Tõnu is an

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Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ...

. People named Tõnu include: *

Tõnu Aare Tõnu is an Estonian masculine given name, a version of Anthony. People named Tõnu include: * Tõnu Aare (born 1953), musician *Tõnu Aav (1939–2019), actor *Tõnu Anton (born 1953), politician and judge * (born 1935), film director *Tõnu En ...

(born 1953), musician *

Tõnu Aav Tõnu Aav (21 January 1939 – 14 August 2019) was an 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 Theatre ...

(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 ...

(born 1979), rower *

Tõnu Haljand Tõnu Haljand (1 July 1945 – 28 August 1997) was an Estonian skier. He competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux o ...

(1945–1997), skier * (born 1966), playwright, designer and critic *

Tõnu Kalam Tõnu Kalam is an American orchestral pianist and conductor. He is best known as the music director of the UNC Symphony Orchestra at The University of North Carolina. He is also the former music director of the Longview Symphony Orchestra. B ...

, 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 child ...

(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 Tõnu Kauba (born 4 March 1952 in Rapla) is an Estonian neurologist and politician. He was a member of the VIII, IX and IX Riigikogu. He has been a member of Estonian Centre Party The Estonian Centre Party ( et, Eesti Keskerakond, EK) is a pop ...

(born 1952), physician and politician *

Tõnu Kaukis Tõnu Kaukis (born 27 March 1956) is an Estonian coach and former decathlete. He was born in Tallinn. In 1978 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute's Faculty of Physical Education. He began athletics training in 1967, coached by Aleks ...

(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 Tõnu Kõiv (born 4 December 1968 in Rakvere) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of IX Riigikogu IX Riigikogu was the ninth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1999 election. Election r ...

(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 Tõnu-Reid Kukk (3 April 1939 – 15 September 2011) was an Estonian politician. He was born in Tallinn. Reid-Kukk was a member of VII and VIII Riigikogu VIII Riigikogu was the eighth legislature of Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legisl ...

(1939–2011), politician *Tõnu Laanemäe (born 1977), architect ( :et) * Tõnu Laigu (born 1956), architect * Tõnu Lehtsaar (born 1960), psychologist and professor * Tõnu Lepik (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 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 direction at ...

(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 ...

(1943–2017), actor * Tõnu Möls (born 1939), mathematician and biologist *

Tõnu Naissoo Tõnu Naissoo (born 18 March 1951) is an Estonian composer and jazz pianist. Tõnu Naissoo was born in Tallinn. He is the son of composer Uno Naissoo. He began studying classical piano at the age of six at the Tallinn Music School, graduating in ...

(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 ...

(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 bega ...

(born 1962), poet and author *Tõnu Ots (born 1941), psychologist ( :et) *Tõnu Pedaru (born 1962), journalist and singer ( :et) * (1902–1992), clergyman * Tõnu Puu (born 1936), economist *

Tõnu Raadik Tõnu Raadik (born 15 December 1957 in Jõhvi) is an Estonian actor, composer and violinist. In 1980 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department, and in 1992 the same institution in composition speciality. From 19 ...

(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 Tõnu Samuel (born 3 July 1972) is an Estonian hacker commonly cited by mainstream media in topics regarding network security. Samuel was born in Tallinn. Between 1979 and 1988, he attended the Tallinn Secondary Science School. In 1990–19 ...

(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 Tõnu Tõniste (born 26 April 1967) is Estonian Olympic sailor. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988, winning a silver and a bronze medal in the men's 470 class, for the Soviet Union (silver, 1988) and for Estonia ( ...

(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 Gre ...

(born 1963), punk musician, writer and anarchist * (1952–2010), astrophysicist and mathematician *

Tõnu Viik (astronomer) Tõnu Viik (born 12 December 1939, in Rohuneeme) is an Estonian astronomer. From 2008 to 2014 he was the president of Estonian Naturalists' Society. Awards and recognitions *2000: Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Val ...

(born 1939), astronomer *

Tõnu Viik (philosopher) Tõnu Viik (born 12 July 1968) is an Estonian philosopher. Since 2021 he has been the rector of Tallinn University. He was born in Jõhvi. In 2003 he finished his doctoral studies at Emory University in the United States. Since 1993 he has taugh ...

(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 he ...

(1946–2019), theatre and film designer and artist, producer and director * (?–1898), first Estonian manor owner