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masculine given name, short for

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Antonius Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish name used in Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, part of the Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Belgium, Netherlands, ...

. People with the name include: * Ton Alberts (1927–1999), Dutch architect *

Ton Alblas Tonny "Ton" Alblas (24 May 1940 – 21 August 2015) was a Dutch politician, he served as member of the House of Representatives between 2002 and 2003 for the Pim Fortuyn List. Career Alblas was born on 24 May 1940 in Barcelona, Spain. He complet ...

(1940–2015), Dutch politician * Ton Alcover (born 1990), Spanish footballer * (born 1944), Dutch author and literary critic *

Ton Blanker Ton Blanker (born 15 September 1960) is a Dutch former professional football player. Career Blanker started his career with Ajax winning the 1979–80 Eredivisie, and reaching the Semi-finals in the 1979–80 European Cup, where he scored four ...

(born 1960), Dutch footballer * Ton Berns (born 1946), Dutch molecular geneticist * Ton Bisseling (born 1952), Dutch molecular biologist *

Ton Boot Antoine "Ton" Boot (born October 16, 1940) is a Dutch retired professional basketball coach and player. Boot is viewed as one of the best Dutch coaches ever, because of his 14 national titles in the Netherlands. The Dutch newspaper '' De Volkskran ...

(born 1940), Dutch basketball player and coach * Ton Butter (1920–1999), Dutch economist * Ton Buunk (born 1952), Dutch water polo player *

Ton Caanen Ton Caanen (born March 18, 1966 in Geleen, Netherlands) is a Dutch football manager. Managerial career Aside from a few years in the amateur Dutch leagues, Caanen never played professional football. He got his start as a manager in his hometow ...

(born 1966), Dutch football manager * Ton du Chatinier (born 1958), Dutch footballer * Ton Cornelissen (born 1974), Dutch footballer * (1921–2010), Dutch cabaretier, actor and screenwriter *

Ton Elias Ton Maarten Christofoor Elias (born 14 March 1955) is a Dutch businessman, retired politician and former journalist who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2017. As a parliamentarian for the People's Party for Freedom ...

(born 1955), Dutch VVD politician * Ton van Engelen (born 1950), Dutch footballer *

Ton Hartsuiker Antoni Fredrik "Ton" Hartsuiker (12 May 1933 in Zwolle – 8 May 2015 in Utrecht) was a Dutch classical pianist, best known as a performer of 20th-century classical music, composer, music school administrator, and radio broadcaster. He was the dir ...

(1933–2015), Dutch classical pianist *

Ton van Heugten Antonius Maria van Heugten (9 September 1945 – 27 March 2008) was a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 1981 Sidecarcross World Championship, World Champion in the sport, together with his passenger Frits Kiggen. He has also won the List of nationa ...

(1945–2008), Dutch sidecarcross rider * (born 1955), Dutch sculptor * Ton van Kesteren (born 1954), Dutch VVD politician * Ton van Klooster (born 1954), Dutch swimmer and swimming coach *

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

(born 1944), Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist * (1906–1991), Dutch composer and conductor *

Ton de Leeuw Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw (Rotterdam, 16 November 1926 - Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer. He occasionally experimented with microtonality. Life and career Taught by Henk Badings, Olivier Messiaen and others, and in his youth i ...

(1926–1996), Dutch composer *

(born 1941), Dutch organizational theorist * (1922–1997), Dutch actor, TV director and writer *

Ton Lokhoff Antonius Johannes Jacobus "Ton" Lokhoff (born 25 December 1959) is a Dutch football manager and former player, currently serving as assistant coach and interim head coach of NAC Breda. Playing career Lokhoff is named ''Mister NAC'' due to his l ...

(born 1959), Dutch football player and manager *

Ton van Loon Ton van Loon (born October 10, 1956 in Weert) is a commander from the Netherlands. He is a Lieutenant General employed by NATO who took control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Regional Command South (RC-S) on November 1, 2 ...

