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