Anatole (given name)

Anatole is a French male name, derived from the Greek name Ανατολιος Anatolius, meaning "sunrise." The Russian version of the name is Anatoly (also transliterated as Anatoliy and Anatoli). Other variants are Anatol and more rarely Anatolio.


 * Anatole, baron Brénier de Renaudière (1807–1885), French diplomat and politician
 * Anatole Abragam (1914–2011), French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism
 * Anatole Broyard (1920–1990), American literary critic for The New York Times
 * Anatole (dancer), French ballet dancer, master and composer
 * Anatole Dauman (1925–1998), French film producer
 * Anatole Deibler (1863–1939), Monsieur de Paris, 1899–1939
 * Anatole de Grunwald (1910–1967), British film producer and screenwriter
 * Anatole de Monzie (1876–1947), French administrator and encyclopaedist
 * Anatole Fistoulari (1907–1995), Ukrainian conductor
 * Anatole France (1844–1924), French poet, journalist and novelist
 * Anatole Jakovsky (1909–1988), French art critic
 * Anatole Kanyenkiko (born 1952), Prime Minister of Burundi from 1994 to 1995
 * Anatole Katok (1944–2018), American mathematician
 * Anatole Le Braz (1859–1926), Breton folklore collector and translator
 * Anatole Litvak (1902–1974), Ukrainian-born filmmaker
 * Anatole Mallet (1837–1919), Swiss mechanical engineer
 * Anatole Taubman (born 1971), Swiss actor
 * Anatole Vakhnianyn (1841–1908), Ukrainian political and cultural figure
 * Anatole Serret, Australian percussionist for Parcels