Anatoly (,Behind the Name ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (), meaning "he of the sunrise", from anatolē, "sunrise"..
Anatoly was one of the five most popular names for baby boys born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2004.St. Petersburg (Russia) Times.More Babies Born Last Year, But Birthrate Low . Retrieved on February 16, 2008. Notable individuals with the name include:
Chess
Anatoly Bannik (1921–2013), Ukrainian chess player Anatoly Bykhovsky (born 1988), Russian-born Israeli chess grandmaster Anatoli Gantvarg (born 1948), Belarusian draughts grandmaster Anatoly Karpov (born 1951), Russian chess grandmaster (World Champion) Anatoly Lein (1963–2012), Soviet-American chess grandmaster Anatoly Lutikov (1933–1989), Soviet chess grandmaster Anatolijs Šmits (1941–1998), Latvian chess player Anatoly Ufimtsev (chess player) (1914–2000), Kazakh-Soviet chess player Anatoly Vaisser (born 1949), French chess grandmaster
Writers
Anatoly Agranovsky (1922–1984), Soviet journalist Anatoly Aleksin (1924–2017), Soviet writer Anatoliy Baranov (born 1959), Soviet journalist Anatoly Trofimovich Chernousov (1937–2000), Siberian Soviet writer Anatoliy Dimarov (1922–2014), Soviet writer Anatoly Faresov (1852–1928), Soviet publisher Anatoly Gladilin (1935–2018), Russian writer Anatoly Gunitsky (1953–2025), Russian writer Anatoli Ivanov (writer) (1928–1999), Soviet writer Anatoly Kasheida (1928–1998), Ukrainian writer Anatoli Kim (born 1939), Kazakh author Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954), Russian-Irish writer Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929–1979), Soviet writer Anatoly Leman (1856–1913), Russian writer Anatoly Liberman (born 1937), American linguist Anatoly Lysenko (1937–2021), Russo-Soviet journalist Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), Russo-Soviet writer Anatoly Moskvin (born 1966), Russian former linguist, philologist, and historian Anatoly Naiman (1936–2022), Russo-Soviet writer Anatoly Serep (1920–2003), Chuvash writer Anatoly Shariy (born 1978), Ukrainian investigative journalist Anatoly Pavlovich Shikman (born 1948), Russian historian Anatoly Shteiger (1907–1944), Russian poet Anatoly Sofronov (1911–1990), Soviet writer Anatoliy Tomkiv (1954–2025), Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Vishevsky (born 1954), American scholar of Russian literature
Physical arts
Anatolii Bazylevych (1926–2005), Ukrainian illustrator Anatoly Belkin (born 1953), Russian artist Anatoly Danilov (born 1954), Soviet painter Anatoly Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato, (1812–1870), Russian art collector Anatoly Dobrovolsky (1910-1988), Soviet architect Anatoliy Dymchuk (born 1965), Ukrainiana art collector Anatoli Egorov, Soviet photographer Anatoly Gunst (1858–1919), Russian architect Anatoly Ignashchenko (1930–2011), Ukrainian-Soviet architect Anatoly Kaigorodov (1878–1945), Russian painter Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan (1902–1980), Soviet-Jewish painter Anatoly Khrupov, Soviet photographer Anatoly Khvorostov (1940–2024), Soviet art historian Anatoly Konenko (born 1954), Russian artist Anatoliy Kryvolap (born 1946), Ukrainian painter Anatoly Kuznetsov (artist) (born 1947), Belarusian painter Anatoli Levitin (1922–2018), Soviet painter Anatoliy Nasedkin (1924–1994), Soviet painter Anatoli Nenartovich (1915–1988), Soviet painter Anatoly Osmolovsky (born 1969), Russian artist Anatoly Polyansky (1928–1993), Soviet architect Anatoly Rasskazov (1960–2010), Russian photographer and artist Anatoliy Shevchuk (1954–2011), Ukrainian art historian Anatoly Sivkov (1952–2017), Russian painter Anatolii Sloiko (born 1980), Ukrainian artist Anatoly Vasiliev (painter) (1940–2020), Russo-Soviet painter Anatoly Treskin (1905–1986), Soviet art restorer and artist Anatoli Vasiliev (1917–1994), Soviet realist painter Anatoly Lavrentievich Vysotsky (1924–1996), Soviet-Ukrainian artist Anatoly Yagudaev (1935–2014), Mountain Jewish sculptor Anatoly Zverev (1931–1906), Soviet abstract artist
