# Monty

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

* 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 (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 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

## In Popular Culture

* Monty Python, a British surrealist comedy troupe.