Monty


Monty is a masculine given name, often a short form of Montgomery, Montague and other similar names. It is also a surname.
Notable people with the name or nickname include:

Nickname

  • Bernard Montgomery, British Second World War field marshal
  • Bruce Montgomery , American music composer and former director of the Penn Glee Club
  • Chris Montgomery, American computer specialist and founder of the Xiph.Org Foundation
  • Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
  • Monty Montgomery , former American football cornerback
  • Richard Montgomerie, Sussex cricketer
  • Monty Basgall, American Major League Baseball player and coach
  • Monty Berman, British cinematographer and film and television producer
  • Monty Bowden, English cricketer and wicket-keeper
  • Monty Burton, British pilot
  • Montgomery Clift, American actor
  • Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton, British philanthropist and public servant, longtime private secretary to Benjamin Disraeli
  • Monty Don, British horticulturist and television presenter
  • Monty Dumond, South African rugby union player
  • Monty Kaser, American golfer
  • Monty Mason, American politician
  • Monty Newborn, American professor of electrical engineering and computer science
  • Monty Panesar, England cricketer Mudhsuden Singh Panesar
  • Monty Roberts, American horse trainer
  • Michael Widenius, Finnish computer programmer, the main author of the open-source MySQL database and a founding member of the MySQL AB company
  • Monty Williams, American National Basketball Association associate head coach and former player

    Given name

  • Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist
  • Monty Banks, Italian comedian and film producer born Mario Bianchi
  • Monty Beisel, American National Football League player
  • Monty Betham, New Zealand boxer and former rugby league footballer and junior world karate champion
  • Monty Brown, American professional wrestler and National Football League player
  • Monte Collins, American film actor and screenwriter also credited as Monty Collins
  • Monty Fariss, American baseball player
  • Monty Grow, American football player
  • Monty Hall, Canadian-American television game show host
  • Monty Halls, English TV broadcaster, explorer and marine biologist
  • Monty Lewis, American collegiate head football coach
  • Monty Lewis , Welsh-born American artist
  • Monty Montgomery , American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Monty Montgomery , American film producer, director, actor and screenwriter
  • Monty Norman, British singer and film composer best known for composing the "James Bond Theme"
  • Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter
  • Monty Powell, American country music songwriter
  • Monty Rice, American football player
  • Monty Sopp, American pro wrestler, more commonly known as Billy Gunn

    Surname

  • Gloria Monty, American soap opera producer
  • Ole Monty, Danish film actor
  • Pete Monty, American National Football League player
  • Rodolphe Monty, Canadian politician

    Fictional characters

  • A character on Sesame Street
  • Montgomery Montgomery, in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, movie and series
  • A nickname for Montana Max, a Tiny Toon Adventures character
  • Monty, the cat in the Stuart Little films
  • Uncle Monty, in the film Withnail and I
  • Nickname of C. Montgomery Burns, evil billionaire on The Simpsons
  • Old Monty, in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Monty de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
  • Monty Mole, the player character in a 1980s series of video games by the English company Gremlin Graphics
  • Monty, a large red dump truck in Thomas and Friends, who debuted in the short-lived spin-off series, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
  • Nickname of Monterey Jack, a character in the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers animated television series
  • Dr. Monty, in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III
  • Monty Green, a main character in the TV show The 100
  • Monty, a vulture-like bird in the 2017 film Smurfs: The Lost Village
  • Monty Montahue, main character of the American comic strip Monty
  • Monty Richardson, title character of the short-lived Fox sitcom Monty, played by Henry Winkler
  • Monty Kirkham, in the film Big Fat Liar, played by Amanda Detmer
  • Birth name of Lightning McQueen, a racer in Pixar's Cars
  • Henry “Monty” Montague, a character from the novel The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
  • Montgomery Gator from the video game Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
  • Monty, main character on the Zee Horror Show