Society and history

Antonio I of Kongo

Antonio I of Kongo (António I Nvita a Nkanga) was king of Kongo from 1661 to 1665, killed by Portuguese forces at the Battle of Mbwila.

Antonio Iannone

Antonio Iannone is an Italian politician of Fratelli d'Italia who serves as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and has been a Senator.

Antonio José de Sucre

Antonio José de Sucre, also known as Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, was a Venezuelan independence leader and soldier. He fought with Simón Bolívar and assumed command of Bolivia in 1826.

António Leitão Amaro

António Leitão Amaro is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party who serves as Minister of the Presidency, a leading voice of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's government.

Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), caudillo and six-time president of Mexico, 1833–1855; hero of Tampico 1829, commander at the Alamo and defeated at San Jacinto 1836, lost the Mexican-American War, sold the Mesilla Valley, overthrown by the Plan de Ayutla in 1855.

Antonio López-Istúriz White

Antonio López-Istúriz White is a Spanish People's Party politician, a Member of the European Parliament since 2004 who chairs the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Antonio Luna

Antonio Luna (1866-1899), Filipino chemist, journalist, and general of the First Philippine Republic; brother of painter Juan Luna; founded La Independencia and the Malolos military academy; assassinated at Cabanatuan in 1899.

Antonio Maceo

Antonio Maceo (1845–1896) was a Cuban general in both wars of independence, remembered for the Protesta de Baraguá of 1878 and killed in combat in 1896.

Antonio Manuel ne Vunda

Antonio Manuel ne Vunda (António Manuel ne Vunda) was a Kongo nobleman and marquis of Vunda sent as ambassador to Pope Paul V, dying in Rome in 1608.

Oct 10, 2026

Antonio Margil

Antonio Margil, also known as Antonio Margil de Jesús, was a Spanish Franciscan missionary (1657–1726) who founded Mission San José at San Antonio and the missionary college at Zacatecas.

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.

Sep 23, 2026

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 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.

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.

Oct 10, 2026

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.

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.

Oct 22, 2026

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.

Antonio Rosmini

Antonio Rosmini, also known as Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, was an Italian priest, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, beatified by the Catholic Church in 2007.

Oct 22, 2026

Antonio Ruiz de Montoya

Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (1585–1652) was a Peruvian Jesuit missionary who founded Guaraní missions in Paraguay and wrote foundational dictionaries and grammars of the Guaraní language.

Oct 10, 2026

Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven

Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirvén was a Cuban jurist who drew up the Bustamante Code on private international law and served as a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice.

Sep 19, 2026

Antonio Soares

Antonio Soares is a Brazilian business executive, chief executive of the payments and banking-as-a-service company Dock since 2012, valued at over US$1.5 billion in 2022.

Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani, Italian Forza Italia leader and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister since 2022; former European Parliament president (2017–2019) and European Commissioner for Transport and Industry.

António Tânger Corrêa

António Tânger Corrêa, born in Lisbon in 1952, is a Portuguese politician and retired diplomat serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Chega since 2024.

Antonio Trillanes

Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV, born 1971, is a former Philippine Navy officer, 2003 Oakwood mutiny leader, and two-term senator (2007-2019), later Duterte's chief Senate critic, whose 2018 amnesty revocation was voided by the Supreme Court in 2024.

Antônio Vieira

Antônio Vieira was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and court preacher who served King John IV. He was a diplomat and a defender of enslaved Indians in colonial Brazil.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Antonio Villaraigosa (born Antonio Ramon Villar Jr., 1953) is an American Democratic politician, 41st mayor of Los Angeles 2005-2013, first Latino mayor since 1872, former California Assembly Speaker, later two-time losing gubernatorial candidate.

Antonio Vladimir Moura Lima

Antonio Vladimir Moura Lima is a Brazilian civil engineer from Salvador, Bahia, and a career public servant who became Minister of Cities in April 2026 under President Lula.