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:

Nickname

  • Monty (rapper), American rapper known for featuring on Fetty Wap's 679 and My Way
  • 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 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
  • Monty Lewis (artist) (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 (1928–2022), British singer and film composer
  • Monty Oum (1981–2015), American animator, director, and screenwriter
  • Monty Powell (born 1961), American country music songwriter
  • Monty Rice (born 1999), American football player
  • Monty Sopp (born 1963), American pro wrestler, more commonly known as Billy Gunn

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

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

See also

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