Television, film, and stage
Anatoly Adoskin (1927–2019), Soviet actor Anatoliy Beliy (born 1972), Russian-Israeli actor Anatoly Efros (1925–1987), Soviet theater director Anatoly Eiramdzhan (1937–2014), Armenian filmmaker Anatoliy Falkovich (1923–1994), Azeri-Israeli actor Anatoly Fradis (born 1948), Soviet-born American film producer Anatoli Golovnya (1900–1982), Soviet cinematographer Anatoliy Havrylov (1932–2021), Ukrainian cinematographer Anatoly Iksanov (born 1952), Russian director and lead director of the Bolshoi Theater Anatoliy Kokush (born 1951) Krymchak film engineer Anatoliy Kotenyov (born 1958), Belarusian actor Anatoly Ktorov (1898–1980), Soviet actor Anatoly Kubatsky (1908–2001), Russo-Soviet actor Anatoly Kuznetsov (actor) (1930–2014), Soviet actor Anatoliy Lavrenishyn (born 1980), Ukrainian animator Anatoly Lobotsky (1959–2025), Soviet and Russian actor Anatoly Menshchikov (1950–2025), Russian actor Anatoly Mukasei (born 1938), Russo-Soviet cinematographer Anatoliy Palamarenko (born 1939), Ukrainian-Soviet actor and singer Anatoly Papanov (1922–1987), Soviet actor Anatoly Petrov (animator) (1937–2010), Russian animator Anatoly Ravikovich (1936–2012), Russo-Soviet actor Anatoli Romashin (1931–2000), Soviet actor Anatoly Shchukin (1916–1983), Soviet actor Anatoly Smiranin (1892–1971), Soviet actor Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934–1982), Russian actor Anatolii Solovianenko (born 1980), Ukrainian theater director Anatoly Vasiliev (theatre director) (born 1942), Russian theatre director Anatoly Vasilyev (actor) (born 1946), Russo-Soviet actor
Music
Anatoly Alexandrov (composer) (1888–1982), Russian composer Anatoliy Andreyev (1941–2004), Buryat composer Anatoly Avdievsky (1933–2016), Ukrainian conductor Anatoly Balchev (born 1946), Russian composer and actor Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003), Soviet composer and music teacher Anatoliy Brandukov (1859–1930), Russian cellist Anatoly Dneprov (singer) (1947–2008), Russo-Ukrainian singer Anatoly Dokumentov (born 1937), Russian composer and pianist Anatoli Ivanov (musician) (1934–2012), Russian composer Anatoly Kocherga (born 1947), Ukrainian operatic bass Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky (1909–1983), Soviet composer Anatoli Krastev (born 1947), Bulgarian cellist Anatoly Lepin (1907–1984), Soviet composer Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914), Russian composer Anatoliy Mokrenko (1933–2020), Ukrainian operatic baritone Anatoly Novikov (1896–1984), Russo-Soviet composer Anatoly Sheludyakov (born 1955), Russian pianist Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932–1999), Soviet operatic tenor Anatoliy Yevdokymenko (1942–2002), Ukrainian musician Anatoly Zatin (born 1954), Russian composer
Military
Anatoliy Barhylevych (born 1969), Ukrainian military commander Anatoli Bashlakov (born 1975), Russian lieutenant-general Anatoly Betekhtin (1931–2012), Soviet general Anatoly Brandys (1923–1988), Soviet air force pilot Anatoly Nikolayevich Davidovich (1965–1992), Azeri soldier killed in battle Anatoly Dyakonov (1907–1972), Soviet lieutenant-general Anatoly Grebenyuk (born 1955), Russian military general Anatoly Gribkov (1919–2008), Soviet general Anatoli Kacharava (1910–1982), Georgian-Soviet sea captain Anatoly Kalinovsky (1865–1938), Russian army major general Anatoly Karelin (1922–1974), Soviet flying ace during the Korean War Anatoliy Kazmirchuk (born 1970), Ukrainian military doctor Anatoly Khrulyov (born 1955), Russian general Anatoly Konstantinov (1923–2006), Soviet flying ace Anatoly Kontsevoy (born 1968), Belarusian-born Russian army chief Anatoly Kornukov (1942–2014), Russian military general Anatoly Kosov (1927–1995), Soviet naval officer Anatoly Kostenko (born 1940), Belarusian lieutenant general Anatolii Kryvonozhko (born 1965), Ukrainian general Anatoly Kulikov (born 1946), Russian general Anatoly Kvashnin (1946–2022), Russian military officer Anatoly Kvochur (1952–2024), Russian test pilot Anatoly