(born 1956), Dutch army commander * Ton Lutz (1919–2009), Dutch actor and artistic leader *

Ton Masseurs Ton Masseurs (born 7 December 1947, in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands) is a Dutch guitarist noted as one of the first pedal steel guitar players in Europe. He was the lead guitar/steel guitar player, and a founding member, of the Dutch Country and W ...

(born 1947), Dutch guitarist *

Ton Meijer Ton Meijer is a Dutch property developer, the chairman of Meyer Bergman, a London-based privately held real estate investment company, specialising in retail property. In 1970, Meijer founded MAB Group, and was its president and CEO until the sa ...

, born Dutch chief executive * Ton van Os (born 1941), Dutch painter and sculptor *

Ton van Osch Lieutenant General A.G.D. (Ton) van Osch (born 1955) is a senior Dutch military commander and past Director General of the European Union Military Staff. Military career Van Osch joined the Royal Netherlands Military Academy in 1974 and was c ...

(born 1955), Dutch army commander * Ton Pattinama (born 1956), Dutch footballer * Ton Pronk (1941–2016), Dutch footballer *

Ton Richter Antonius "Ton" Maria Richter (November 16, 1919, Blaricum, North Holland – August 10, 2009) was a Dutch field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Blaricum Blaricum () is a municipality and village in t ...

(1919–2009), Dutch field hockey player *

Ton Roosendaal Ton Roosendaal (; born 20 March 1960) is a Dutch software developer and film producer. He is known as the original creator of the open-source 3D creation suite Blender and Traces (an Amiga ray tracer which was the forerunner of Blender). He is a ...

(born 1960), Dutch software developer and film producer *

Ton Satomi Ton is the name of any one of several units of measure. It has a long history and has acquired several meanings and uses. Mainly it describes units of weight. Confusion can arise because ''ton'' can mean * the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds ...

(1888–1983), pen-name of Japanese author Hideo Yamanouchi *

Ton Scherpenzeel Ton Scherpenzeel (born 6 August 1952) is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of progressive rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum (Hilversum College o ...

(born 1952), Dutch keyboardist * Ton Schmidt (born 1948), Dutch water polo player *

Ton Schulten Ton Schulten (born 25 April 1938, Ootmarsum, Overijssel) is a Dutch painter who mainly paints landscapes using bright blocks of colour. Schulten was one of six baker's children. He graduated from the Enschede Academy for Art and Industry in ...

(born 1938), Dutch landscape painter *

Ton Sijbrands Teunis (Ton) Sijbrands (born 15 December 1949, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch international draughts player who became world champion in 1972. The next year, he successfully defended his title in a match against Andris Andreiko. In 1967, 1969, 1970, ...

(born 1949), Dutch draughts player *

Ton Strien A.G.J. (Ton) Strien (born 23 March 1958 in Lopik) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Since 1 September 2007 he has been Mayor of Olst-Wijhe, succeeding Bert Hinnen. He has also been vice president and treasurer of t ...

(born 1958), Dutch CDA politician * Ton Thie (born 1944), Dutch football goalkeeper * Ton Ven (1884–1965), pseudonym of Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch author *

Ton van de Ven Ton van de Ven (1 January 1944 – 16 September 2015) was a Dutch industrial designer. He is best known as the creative director at the Efteling theme park. Van de Ven was born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, where he also studied at the Design Acade ...

(1944–2015), Dutch industrial designer * Ton van den Hurk (1933 – 2021), Dutch footballer *

Ton Vorst Antonius Cornelis Franciscus (Ton) Vorst (born 1952, Utrecht) is a Dutch financial engineer and mathematician, Professor at the department of Finance of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, and Director of the VU Amsterdam School of Finance and Risk ...

(born 1952), Dutch financial engineer and mathematician * Ton Vrolijk (born 1958), Dutch track cyclist

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