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