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Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonia (gens), Antonii'', a ''gens'' (Roman naming conventions, Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were ...
. People named Tõnu include: * Tõnu Aare (born 1953), musician *
Tõnu Aav Tõnu Aav (21 January 1939 – 14 August 2019) was an Estonians, Estonian stage, film, TV, and radio actor. Aav was born in Tallinn and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1961. From 1961 he performed at the Estonian Drama ...
(1939–2019), actor *
Tõnu Anton Tõnu Anton (born 26 April 1953, in Pärnu) is an Estonian former politician and judge, most notable for being a voter for the Estonian restoration of Independence. Biography He graduated from Pärnu 1st Secondary School in 1971, and in 1976 from ...
(born 1953), politician and judge * (born 1935), film director *
Tõnu Endrekson Tõnu Endrekson (born 11 June 1979) is an Estonian rower. He is a five time Olympic finalist and dual Olympic medal winner. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a silver medal i ...
(born 1979), rower * Tõnu Haljand (1945–1997), skier * (born 1966), playwright, designer and critic * Tõnu Kalam, Estonian-American orchestral pianist and conductor *
Tõnu Kaljuste Tõnu Kaljuste (born August 28, 1953) is an Estonian conductor. Born in Tallinn, Kaljuste is the son of Heino Kaljuste (1925–1989), an Estonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist. Tõnu sang in his father's choirs as a chil ...
(born 1953), conductor *Tõnu Kalvet (born 1970), journalist and politician ( :et) *
Tõnu Kark Tõnu Kark (born on 4 December 1947 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. His older brother is actor and caricaturist Feliks Kark. Notable roles Notable film roles: * '' Nest of Winds'' (1979) * ''Metskannikesed'' (1980) * '' Nukitsamees'' (1981) * ...
(born 1947), actor * Tõnu Kauba (born 1952), physician and politician * Tõnu Kaukis (born 1956), track and field athlete and coach *
Tõnu Kilgas Tõnu Kilgas (13 August 1954 – 25 May 2021) was an Estonian singer (baritone) and stage, film, voice, and television actor. Early life and education Tõnu Kilgas was born in Tartu, the only child of Vanemuine theatre actors Lembit Mägedi and ...
(1954–2021), actor and singer * Tõnu Kõiv (born 1968), politician *
Tõnu Kõrvits Tõnu Kõrvits (born 9 April 1969 in Tallinn) is an Estonian composer. In 1994 he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with specialty in composition. Since 2001 he has taught composition and instrumentation at the Estonian Ac ...
(born 1969), composer * Tõnu-Reid Kukk (1939–2011), politician *Tõnu Laanemäe (born 1977), architect ( :et) * Tõnu Laigu (born 1956), architect *
Tõnu Lehtsaar Tõnu Lehtsaar (born 2 May 1960, Tartu) is an Estonian psychologist. In 1983, he graduated from Tartu State University in psychology. From 2000 until 2016, he was a professor of psychology of religion at the University of Tartu. From 2006 to 20 ...
(born 1960), psychologist and professor *
Tõnu Lepik Tõnu Lepik (born 1 May 1946 in Tallinn) is an Estonian former long jumper who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1970 European Athletics Indoor Champ ...
(born 1946), long jumper * (born 1941), philosopher * (born 1940), sculptor *
Tõnu Mellik Tõnu Mellik (12 May 1934 Tartu – 3 June 1993 Tallinn) was an award-winning Estonia, Estonian architect active in the mid-twentieth century. Early life Tõnu Mellik graduated from Tallinn Secondary School in 1952. He went on to study Film direc ...
(1934–1993), architect *
Tõnu Mikiver Tõnu Mikiver (2 August 1943 Loksa – 21 March 2017 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. Career In 1965 he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. From 1965 until 1977, he worked at Estonian Youth Theatre and from 1 ...
