Anthony
Languages: This boy's name is used in English.
Alternative Spellings: Anthoney
Variant Forms: Antony
Source Forms: Antonius
Popularity: The name Anthony ranked 11th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics, 22nd in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census and 17th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1994 US Census.
This name is highly rated both on the 1990 U.S. Census list and in state data recording the most popular baby names.
Narrative: This name is based on the Roman family name of Marc Antony, friend of Julius Caesar and paramour of Cleopatra. His was an ancient family, and some believe the name comes from the language of the Etruscans, masters of the Italian peninsula before the ascendance of Rome.
The modern world's view of Marc Antony has been strongly influenced by Shakespeare's portrayal of him in the plays Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
Arts and Music
- Anthony Criss
- Treach (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)
- Anthony Van Dyck (born 1599, died 1641)
Flemish painter.
- Court painter to Charles I; created lively, fresh portraits of aristocrats (see list of Artists of the 17th & 18th Centuries)
- Anthony Newley (born 1931, died 1999)
English actor and singer.
- 1962 Grammy winner for best male vocal performance, for ''''What Kind of Fool Am I?'''' (see list of Grammy winners for Best Vocal Performance)
Leadership
- M. Anthony Burns
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Ryder System (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Anthony M. Kennedy (born 1936)
American jurist.
- U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1987- (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
- Anthony J.F. O'Reilly
- CEO of Fortune 500 company H.J. Heinz (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- P. Anthony Ridder
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Knight-Ridder (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Anthony J. Scirica
American judge.
- Circuit Judge, Third Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
- Anthony Wayne (born 1745, died 1796)
American tanner, general and legislator.
- A distinguished commander in the Revolutionary War (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
Miscellaneous
- Anthony W. Ivins
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- Anthony Overton
- 1927 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
- Anthony Perkins (born 1932, died 1992)
American actor, writer and director.
- Had tuberculosis (see list of People Who Have Had Tuberculosis)
Science and Philosophy
- Anthony W. England
American astronaut.
- Astronaut on Challenger (1985) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
- Anthony H.G. Fokker
German pilot who perfected a firing system for fighter planes.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
- Anthony W. LeVier
Lockheed test pilot.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
Sports
- Anthony Josephy ''A.J.'' Foyt, Jr.
Race-car driver.
- 1961, 1964, 1967, and 1977 Indianapolis 500 winner (see list of Indianapolis 500 Winners)
- 1972 Daytona 500 winner (see list of Daytona 500 Winners)
- Member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame for Open Wheel (see list of Members of the Motorsports Hall of Fame)
- Anthony Munoz
American football player.
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1998 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
- Anthony Nesty
Surinamese athlete.
- 1988 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 100m butterfly (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
- Anthony Terlazzo
American athlete.
- 1936 Olympic weightlifting gold medal winner for 60kg (see list of Olympic gold medalists in weightlifting)
- Anthony F. Wilding
- 1910-13 Wimbledon tennis champion (see list of Wimbledon Tennis Champions)
- Anthony Winter
Australian athlete.
- 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Triple Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
Stage and Screen
- Anthony Andrews (born 1948)
English actor.
- Potrayed Richard (see list of Actors on ''Upstairs, Downstairs'')
- Connor Anthony
- Son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (see list of see Celebrity Babies)
- Anthony Armando
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''The Bold and the Beautiful'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Bold and The Beautiful'')
- Anthony DiMera
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''Days of Our Lives'''' (see list of Characters on ''Days of Our Lives'')
- Anthony Edwards (born 1962)
American actor and director.
- Portrays Dr. Mark Greene (see list of Actors on ''ER'')
- Anthony Geary (born 1947)
American actor.
- Actor on soap opera ''''General Hospital'''' (see list of Performers on ''General Hospital'')
- Anthony George
- Portrayed Cam Allison (see list of Actors on ''The Untouchables'')
- Anthony Michael Hall (born 1968)
American actor and director.
- A cast member on ''''Saturday Night Live,'''' 1985-1986 (see list of Saturday Night Live)
- Anthony Hopkins (born 1937)
Welsh actor.
- 1991 Academy Award winner for his performance in The Silence of the Lambs (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Actor)
- Anthony LaPaglia (born 1959)
Australian born actor
- 1998 Tony Award winner for his performance in A View From the Bridge. (see list of Tony winners for Best Actor in a Play)
- Anthony Mann
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Anthony Minghella (born 54)
English writer and director.
- 1996 Academy Award winner for The English Patient (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
- Maj. Anthony Nelson
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Larry Hagman (see list of Characters on ''I Dream of Jeannie'')
- Anthony Pena
American actor.
- Actor on soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless'''' (see list of Performers on ''The Young and the Restless'')
- Anthony Perkins (born 1932, died 1992)
American actor, writer and director.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Winner of the 1961 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor award, for Goodbye Again (see list of Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Winners)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Anthony Quinn (born 1916)
Mexican-American actor, director and producer.
- Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor: 1952, for Viva Zapata!; 1956, for Lust for Life (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
- On Hollywood''s Footprints of Fame (see list of Celebrities Honored by Mann's Chinese Theater)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
The Literary World
- Anthony Burgess (born 1917, died 1993)
English novelist.
- Wrote A Clockwork Orange (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
- Anthony R. Dolan
- 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
- Anthony Forbes
Fictional character.
- A hypnotist in Stephen King''s novel Insomnia (see list of Characters in Insomnia)
- Anthony Hecht (born 1923)
American poet.
- 1983 Bollingen Prize winner (see list of Winners of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry)
- 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, for The Hard Hours (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
- Anthony Leviero
- 1952 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)
- Anthony Lewis
- 1955 and 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)
- J. Anthony Lukas (born 1933, died 1997)
American journalist.
- 1968 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
- 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction, for Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)
- 1985 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
- Anthony K. Roberts
- 1974 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot News Photography (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography)
- Anthony Shannon
- 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot Reporting)
- Anthony Suad
- 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Photography (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography)
- Anthony Trollope (born 1815, died 1882)
English novelist.
- Wrote The Warden (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)
Teasing Nicknames:
- Phoney Tony
- Tony Macaroni
- Tony Baloney
- Tony Harmony
- Tinkie-tonks
- Tony Spomoni
- Ant
- Antman
- Antoni
- Cal-Toni (Calzone)
- Riga-Tony
- Tonio
Associations:
Introduced in 1979, an ''Anthony dollar'' is a U.S. dollar coin that features suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony.
Popularity: The name Anthony ranked 2130th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.
This name is usually reserved for boys. In part, it may owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.
Narrative: This name is based on the ancient Roman family name of Marc Antony, friend of Julius Caesar and paramour of Cleopatra. Some authorities believe that name ultimately originated among the ancient Etruscans.
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