Kantor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Adam Kantor, American actor and singer
  • Frederick Kantor (1942–2020), American physicist and inventor
  • Gergely Kántor (born 1999), Hungarian chess grandmaster
  • Isaiah Kantor (or Issai Kantor), mathematician
  • Istvan Kantor, Canadian performance artist
  • Jodi Kantor, American journalist
  • Loli Kantor (born 1952), American photographer
  • MacKinlay Kantor, American novelist and screenwriter
  • Maxim Kantor, Russian painter and writer
  • Mickey Kantor, American lawyer and politician
  • Piotr Kantor, Polish volleyball player
  • Roman Kantor (1912–1943), Polish épée fencer killed by the Nazis
  • Seligmann Kantor (1857–1903), Bohemian mathematician
  • Sharon Kantor (born 2003), Israeli windsurfer
  • Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter and theatre director
  • Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, Russian businessman, philanthropist and Jewish leader
  • William Kantor (born 1944), American mathematician
  • Joe Kantor (1942-2021), Football player famously known for his position of Halfback for the Washington Redskins

See also

  • Cantor (surname)
  • Kantorov (surname)
  • Kanter, surname