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Monty is a masculine given name, often a short form of Montgomery, Montague and other similar names. It is also a surname.

Notable people with the name or nickname include:

First name

Nickname

• Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976), British Second World War field marshal
• Bruce Montgomery (musical director) (1927–2008), American music composer and former director of the Penn Glee Club
• Chris Montgomery (born 1972), American computer specialist and founder of the Xiph.Org Foundation
• Colin Montgomerie (born 1963), Scottish golfer
• Monty Montgomery (American football) (born 1973), former American football cornerback
• Richard Montgomerie (1999–2007), Sussex cricketer
• Monty Basgall (1922–2005), American Major League Baseball player and coach
• Monty Berman (1905–2006), British cinematographer and film and television producer
• Monty Bowden (1865–1892), English cricketer and wicket-keeper
• Monty Burton (1918–1999), British pilot
• Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), American actor
• Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton (1838–1903), British philanthropist and public servant, longtime private secretary to Benjamin Disraeli
• Monty Don (born 1955), British horticulturist and television presenter
• Monty Dumond (born 1982), South African rugby union player
• Monty Kaser (1941–2009), American golfer
• Monty Mason (born 1967), American politician
• Monty Newborn (born 1938), American professor of electrical engineering and computer science
• Monty Panesar (born 1982), England cricketer Mudhsuden Singh Panesar
• Monty Roberts (born 1935), American horse trainer
• Michael Widenius (born 1962), Finnish computer programmer, the main author of the open-source MySQL database and a founding member of the MySQL AB company
• Monty Williams (born 1971), American National Basketball Association associate head coach and former player

Given name

• Monty Sopp , American Pro Wrestler, more commonly known as Billy Gunn
• Monty Alexander (born 1944), Jamaican jazz pianist
• Monty Banks (1897–1950), Italian comedian and film producer born Mario Bianchi
• Monty Beisel (born 1978), American National Football League player
• Monty Betham (born 1978), New Zealand boxer and former rugby league footballer and junior world karate champion
• Monty Brown (born 1970), American professional wrestler and National Football League player
• Monte Collins (1898–1951), American film actor and screenwriter also credited as Monty Collins
• Monty Fariss (born 1967), American baseball player
• Monty Grow (born 1971), American football player
• Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin, 1921–2017), Canadian-American television game show host
• Monty Halls (born 1966), English TV broadcaster, explorer and marine biologist
• Monty Lewis (born 1963), American collegiate head football coach from c. the early 1980s to the present
• Monty Lewis (1907–1997), Welsh-born American artist
• Monty Montgomery (baseball) (born 1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Monty Montgomery (producer) (born 1963), American film producer, director, actor and screenwriter
• Monty Norman (born Monty Noserovitch, 1928–2022), British singer and film composer best known for composing the "James Bond Theme"
• Monty Oum (1981–2015), American animator, director, and screenwriter
• Monty Oxymoron (born 1961), stage name of Laurence Burrow, keyboardist for the English punk rock group The Damned
• Monty Powell (born 1961), American country music songwriter
• Monty Rice (born 1999), American football player

Fictional characters

• A character on Sesame Street
• Montgomery Montgomery, in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books, movie and series
• A nickname for Montana Max, a Tiny Toon Adventures character
• Monty, the cat in the Stuart Little films
• Uncle Monty, in the film Withnail and I
• Nickname of C. Montgomery Burns, evil billionaire on The Simpsons
• Old Monty, in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Monty de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• Monty Mole, the player character in a 1980s series of video games by the English company Gremlin Graphics
• Monty, a large red dump truck in Thomas and Friends, who debuted in the short-lived spin-off series, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
• Nickname of Monterey Jack, a character in the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers animated television series
• Dr. Monty, in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III
• Monty Green, a main character in the TV show The 100
• Monty, a vulture-like bird in the 2017 film Smurfs: The Lost Village
• Monty Montahue, main character of the American comic strip Monty
• Monty Richardson, title character of the short-lived Fox sitcom Monty, played by Henry Winkler
• Monty Kirkham, in the film Big Fat Liar, played by Amanda Detmer
• Birth name of Lightning McQueen, a racer in Pixar's Cars
• Henry “Monty” Montague, a character from the novel The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
• Montgomery Gator (Monty) from the video game Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
• Monty, main character on the Zee Horror Show

Surname

• Gloria Monty (1921–2006), American soap opera producer
• Ole Monty (1908–1977), Danish film actor
• Pete Monty (born 1974), American National Football League player
• Rodolphe Monty (1874–1928), Canadian politician

See also

• Monte (name), a given name and surname
• Monti (given name)
• Monti (surname)
• Montie, a given name and surname

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