(1943–2017), actor *
Tõnu Möls Tõnu Möls (12 June 1939 in Tartu – 1 December 2019 ) was an Estonian mathematician and biologist. In 1965 he described the moth '' Epirrhoe tartuensis''.Juhani Püttsepp. 1994. Matemaatika ilu ja bioloogide probleemid. Eesti Loodus 1: 1–3. ...
(born 1939), mathematician and biologist * Tõnu Naissoo (born 1951), composer and pianist *
Tõnu Õim Tõnu Õim (born 16 June 1941) is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship twice, in 1983 and 1999. In 1991 he won the Axelson Memorial.Tõnu Oja Tõnu Oja (born 4 July 1958 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. In 1980 he graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since 2003 he has worked at the Estonian Drama Theatre. He has also played in films. His elder brother is actor and dir ...
(born 1958), actor *
Tõnu Õnnepalu Tõnu Õnnepalu (born 13 September 1962), also known by the pen names Emil Tode and Anton Nigov, is an Estonian poet, author and translator. Õnnepalu was born in Tallinn and studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He beg ...
(born 1962), poet and author *Tõnu Ots (born 1941), psychologist ( :et) *Tõnu Pedaru (born 1962), journalist and singer ( :et) * (1902–1992), clergyman *
Tõnu Puu Tõnu Puu (Tallinn, 25 September 1936 – Umeå, 11 July 2020) was an Estonian-born Sweden, Swedish economist. He has been Professor of Economics at Umeå University. Personal Tõnu Puu took refuge from Estonia to Sweden upon the Soviet occupatio ...
(born 1936), economist * Tõnu Raadik (born 1957), actor and composer *Tõnu Reim (1853–1938), horticulturist ( :et) *
Tõnu Saar Tõnu Saar (6 August 1944 – 12 July 2022) was an Estonian actor.In memoriam Tõnu Saar
In 1972, ...
(born 1944), actor * Tõnu Samuel (born 1972), white hat hacker *
Tõnu Sepp Tõnu Sepp (born June 14, 1946) is an Estonian music teacher and a figure in early music. He has been called the "grand old man" of early music in Estonia. In 1971 in Viljandi Sepp laid the ground for early music education in Estonia and also fo ...
(born 1946), musician, teacher, instrument maker * (1957–1998), writer and journalist *
Tõnu Tepandi Tõnu Tepandi (born 4 July 1948 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor, singer, teacher, theatre pedagogue, politician, and an Estonian social figure. Education and work 1955–1966 he attended Tallinn 2. Secondary School (). 1966–1970 he attend ...
(born 1948), actor and singer * Tõnu Tõniste (born 1967), sailor *
Tõnu Trubetsky Tõnu Trubetsky (born 24 April 1963), also known as Tony Blackplait, is an Estonian punk rock/glam punk musician, film and music video director, and individualist anarchist. Political activity Trubetsky is a former member of the Estonian Green ...
(born 1963), punk musician, writer and anarchist * (1952–2010), astrophysicist and mathematician * Tõnu Viik (astronomer) (born 1939), astronomer * Tõnu Viik (philosopher) (born 1968), philosopher *
Tõnu Virve Tõnu Virve (18 June 1946 Rõuge – 1 October 2019 Tallinn) was an Estonian theatre and film designer and artist, producer and director. In 1974 he graduated from the Estonian State Art Institute in theatre decoration speciality. 1975–1980 h ...
(1946–2019), theatre and film designer and artist, producer and director * (?–1898), first Estonian manor owner


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Ton (given name) Ton is a Dutch masculine given name, short for Anton or Antonius. People with the name include: * Ton Alberts (1927–1999), Dutch architect *Ton Alblas (1940–2015), Dutch politician * Ton Alcover (born 1990), Spanish footballer * (born 1944), ...
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Tona (name) Tona, Toña, Toňa and Tóna are given names. Tona is a Danish, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish feminine given name in use in Denmark, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hondu ...
* Tonu (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tonu Estonian masculine given names