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:

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Bernard Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the ...

(1887–1976), British Second World War field marshal *

Bruce Montgomery (musical director) Bruce Eglinton Montgomery (June 20, 1927 – June 21, 2008) was an United States of America, American composer, author, musical theater performer and painter; and a conductor and director, particularly of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. " ...

(1927–2008), American music composer and former director of the Penn Glee Club *

Chris Montgomery Christopher "Monty" Montgomery (born June 6, 1972) is an American programmer and engineer. He is the original creator of the Ogg Free Software container format and the Vorbis audio codec and others, and the founder of Xiph.Org Foundation, The X ...

(born 1972), American computer specialist and founder of the Xiph.Org Foundation *

Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour PGA European Tour#Order of Merit winners, Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutive ones from 1993 to 1 ...

(born 1963), Scottish golfer *

Monty Montgomery (American football) Delmonico Lamont "Monty" Montgomery (born December 8, 1973) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL draft with the 117th overall pick. He ...

(born 1973), former American football cornerback *

Richard Montgomerie Richard Robert Montgomerie (born 3 July 1971) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex, Northamptonshire and Oxford University. He was born at Rugby, Warwickshire in 1971. Cricket career A right-handed opener, Mo ...

(1999–2007), Sussex cricketer *

Monty Basgall Romanus "Monty" Basgall (February 8, 1922 – September 22, 2005) was an American professional baseball player, manager, coach and scout. A former second baseman who appeared in 200 Major League Baseball games for the Pittsburgh Pirates (194 ...

(1922–2005), American Major League Baseball player and coach *

Monty Berman Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England – 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film and television producer. Early career Berman began his film career as a camera assistant ...

(1905–2006), British cinematographer and film and television producer * Monty Bowden (1865–1892), English cricketer and wicket-keeper * Monty Burton (1918–1999), British pilot *

Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to ''The New York Times''. He is best remembered f ...

(1920–1966), American actor *

Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton, (8 October 1838 – 9 November 1903), also known as "Monty", was a British philanthropist and public servant, best known for serving as Benjamin Disraeli's private secretary from 1866 until the la ...

(1838–1903), British philanthropist and public servant, longtime private secretary to Benjamin Disraeli *

Monty Don Montagu Denis Wyatt Don (born George Montagu Don; 8 July 1955) is an English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer who is best known as the lead presenter of the BBC gardening television series '' Gardeners' World''. Born in Germany and rai ...

(born 1955), British horticulturist and television presenter * Monty Dumond (born 1982), South African rugby union player * Monty Kaser (1941–2009), American golfer *

Monty Mason Taylor Montgomery Mason (born September 8, 1967) is an American politician from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Mason served as a member of the Virginia Senate for the 1st district from 2016 to 2024. From 2014 to 2016 he represente ...

(born 1967), American politician * Monty Newborn (born 1938), American professor of electrical engineering and computer science *

Monty Panesar Mudhsuden Singh "Monty" Panesar (born 25 April 1982) is a former English international cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test cricket debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and One Day International debut for England in 2007. In ...

(born 1982), England cricketer Mudhsuden Singh Panesar *

Monty Roberts Marvin Earl "Monty" Roberts MVO (born May 14, 1935) is an American horse trainer who promotes his techniques of natural horsemanship through his ''Join-Up International'' organization, named after the core concept of his training method. Roberts ...

(born 1935), American horse trainer *

Michael Widenius Ulf Michael Widenius (born 3 March 1962), also known as Monty, is a Finnish software programmer. He is the main author of the original version of the open source MySQL database, a founding member of the MySQL AB company, founding member of the ...

(born 1962), Finnish computer programmer, the main author of the open-source MySQL database and a founding member of the MySQL AB company *

Monty Williams Tavares Montgomery Williams (born October 8, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach, executive, and former player of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who is the head coach of the TMI Episcopal’s boys basketball team. He pre ...

(born 1971), American National Basketball Association associate head coach and former player

Given name

Monty Alexander Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was in ...

(born 1944), Jamaican jazz pianist *

Monty Banks Montague (Monty) Banks (born Mario Bianchi; 18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950) was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the United States and United Kingdom. Career Banks was bor ...

(1897–1950), Italian comedian and film producer born Mario Bianchi *

Monty Beisel Monty Gene Beisel (; born August 20, 1978) is an American former professional football linebacker. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL draft. He played college football at Kansas State. Beisel also pl ...

(born 1978), American National Football League player *

Monty Betham La’auli Montgomery Junior "Monty" Betham (born 12 March 1978) is a professional boxer, and former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative and , he played club football for the New Zealand Warriors i ...

(born 1978), New Zealand boxer and former rugby league footballer and junior world karate champion *

Monty Brown Montaque "Monty" Brown (born April 13, 1970) is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and National Football League, NFL linebacker. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action W ...

(born 1970), American professional wrestler and National Football League player *

Monte Collins Monte Collins (also credited as Monty Collins; December 3, 1898 – June 1, 1951) was an American film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1920 and 1948. He also wrote for 32 films between 1930 and 1951. Caree ...

(1898–1951), American film actor and screenwriter also credited as Monty Collins *

Monty Fariss Monty Ted Fariss (born October 13, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player who spent time in the Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1991 to 1993. Career Fariss attended Oklahoma State, and in 1987 he played colle ...

