Tony (given name)
Tony is an English masculine given name that occurs as a diminutive form of Anthony or Antonio in many countries. As a diminutive form of Antonia or Antonietta, it is found in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Norway, and Sweden. It has been among the top 600 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and was among the top 200 from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1990s.
Notable people
- Tony Abbott, Australian politician
- Tony Acquaviva, American composer and conductor
- Tony Adams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Aiseia, Marshallese politician
- Tony An, South Korean singer, member of boy band H.O.T.
- Tony Anselmo, American actor
- Tony Apollon, Mauritian politician
- Tony Archer (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player
- Tony Armas Jr., Venezuelan baseball player, son of Tony Armas
- Tony Arnerich, American baseball player
- Tony Atlas, American wrestler
- Tony Benn, British politician
- Tony Bennett, American singer
- Tony Binarelli, Italian magician
- Tony Bishop, Panamanian basketball player
- Tony Blackburn, British disc jockey
- Tony Blair, British politician
- Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
- Tony Blinken, American government administrator and secretary of state
- Tony Brooks-James, American football player
- Tony Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Burke, Australian politician
- Tony Canadeo, American football player
- Tony Compagno, American football player
- Tony Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Corbin, American football player
- Tony Costa, American serial killer
- Tony Cristiani, American football player
- Tony Cruz (jockey), horse trainer and former Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey
- Tony Curtis, American actor
- Tony Danza, American actor
- Tony Diaz, Dominican baseball coach
- Tony Discenzo, American football player
- Tony Douglas (singer), American country music singer
- Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
- Tony Esnault, French chef
- Tony Evers, American politician
- Tony Ferguson, American Mixed Martial Artist
- Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur
- Tony Fields, American dancer
- Tony Fields II, American football player
- Tony Gaffney, American basketball player
- Tony Ganios, American actor
- Tony Gara, Zimbabwean politician
- Tony Gonsolin, American baseball player
- Tony Grosser, South Australian criminal who repeatedly shot at police in 1994
- Tony Gustavsson, Swedish football manager
- Tony Gwynn, American baseball player
- Tony Hale, American actor and comedian
- Tony Hargain, American football player
- Tony Hart, English TV presenter
- Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
- Tony Haynes (American musician), American lyricist, songwriter, author
- Tony Haynes (English composer), British composer, musician and bandleader
- Anthony "Tony" Holten, Irish writer
- Tony Hungle, Canadian football player
- Tony Imba, Malaysian murderer
- Tony Iommi, English guitarist for Black Sabbath
- Tony Ippolito, American football player
- Tony Jayawardena, Sri Lankan British actor
- Tony Jeffery, American football player
- Tony Johns, Canadian football player
- Tony Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Judt, British historian
- Tony Kaska, American football player
- Tony Kemp (baseball), American baseball player
- Tony Kia, Singaporean triad leader and murderer
- Tony La Russa, American baseball manager
- Tony Labrusca, Filipino-American actor
- Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Hong Kong actor
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Hong Kong actor
- Tony Levine, American football coach
- Tony Liberatore, Australian footballer
- Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
- Tony Mansolino, American baseball coach
- Tony Martin (American singer), American actor and singer
- Tony Mills (musician), English musician, member of the bands Shy and TNT
- Anthony Nwakaeme, Nigerian footballer
- Tony Olmos, Mexican-American filmmaker
- Tony Parker, French basketball player
- Tony Parker (author), British oral historian
- Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993), American basketball player
- Tony Perezchica, American baseball player and coach
- Antoinette Perry, American actress and director after whom the Tony Awards are named
- Tony Piccolo, Australian politician
- Tony da Costa Pinho, Brazilian footballer
- Tony Plush, American baseball player
- Tony Poljan, American football player
- Tony Pollard, American footballer
- Tony Pollard (archaeologist), British archaeologist
- Tony Popovic, Australian football manager
- Tony Ramos, Brazilian actor
- Tony Ramos (wrestler), American wrestler
- Tony Randall, American actor
- Tony Robbins, American author and motivational speaker
- Tony Rojas, American football player
- Tony Romo, American football player
- Tony Ronaldson, Australian basketball player
- Anthony da Silva, Portuguese footballer
- Tony Samuels, American football player
- Tony Santillan, American baseball player
- Tony Satini, Australian rugby player
- Tony Scarborough, justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
- Tony Sirico, American actor
- Tony Slattery, English comedian and actor
- Tony Smurfit, British-born Irish businessman
- Tony Stewart, American NASCAR Driver
- Tony Swatton, Anglo-American blacksmith
- Tony Sylva, Senegalese goalkeeper
- Tony Taka, Japanese illustrator, video game artist and character designer
- Tony Tan Caktiong, Chinese-Filipino billionaire and business magnate
- Tony Tan, President of Singapore 2011–17
- Tony Tchani, Cameroonian footballer
- Tony Thurman, American football player
- Tony Topham, British academic and writer
- Tony Tornado, Brazilian actor and singer
- Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter
- Tony Vlachos, American police officer and reality television personality
- Tony Waiters, English footballer and manager
- Tony Wied, American politician
- Tony Williams (rugby league), Australian rugby player
- Tony Wolf, Italian illustrator and writer
- Tony Wolters, American baseball player
- Tony Younger, American-Israeli basketball player
Fictional characters
- Fast Tony, in the 2006 animated film Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Fat Tony (The Simpsons), two Mafia bosses in the animated TV program The Simpsons
- Anthony Mark "Tony" Banta, 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 Gordillo, in the Nickelodeon Latin American series, Grachi
- Tony, a blue bird and Terence's cousin from Angry Birds Seasons
- 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 Myers, a character from the Nickelodeon series, Every Witch Way
- 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 Prince, main protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Tony Soprano, main protagonist in The Sopranos TV series
- Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man, in Marvel comics
- * Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- 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 Toponi, Fievel's best friend from An American Tail
- Tony, in the 1957 musical West Side Story
- Tony, Jeff's roommate from the 1995 SNES game ''EarthBound''