Antonio
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'''Antonio''' may refer to the fictional characters:
*[[Antonio (Merchant of Venice)]], the title character in Shakespeare's [[The Merchant of Venice]].
*Antonio, a character in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Much Ado About Nothing]].
*Antonio, a character in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[The Tempest]].
*Antonio, a character in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Twelfth Night]].
*Antonio, a character on the television show [[Monster Warriors]]. <!-- really? -->
'''Antonio''' may also refer to:
*The [[Great Antonio]], Canadian giant and actor
==Given Name==
'''Antonio''' is an [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] first name. It is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish version of [[Anthony (given name)|Anthony]], and has some female derivates: '''Antonia''', '''Antonietta''', '''Antonella''' (Italian), '''Antónia''', '''Antonieta''' (Portuguese), '''Antonieta''' (Spanish). It has also some male derivates such as: '''Antoñito''', '''Antonino''', '''Antonello''', '''Tonio''', '''Toño''', '''Tonino''', '''Nantonio''', '''Totò''', '''Tó''' or '''Tony'''. The Portuguese equivalent is '''António''' or '''Antônio'''. In old Portuguese the form '''Antão''' was also used.
Antonio comes from the ''Antonius'' [[Roman language|Roman]] family name group. The name's origin is said to be ancient [[Greece]], coming either from the word ''Anthos'' (a flower) or from [[Anthonio]], Greek king of [[Achaia]].
The name is widely used in [[Italy]], in [[Portugal]] and in [[Spain]]. After the [[Iberian peninsula|Iberic peoples]] discovered the [[New World|new world]], many of them settled in the area, and, as a consequence, Antonio is one of the most popular first names in [[Latin America]], as well as among [[Hispanic]]s, and, to a small degree, [[North America]]ns in the [[United States]].
==Famous male bearers==
===Antonio===
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*[[Antonio Abetti]], Italian astronomer
*[[Antonio Abondio]], Italian sculptor
*[[Antonio Aguilar]], Mexican singer
*[[Antonio Bamboccio]], Italian painter and sculptor
*[[Antonio Banderas]], Spaniard actor
*[[Antonio R. Barceló]], Puerto Rican politician
*[[Antonio Bazzini]], Italian violinist and composer
*[[Antonio di Benedetto]], Argentine writer
*[[Antonio Bonazza]], Italian sculptor
*[[Antonio Bosio]], Italian scholar
*[[Antonio Broccoli Porto]], Puerto Rican artist
*[[Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni]], Italian violist, composer and conductor
*[[Antonio Caban Vale]], Puerto Rican singer
*[[Antonio Caldara]], Italian composer
*[[Antonio Canaletto]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Canova]], Italian sculptor
*[[Antonio Benedetto Carpano]], Italian distiller, famous for having invented the [[Vermouth]] and consequently the [[apéritif]]
*[[Antonio Marziale Carracci]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Castillo]], former MLB pitcher
*[[Antonio Cavallucci]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Cervantes]], Colombian boxer
*[[Antonio Citterio]], Italian furniture designer
*[[Antonio Corradini]], Italian sculptor
*[[Antonio Correa Cotto]], Puerto Rican criminal
*[[Antonio da Correggio]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Corti]], Argentine boxer
*[[Antonio de La Gandara]], painter
*[[Antonio de la Rúa]], former first son of Argentina
*[[Antonio Esparragoza]], Venezuelan boxer
*[[Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior]], Brazilian soccer player
*[[Antonio Fogazzaro]], Italian novelist
*[[Antonio Gamoneda]], Spanish poet
*[[Antonio Gherardi]], Italian painter, architect, and sculptor
*[[Antonio Ghislieri]], better known as Pope Pius V
*[[Antonio Gramsci]], Italian writer, politician and political theorist
*[[Antonio Guzmán Blanco]], former Venezuelan president
*[[Antonio Carlos Jobim]], Brazilian creator of the bossa nova
*[[Antonio Inoki]], Japanese wrestler
*[[Antonio Janigro]], Italian cellist and conductor
*[[Antonio Langella]], Italian footballer
*[[Antonio Latimer]], Puerto Rican basketball player
*[[Antonio Lewis]], American football player
*[[Antonio Lombardo (sculptor)|Antonio Lombardo]], Italian sculptor
*[[Antonio Machado]], Spanish poet
*[[Antonio Manetti]], Italian mathematician and architect