(born 1967), American baseball player *

Monty Grow Monty Roy Grow (born September 4, 1971) is an American former professional football defensive back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football fo ...

(born 1971), American football player *

Monty Hall Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017) was a Canadian-American radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreade ...

(born Monte Halparin, 1921–2017), Canadian-American television game show host *

Monty Halls Monty Halls (born 5 November 1966) is a British TV broadcaster and marine biologist best known for his BBC Great Escape series ''Monty Halls' Great Escape'', ''Monty Halls' Great Hebridean Escape'' and ''Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape'', dur ...

(born 1966), English TV broadcaster, explorer and marine biologist * Monty Lewis (born 1963), American collegiate head football coach * Monty Lewis (artist) (1907–1997), Welsh-born American artist *

Monty Montgomery (baseball) Monty Bryson Montgomery (born September 1, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, appearing in 12 games, in and . During his playing days, h ...

(born 1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Monty Montgomery (producer) Monty Montgomery is an American film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Montgomery is best known for his work as producer on films such as '' Wild at Heart'' and ''The Portrait of a Lady''. He co-directed one film, '' The Loveless'' ( ...

(born 1963), American film producer, director, actor and screenwriter *

Monty Norman Monty Norman ( Noserovitch; 4 April 1928 – 11 July 2022) was a British film score composer and singer. A contributor to West End theatre, West End musicals in the 1950s and 1960s, he is best known for composing the "James Bond Theme", first ...

(born Monty Noserovitch, 1928–2022), British singer and film composer best known for composing the "James Bond Theme" *

Monty Oum Monyreak "Monty" Oum ( ; June 22, 1981 – February 1, 2015) was an American web-based Computer animation, animator and writer. Oum attracted attention within the gaming community after releasing an animated video in 2007, titled ''Haloid'', wher ...

(1981–2015), American animator, director, and screenwriter *

Monty Powell Monty Powell (born June 1, 1961) is an American country music songwriter best known for collaborating with Keith Urban, and for producing albums by Diamond Rio. Powell's first songwriting credit was a jingle for an Allstate commercial. After movi ...

(born 1961), American country music songwriter * Monty Rice (born 1999), American football player *

Monty Sopp Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to the WWE under a Legends contract and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also performs under the ring name ...

(born 1963), American pro wrestler, more commonly known as Billy Gunn

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Gloria Monty Gloria Monty (August 12, 1921 – March 30, 2006) was an American television producer working primarily in the field of daytime drama. Education Born Gloria Montemuro in Allenhurst, New Jersey and raised in the West Allenhurst neighborhood of ...

(1921–2006), American soap opera producer *

Ole Monty Ole Monty (22 October 1908 – 24 April 1977) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1937 and 1976. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. Filmography *'' Flådens blå matroser'' – 1937 *''Under byens tag ...

(1908–1977), Danish film actor * Pete Monty (born 1974), American National Football League player * Rodolphe Monty (1874–1928), Canadian politician

Fictional characters

*A character on ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...

'' * 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 ''Stuart Little'' is a 1945 American children's novel by E. B. White. It was White's first children's book, and became recognized as a classic in children's literature. ''Stuart Little'' was illustrated by the artist Garth Williams, also his f ...

'' films *Uncle Monty, in the film ''

Withnail and I ''Withnail and I'' is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Loosely based on Robinson's life in London in the late 1960s, the plot follows two unemployed actors, Withnail and "I" (portrayed by Richard E. Gra ...

'' *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 ''13 Reasons Why'' (also stylized as ''TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY'') is an American teen drama television series based on the 2007 novel '' Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. Developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and with Selena Gomez ser ...

'' *

Monty Mole ''Wanted: Monty Mole'' is a Platform game, platform video game published in July 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers. It is the first game released by Gremlin Graphics and the first game in the ''Monty Mole'' series. Monty ...

, 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 ''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Brit ...

'', 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 is a masculine given name, often a short form of Montgomery (name), Montgomery, Montague (given name), Montague and other similar names. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name or nickname include: Nickname *Bernard Montgomery ...

'' *Monty Richardson, title character of the short-lived Fox sitcom ''

'', played by

Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character acto ...

*Monty Kirkham, in the film ''

Big Fat Liar ''Big Fat Liar'' is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and written by Dan Schneider from a story by Schneider and Brian Robbins. It stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes, with a supporting cast featuring Am ...

'', played by

Amanda Detmer Amanda Detmer (born 1971/1972) is an American actress. She made her big screen debut playing Miss Minneapolis in 1999 comedy film ''Drop Dead Gorgeous (film), Drop Dead Gorgeous'', and later had a supporting role in ''Final Destination (film), F ...

*Birth name of ''

Lightning McQueen Lightning McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car and the protagonist of the Disney/Pixar ''Cars'' franchise. He was developed by John Lasseter and co-director Joe Ranft from a story concept by Jorgen Klubien. Lightning's appearances ...

'', a racer in Pixar's ''

Cars A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are around one billio ...

'' *Henry “Monty” Montague, a character from the novel '' The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue'' by Mackenzi Lee *Montgomery Gator (Monty) from the video game Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach *Monty, main character on the

Zee Horror Show ''The Zee Horror Show'' is a weekly Indian horror-television-series, presented by Ramsay Brothers and aired on Zee TV from 1993 to 2001. The first episode was titled "Dastak", featuring Pankaj Dheer, Shagufta Ali and Archana Puran Singh, and t ...

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