Anthon is a Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish masculine given name that is used in Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Namibia, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.[1] Notable people with this name include the following:
- Anthon Bang (1809 – 1870), Norwegian writer and publisher
- Anthon Eriksson (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
- Anthon Frederiksen, Greenlandic politician
- Anthon Grimsmo (born 1968), Norwegian curler
- Anthon H. Lund (1844 – 1921), Danish Mormon apostle
- Anthon B. Nilsen (1855 – 1936), Norwegian businessman and politician
- Anthon Olsen (1889 – 1972), Danish footballer
- Anthon van Rappard (1858 – 1892), Dutch painter and draughtsman