*[[Antonio Margarito]], Mexican boxer
*[[Antonio Martino]], Italian politician
*[[Antonio McDyess]], United States basketball player
*[[Antonio Meneses]], Brazilian cellist
*[[Antonio Meucci]], Italian-American inventor
*[[Antonio Monda]], Italian film director
*[[Antonio Negri]], Italian philosopher
*[[Antonio Nocerino]], Italian footballer
*[[Antonio Pantojas]], Puerto Rican actor
*[[Antonio Paoli]], Puerto Rican opera singer
*[[Antonio Pappano]], Italian conductor
*[[Antonio S. Pedreira]], Puerto Rican poet
*[[Antonio Pigafetta]], Italian explorer
*[[Antonio Pignatelli]], better known as Pope Innocent XII
*[[Antonio Prieto (athlete)|Antonio Prieto]], Spanish long-distance runner
*[[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish international footballer
*[[Antonio de los Reyes Correa]], Puerto Rican military hero
*[[Antonio Rivera]], Puerto Rican boxer
*[[Antonio Rodríguez Balinas]], Puerto Rican U.S. Army General
*[[Antonio Rosmini-Serbati]], Italian philosopher
*[[Antonio Rossi]], Italian canoer
*[[Antonio Roybal]], Spanish American painter
*[[Antonio Sabàto, Jr.]], Italian-American model and actor
*[[Antonio Sacchini]], Italian composer
*[[Antonio Salieri]], Austrian Court Composer, famous "mediocre" rival of Mozart
*[[Antonio Sánchez]], Mexican musician
*[[Antonio Sanchez (Puerto Rican host)|Antonio Sanchez]], Puerto Rican show host
*[[Antonio Santiago (equestrian)|Antonio Santiago]], Spaniard equestrian champion
*[[Antonio Segni]], Italian politician
*[[Antonio Semini]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Silio]], Argentine long-distance runner
*[[Antonio Stradivari]], Italian luthier
*[[Antonio Tabucchi]], Italian writer
*[[Antonio Tarver]], United States boxer
*[[Antonio Hernandez]], Pokemon Master
*[[Antonio Travi]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Valero de Bernabe]], Puerto Rican, helped [[Simon Bolivar]] liberate [[South America]]
*[[Antonio Maria Maraggiano]], Italian sculptor
*[[Antonio Maria Vassallo]], Italian painter
*[[Antonio Vivaldi]], Venetian composer
===Antonio as Middle Name===
*[[Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti]], Italian painter
*[[Carlo Antonio Tavella]], Italian painter
*[[Eugene Antonio Marino]] the first [[African American]] [[archbishop]] in the [[United States]]
*[[Francesco Antonio Franzoni]], Italian sculptor
*[[Giacomo Antonio Arland]], Italian painter
*[[Giovanni Antonio Amadeo]], Italian sculptor
*[[Giovanni Antonio Dosio]], Italian architect and sculptor
*[[Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti]], better known as Pope Innocent IX
*[[Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini]], Italian painter
*[[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli]], Italian-Austrian physician and naturalist
*[[Marco Antonio Barrera]], Mexican boxer
*[[Marco Etcheverry|Marco Antonio Etcheverry]], Paraguayan soccer player
*[[Marco Antonio Muñiz]], Mexican singer
*[[Marc Anthony|Marco Antonio Muñiz]], Puerto Rican singer, better known as Mark Anthony
*[[Marco Antonio Regil]], Mexican show host
*[[Marco Antonio Solis]], Mexican singer
*[[Nicola Antonio Zingarelli]], Italian composer
*[[Tomaso Antonio Vitali]], Italian composer
*Antonio Nunes, A student at WPS
===Known as Tony===
{{see|Tony}}
{{for|all articles beginning Tony|Special:PrefixIndex/Tony}}
*[[Tony Alvarez (baseball)]], Major League Baseball center fielder
*[[Tony Alvarez (singer)]], Cuban singer
*[[Tony Alvarez (actor)]], Spanish-Australian actor
*[[Tony Ayala]], Mexican American boxer
*[[Tony Baltazar]], Mexican American boxer
*[[Tony Blair]], British Prime Minister
*[[Tony Croatto]], Italian-born Puerto Rican singer
*[[Tony Danza]], Italian-American boxer and actor
*[[Tony Parker]], Belgian basketball player
*[[Tony Plana]], Cuban actor
*[[Tony Romo]], American football quarterback
*[[Tony Sanchez]], Texas businessman
*[[Tony Santiago]], Puerto Rican military historian
*[[Tony Tursi]], fmr Mafia godfather in Puerto Rico
*[[Tony Vega]], Puerto Rican singer
*[[Tony Campos]], Hispanic musician in American band static x
''Other, fictional male bearers include'':
*[[Tony Montana|Antonio "Tony" Montana "Scarface"]], the main character from the film [[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]
*[[Tony Stark]], millionaire owner and head of invention at Stark Industries, a.k.a [[Iron Man]]
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