- Tony Johns (born 1960), Canadian football player
- Tony Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Judt (1948–2010), British historian
- Tony Kaska (1911–1994), American football player
- Tony Kia (1966–2009), real name Tan Chor Jin, Singaporean triad leader and murderer
- Tony La Russa (born 1944), American baseball manager
- Tony Labrusca (born 1995), Filipino-American actor
- Tony Leung Ka-Fai (born 1958), Hong Kong actor
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (born 1962), Hong Kong actor
- Tony Levine (born 1972), American football coach
- Tony Liberatore (born 1966), Australian rules footballer
- Tony Lockett (born 1966), Australian rules footballer
- Tony Martin (American singer) (1913–2012), American actor and singer
- Tony Mills (musician) (1962–2019), English musician, member of the bands Shy and TNT
- Anthony Nwakaeme (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
- Tony Parker (born 1982), French National Basketball Association player
- Tony Parker (author) (1923–1996), British oral historian
- Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993), American basketball player
- Tony Piccolo (born 1960), South Australian politician
- Tony da Costa Pinho (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Tony Poljan (born 1998), American football player
- Tony Pollard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Popovic (born 1973), Australian football manager
- Tony Robbins (born 1960), American author and motivational speaker
- Tony Romo (born 1980), American football player
- Tony Ronaldson (born 1972), Australian basketball player
- Anthony da Silva (born 1980), French-born Portuguese footballer
- Tony Samuels, American football player
- Tony Satini (born 1993), Australian rugby league player
- Tony Slattery, English comedian and actor
- Tony Smurfit, British-born Irish businessman
- Tony Swatton, Anglo-American blacksmith
- Tony Sylva (born 1975), Senegalese goalkeeper
- Tony Taka, also referred to as just Tony, Japanese illustrator, video game artist and character designer
- Tony Tan Caktiong (born 1953), Chinese-Filipino billionaire and business magnate
- Tony Tan Keng Yam (born 1940), President of Singapore 2011–17
- Tony Tchani (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer
- Tony Thurman (born 1962), American football player
- Tony Joe White (1943–2018), American singer-songwriter
- Tony Vlachos (born 1973), American police officer and reality television personality, winner of Survivor: Cagayan and Survivor: Winners at War
- Tony Waiters (1937–2020), English footballer and manager
- Tony Williams (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league player
- Tony Younger (born 1980), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
Fictional characters
- Fast Tony, in the 2006 animated film Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Fat Tony (The Simpsons), Mafia boss in the animated TV program The Simpsons
- Anthony Mark "Tony" Banta, a character in American sitcom television series Taxi
- Tony Chang, played by Michael Truong in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Tony DiMera, in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Tony Wah Chong Leonetti, in the American TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries) and V The Final Battle
- Tony Micelli, in American sitcom television series Who's the Boss
- Tony Montana, in the 1983 film Scarface
- Tony Nelson, one of the main characters of the TV series I Dream of Jeannie, played by Larry Hagman
- Tony Padilla, in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Tony Petrocelli, defense lawyer in the American TV series Petrocelli
- Tony Soprano, main protagonist in The Sopranos TV series
- Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, in Marvel comics
- Tony Stonem, in British TV series Skins
- Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal
- Tony, an anthropomorphic clock from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
- Tony, a character in the 1957 musical West Side Story
See also
Notes
- "Tony (Tonny, Toni)" (in Swedish). Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Tony". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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