Anatol is a masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Ἀνατόλιος ''Anatolius'', meaning "sunrise". The Russian version of the name is

Anatoly Anatoly ( , ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'' (), meaning "sunrise." Saint Anatolius of Constantinople was a fifth-century saint who became the first patriarch of Constantinople ...

(also transliterated as

Anatoliy Anatoly ( , ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'' (), meaning "sunrise." Saint Anatolius of Constantinople was a fifth-century saint who became the first patriarch of Constantinople ...

and

Anatoli Anatoli () is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land b ...

). The French version is Anatole. A rarer variant is Anatolio. Saint

Anatolius of Laodicea Anatolius of Laodicea (; early 3rd century – July 3, 283"Lives of the Saints," Omer Englebert New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1994, p. 256.), also known as Anatolius of Alexandria, was a Syro- Egyptian saint and Bishop of Laodicea on the Medi ...

was a third-century saint from

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

in Egypt.''Anatolius''
in ''Behind the Name''.

Anatolius Anatolius is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Anatolius of Laodicea (died 283), Bishop of Laodicea in Syria, also known as Anatolius of Alexandria * Anatolius, Vicarius of the Diocese of Asia in 3 ...

was also the name of the first

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church. The ecumenical patriarch is regarded as ...

People

Notable people with the name include: * Anatol Chiriac (born 1947), Moldovan composer *

Anatol Ciobanu Anatol Ciobanu (14 May 1934 – 8 April 2016) was a Moldovan professor and researcher. He was head of the Department of Romanian language at Moldova State University, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, and a leader of t ...

(1934–2016), Moldovan professor *

Anatol Codru Anatol Codru (1 May 1936 – 17 August 2010) was a writer and film director from Moldova. He was the head of the Union of Cinematographers of Moldova and a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova. Biography Anatol Codru was born t ...

(1936–2010), Moldovan writer *

Anatol Dumitraș Anatol Dumitraș (14 November 1955 – 14 June 2016) was a Moldovan singer. Discography * ''Sus paharul'' (2000) * ''Ultima seară'' (2003) * ''Azi la masa mare'' (2005) * ''Anii mei, destinul meu'' (2007) * ''Roata vieții'' (2008) Reference ...

(1955–2016), Moldovan singer * Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977), Romanian poet *

Anatol Fejgin Anatol Fejgin (25 September 1909 – 28 July 2002) was a Polish communist activist before World War II, and after 1949, commander of the Stalinist political police at the Ministry of Public Security of Poland, in charge of its notorious Special B ...

(1909–2002), Polish intelligence officer * Anatol Heintz (1898–1975), Norwegian palaeontologist * Anatol, artist's name of

Anatol Herzfeld Anatol Herzfeld (born Karl-Heinz Herzfeld; 21 January 1931 – 10 May 2019) was a German sculptor and mixed-media artist, and also a policeman. A student of Joseph Beuys, he primarily used wood, iron and stone as materials. As an artist, he simpl ...

(1931–2019), German sculptor *

Anatol Hrytskievich __NOTOC__ Anatol Hrytskievich (; January 31, 1929 – January 20, 2015) was a Belarusian historian. He was a correspondent member of the International Academy of Science of Eurasia (1996–2015), doctor of history (1986–2015), professor (1987– ...

(1929–2015), Belarusian historian *

Anatol Josepho Anatol Marco Josepho (born Anatolу Markovich Yozefovich, , later germanized as Anatol Josephewitz; March 31, 1894 – December 16, 1980), was a Jewish immigrant to the United States from Tomsk, Russia, who invented and patented the first autom ...

(1894–1980), Siberian-American inventor *

Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven (born 28 June 1960) is a British author, journalist, and policy analyst. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London and senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Background Peter ...

(born 1960), British author *

Perepadia Anatol Perepadia Anatoliy Oleksiyovych (August 23, 1935, Popelak - June 7, 2008, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian translator from Romance languages. Biography Anatol Perepadia was born on August 23, 1935 in the village of Popelak, Sivasky district, Kherson reg ...

(1935-2008), Ukrainian translator *

Anatol Petrencu Anatol Petrencu (born 22 May 1954, Căuşeni) is a politician, historian and academic from the Republic of Moldova. In 1990-1992 he was the dean of the Faculty of History of the Moldova State University, State University of Moldova, and between 1 ...

