Andon (name)

Andon is both a masculine given name and surname; a variant of Anton, found in Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and among Armenians from Western Armenia. It is also found as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

• Andon Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official
• Andon Amaraich (1932–2010), Micronesian public servant, politician, diplomat and judge
• Andon Beça (1879–1977), Albanian politician
• Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (1809–1884), Armenian Patriarch of Cilicia and archbishop of Constantinople of the Armenians
• Andon Boshkovski (born 1974), Macedonian handball coach
• Andon Zako Çajupi (1866–1930), Albanian nationalist activist, poet and playwright
• Andon Dimitrov (1867–1933), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Andon Dončevski (born 1935), Yugoslav-Macedonian football player and coach
• Andon Gushterov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer
• Andon Kalchev (1910–1948), Bulgarian scientist, army officer and nationalist
• Andon Kyoseto (1855–1953), Bulgarian revolutionary and nationalist
• Andon Nikolov (born 1951), Bulgarian weightlifter
• Andon Petrov (born 1955), Bulgarian former cyclist
• Andon Qesari (1942–2021), Albanian actor and film director
• Andon Zlatarev (1872–1902), Bulgarian revolutionary

Surname

• Joe Andon, Australian businessperson
• Laura Andon, Australian model

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