Kyarov (1957–2008), Russian militiaman accused of murder and torture assassinated by Islamists Anatoly Lappo (born 1963), Belarusian military officer Anatoly Lebed (1963–2012), Russian military officer Anatoly Nikolayevich Levchenko (1947–1985), Soviet pilot killed in duty Anatoly Lipinsky (born 1959), Russian admiral Anatoly Lyapidevsky (1908–1983), Soviet pilot Anatoly Morozov (pilot) (1916–1944), Soviet WWII flying ace Anatoly Motsny (1922–1960), Soviet senior lieutenant Anatoly Nedbaylo (1923–2011), Soviet military pilot Anatoly Nogovitsyn (1952–2019), Russian general Anatoly Petrakovsky (1901–1969), Soviet army major general Anatoly Pozdnyakov (1949–2001), Russian major general Anatoliy Pushnyakov (1954–2021), Ukrainian general Anatoly Rogozhin (1893–1972), Russian military officer Anatoly Romanov (born 1948), Russian colonel general Anatoly Sergeyev (1940–2025), Russian military officer Anatoly Serov (1910–1939), Soviet flying ace during the Spanish Civil War Anatoliy Shapiro (1913–2005), Soviet soldier who helped liberate Auschwitz Anatolii Shevchenko (born 1948), Cossack Hetman Anatoly Shkirko (born 1947), Soviet-Russian military leader Anatoly Sidorov (born 1958), Russian colonel general Anatoly Stessel (1848–1915), Russian military leader Anatoliy Syrotenko (born 1960), Ukrainian military commander Anatoly Zinevich (1932–2000), Soviet-Armenian lieutenant general Anatoly Zotov, Soviet naval attachee
Criminals
Anatoly Biryukov (1939–1979), Soviet serial killer who killed five babies Anatoly Kondratyev (born 1946), Russian-Ukrainian serial killer claiming to have killed 42 people Anatoly Maistruk (1948–1981), Soviet serial killer who killed between 8 and 28 people Anatoly Markov (born 1973), Russian serial killer Anatoly Nagiyev (1958–1981), Soviet serial killer and rapist Anatoli Neželski (born 1951), Estonian serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko (1959–2013), prolific Ukrainian serial killer and mass murderer Anatoly Sedykh (serial killer) (1963–2023), Russian serial killer who killed 12 people Anatoly Slivko (1938–1989), Soviet serial killer Anatoliy Tymofeev (1960–1996), Ukrainian serial killer who killed at least 13 people Anatoly Utkin (1943–1975), Soviet serial killer convicted of killing nine people
S.T.E.M.
Anatoly Agarkov (born 1949), Soviet spacecraft engineer Anatoly Ivanovich Akishin (born 1926), Soviet-Russian scientist Anatoly Alexandrov (physicist) (1903–1994), Soviet physicist Anatoly Alexandrov (engineer) (born 1951), Russian engineer Anatoli N. Andrianov (1936–2020), Russo-Soviet mathematician Anatoly Andriyashev (1910–2009), Soviet marine biologist Anatoly Artsebarsky (born 1956), Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Babko (1905–1968), Soviet chemist Anatoly Basistov (1920–1998), Soviet electronic engineer Anatoly Belyaev (1906–1967), Soviet metallurgist Anatoly Berezovoy (1942–2014), Soviet cosmonaut Anatoli Blagonravov (1895–1975), Russian physicist Anatoli Bogdanov (zoologist) (1834–1896), Russian zoologist Anatoliy Boldyrev (1883–1946), Russian crystallographer Anatoliy Chizhov (1934–2021), Soviet aerospace engineer Anatoliy Daron (1926–2020), Soviet rocket engineer Anatoly Derevyanko (born 1943), Russo-Soviet archaeologist Anatoly Dneprov (writer) (1919–1975), Soviet cyberneticist Anatoly Dorodnitsyn (1910–1990), Soviet rocket scientist Anatoly Dyatlov (1931–1995), Russian nuclear engineer Anatoly Filipchenko (1928–2022), Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Fomenko (born 1945), Russian mathematician Anatoly Frenkel (born 1964), Soviet-born American physicist Anatolii Goldberg (1930–2008), Soviet-Israeli mathematician Anatoly Grigoriev (1943–2023), Russo-Soviet psychologist Anatoli Ivanishin (born 1969), Russian cosmonaut Anatoli Kapustinskii (1906–1960), Soviet chemist Anatoly Karatsuba (1937–2008), Russian mathematician Anatoly Kartashov (cosmonaut) (1932–2005), Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Kashpirovsky (born 1939), Russian psychotherapist and self-proclaimed hypnotist