(born 1954), Moldovan politician *

Anatol Pikas Anatol Pikas (29 November 1928 - 1 November 2021), creator of the Shared Concern method, SCm, was an associate professor in Educational Psychology from Uppsala University, Sweden. Pikas was born in Viljandi, Estonia, and raised in Norrköping in ...

(1928–2021), Swedish psychologist *

Anatol Provazník Anatol Provazník (10 March 1887 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou – 24 September 1950 in Prague) was a Czech people, Czech organist and composer. Anatol Provazník was son of Alois Provazník, a regional composer. He studied at the Gymnasium (school), g ...

(1887–1950), Czech organist *

Anatol Rapoport Anatol Borisovich Rapoport (; ; May 22, 1911January 20, 2007) was an American mathematical psychologist. He contributed to general systems theory, to mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of social interaction and stochastic ...

(1911–2007), Russian-American psychologist *

Anatol Rosenfeld Anatol Rosenfeld (28 August 1912 – 11 December 1973) was a German-Brazilian philosopher and art critic. In 1937, as a Jew fleeing Nazism, Anatol Rosenfeld emigrated to Brazil and died there, in 1973. In Brazil, Rosenfeld is a noted scholar for hi ...

(1912–1973), German philosopher *

Anatol Roshko Anatol Roshko (15 July 1923 – 23 January 2017) was a Canadian-born physicist and engineer. He was the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Roshko is known for his con ...

(1923–2017), American engineer *

Anatol Șalaru Anatol Șalaru (born 7 February 1962) is a Moldovan politician who served as Minister of Transport and Roads Infrastructure from 2009 to 2013 and Minister of Defense from 2015 to 2016. He was member of Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1994 a ...

(born 1962), Moldovan politician *

Anatol Stern Anatol Stern (24 October 1899 in Warsaw – 19 October 1968 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet, writer and art critic. Born 24 October 1899 to an assimilated family of Jewish ancestry, Stern studied at the Polish Studies Faculty of the University ...

(1899–1968), Polish poet *

Anatol Țăranu Anatol Țăranu (born 19 October 1951) is a Moldovan former politician and diplomat. Biography Țăranu holds a Ph.D. in history, 1986, and served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1993, 2005–2009). Țăranu has also been a chi ...

(born 1951), Moldovan politician *

Anatol Teslev Anatol Teslev (born 16 September 1947) is a Moldovan association football head coach and former player. Player career He won UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship for USSR in 1966 (now U-19 event). Former clubs include Moldova Chişin� ...

(born 1947), Moldovan football coach * Anatol Tschepurnoff (1871–1942), Russian-Finnish chess player * Anatol Vasilyevich Kuragin, a fictional character in Tolstoy's ''War and Peace'' *

Anatol Vidrașcu Anatol Vidrașcu (born 2 April 1949) is an editor and activist from Moldova. He is CEO of the Editorial Group "Litera"Anatol Vieru Anatol Vieru (; 8 June 1926 – 8 October 1998) was a Romanian music theoretician, pedagogue, and composer. A pupil of Aram Khachaturian, he composed seven symphonies, eight string quartets, concertos, and chamber music. He also wrote three o ...

(1926–1998), Romanian composer *

Anatol Yusef Anatol Yusef is an English film, television and stage actor, writer, director. He was born in London and is best known for his work at The Royal Shakespeare Company, for his portrayal of Meyer Lansky in the television series ''Boardwalk Empir ...

(born 1978), British actor * Anatol Zhabotinsky (1938–2008), Russian physicist

Fictional character

Anatole Kuragin Anatole Vasilyevich Kuragin () is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ''War and Peace'', its various cinematic adaptations, and an operatic adaptation as well. Description Anatole is Hélène Kuragina's wild-living brother and a ...

from Tolstoy's ''War and Peace''

Other

Cyclone Anatol Anatol is the name given by the Free University of Berlin (the Danish TV2 channel named it "Adam" also often referred to as ''århundredets orkan'' (storm of the century) or ''Decemberorkanen'' (December Storm) in Denmark, and commonly as Carola ...

was the name given to a

European windstorm European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclone, cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak ...

that struck in early December 1999.

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