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Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa

Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, conde de Conquista, was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator, viceroy of New Spain from 1771 until his death in office in 1779.

Antonio Marovelli

Antonio Marovelli (Antonio Luigi Marovelli), Italian artistic gymnast, 1896-1943, won men's team gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; killed in an Allied bombing raid on Milan.

Antonio McDyess

Antonio Keithflen McDyess, "Dice," born 1974, American NBA power forward-center from Quitman, Mississippi. Alabama star, 2nd overall 1995 draft pick, Nuggets, Suns, Knicks, Pistons, Spurs; All-Star 2001, 2000 Olympic gold.

Antonio Mckay

Antonio McKay (Antonio Ricardo McKay, "Special K"), American sprinter born 1964 in Atlanta; two-time Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist (1984, 1988), 1984 Olympic 400m bronze, 1987 and 1989 World Indoor 400m champion, former world indoor 400m record holder (45.79).

Antonio Meucci

Antonio Meucci (1808–1889) was an Italian inventor who built working voice-transmitting devices, called the telettrofono, in Staten Island before Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 telephone patent.

Antonio Mohamed

Antonio Mohamed, "el Turco" (Antonio Ricardo Mohamed Matijevich, born 1970, Buenos Aires), Argentine-Mexican football manager and former player; five Liga MX titles with Tijuana, América, Monterrey, and Toluca, plus Copa Sudamericana and Supercopa do Brasil; Toluca manager since December 2024.

Antonio Monserrate

Antonio Monserrate (Antoni de Montserrat) was a Catalan Jesuit priest at Akbar's court, tutor to Prince Murad and author of early European accounts of Mughal India.

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956) is a Spanish writer, a member of the Real Academia Española and winner of the 2013 Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras.

Antonio Nafarrete

Antonio Gustilo Nafarrete (born 1969) is a Filipino general, 61st Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines since July 2026 and former 67th Commanding General of the Philippine Army, a PMA Bigkis-Lahi 1990 Scout Ranger.

Antonio Nariño

Antonio Nariño (1765–1823) was a New Granadan politician, printer, and soldier who led the State of Cundinamarca and, as interim vice-president of Colombia, installed the Congress of Cúcuta in 1821.

António Ole

António Ole, born António Oliveira in Luanda in 1951, is an Angolan multidisciplinary artist working in painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and film on Angolan history and contemporary society.

Antônio Olinto

Antônio Olinto, full name Antônio Olinto Marques da Rocha, was a Brazilian poet, novelist, essayist, and critic known for work on Afro-Brazilian culture and ties between Brazil and Africa.

Antonio Orozco

Antonio Orozco is a Spanish singer-songwriter of flamenco-inflected pop ballads from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, who has sold over 1.5 million records since his 2000 debut.

Antonio Pacheco

Antonio Pacheco (Antonio Pacheco Massó, El Gran Capitán), Cuban baseball second baseman born 1964 in Palma Soriano; Olympic gold 1992 and 1996, silver 2000, coaching silver 2008; Cuban leagues all-time hits leader with 2,356 hits.

Antonio Padilla

Antonio (Tony) Padilla is a theoretical cosmologist and professor of physics at the University of Nottingham, known for research on modified gravity and appearances on the Numberphile YouTube channel.

Antonio Palumbo

Antonio Palumbo is an Italian hematologist who led the myeloma unit in Turin and landmark New England Journal of Medicine trials, including the 2014 transplantation trial and the 2016 CASTOR daratumumab trial.

Antonio Pappano

Antonio Pappano is an English-Italian conductor and pianist who led The Royal Opera from 2002 to 2024 and became Chief Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2024.

Antonio Pelliccia

Antonio Pelliccia is an Italian sports cardiologist, Chief of Cardiology at CONI's Institute of Sports Medicine and Science in Rome, known for the athlete's heart and chairing the 2020 ESC sports cardiology guidelines.

Antonio Percassi

Antonio Percassi (born Clusone, 1953), Italian entrepreneur, former Atalanta defender, and club president since 2010; founder of the Percassi retail and real estate group (KIKO Milano, Zara and Starbucks licences, Oriocenter) and Odissea holding.

Antonio Pierce

Antonio Pierce, former NFL linebacker (Washington, New York Giants; Super Bowl XLII, 2006 Pro Bowl), coached Long Beach Poly and Arizona State, then led the Raiders 5-4 as interim and 4-13 as head coach before a January 2025 firing.

Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta (Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo; Primo Viaggio) was a Venetian scholar from Vicenza, c. 1491–c. 1534, chronicler of Magellan's 1519–1522 circumnavigation and survivor on the Victoria; his journal survives in one Italian and three French manuscripts.

Antônio Pizzonia

Antônio Pizzonia (Jungle Boy), Brazilian racing driver born 1980 in Manaus; Formula One 2003–2005 with Jaguar and Williams, 20 starts, 8 points, best finish 7th; later Auto GP 2015 champion and Stock Car Brasil racer.

Antonio Possevino

Antonio Possevino was an Italian Jesuit priest and diplomat, papal legate to Muscovy and Poland-Lithuania, who brokered the 1582 truce of Jam Zapolski and wrote the Moscovia.

Antonio Pozos

Antonio Miguel Pozos (born 1982, Berkeley, CA) is a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a former DOJ Fraud Section trial attorney and Faegre Drinker partner, confirmed 49-44 on July 23, 2026.

Antonio Puerta

Antonio José Puerta Pérez, Spanish footballer, Sevilla FC left-sided midfielder and defender (2004-2007). Scored the 2006 extra-time winner against Schalke 04, won five trophies in 15 months, died 28 August 2007 aged 22 after cardiac arrest during a match against Getafe.

António Ramalho Eanes

António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese army general and first president elected under the 1976 Constitution, serving 1976–1986 after defeating the 25 November 1975 leftist coup; later founded the PRD.

Antonio Rangel (neuroscientist)

Antonio Rangel is a Spanish-born cognitive neuroscientist and economist who studies the neural basis of decision making, trained in economics at Harvard, and is Bing Professor at Caltech.

Antônio Raposo Tavares

Antônio Raposo Tavares (c. 1598–1658) was a Portuguese bandeirante from São Paulo who led slave raids on Jesuit missions and a vast 1648 expedition to the Amazon.

Antônio Risério

Antônio Risério, born 1953 in Salvador, Bahia, is a Brazilian poet, essayist, anthropologist, and historian who began in the Tropicália movement and writes on Afro-Brazilian culture.

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antônio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (Big Nog), born 1976, Brazilian heavyweight MMA fighter; only man to hold both PRIDE and UFC heavyweight titles, 34-10-1 record, UFC Hall of Fame 2016, twin brother of Minotouro.