# Anatol

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For the play by Arthur Schnitzler, see [Anatol (play)](/source/Anatol_(play)).

**Anatol** is a masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Ἀνατόλιος *Anatolius*, meaning "sunrise".

The Russian version of the name is [Anatoly](/source/Anatoly) (also transliterated as [Anatoliy](/source/Anatoliy) and [Anatoli](/source/Anatoli)). The French version is [Anatole](/source/Anatole_(disambiguation)). A rarer variant is [Anatolio](/source/Anatolio).

Saint [Anatolius of Laodicea](/source/Anatolius_of_Laodicea) was a third-century saint from [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria) in Egypt.[1] [Anatolius](/source/Anatolius_of_Constantinople) was also the name of the first [Patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Patriarch_of_Constantinople).

## People

Notable people with the name include:

- [Anatol Chiriac](/source/Anatol_Chiriac) (born 1947), Moldovan composer
- [Anatol Ciobanu](/source/Anatol_Ciobanu) (1934–2016), Moldovan professor
- [Anatol Codru](/source/Anatol_Codru) (1936–2010), Moldovan writer
- [Anatol Dumitraș](/source/Anatol_Dumitra%C8%99) (1955–2016), Moldovan singer
- [Anatol E. Baconsky](/source/Anatol_E._Baconsky) (1925–1977), Romanian poet
- [Anatol Fejgin](/source/Anatol_Fejgin) (1909–2002), Polish intelligence officer
- [Anatol Heintz](/source/Anatol_Heintz) (1898–1975), Norwegian palaeontologist
- Anatol, artist's name of [Anatol Herzfeld](/source/Anatol_Herzfeld) (1931–2019), German sculptor
- [Anatol Hrytskievich](/source/Anatol_Hrytskievich) (1929–2015), Belarusian historian
- [Anatol Josepho](/source/Anatol_Josepho) (1894–1980), Siberian-American inventor
- [Anatol Lieven](/source/Anatol_Lieven) (born 1960), British author
- [Perepadia Anatol](/source/Perepadia_Anatol) (1935-2008), Ukrainian translator
- [Anatol Petrencu](/source/Anatol_Petrencu) (born 1954), Moldovan politician
- [Anatol Pikas](/source/Anatol_Pikas) (1928–2021), Swedish psychologist
- [Anatol Provazník](/source/Anatol_Provazn%C3%ADk) (1887–1950), Czech organist
- [Anatol Rapoport](/source/Anatol_Rapoport) (1911–2007), Russian-American psychologist
- [Anatol Rosenfeld](/source/Anatol_Rosenfeld) (1912–1973), German philosopher
- [Anatol Roshko](/source/Anatol_Roshko) (1923–2017), American engineer
- [Anatol Șalaru](/source/Anatol_%C8%98alaru) (born 1962), Moldovan politician
- [Anatol Stern](/source/Anatol_Stern) (1899–1968), Polish poet
- [Anatol Țăranu](/source/Anatol_%C8%9A%C4%83ranu) (born 1951), Moldovan politician
- [Anatol Teslev](/source/Anatol_Teslev) (born 1947), Moldovan football coach
- [Anatol Tschepurnoff](/source/Anatol_Tschepurnoff) (1871–1942), Russian-Finnish chess player
- [Anatol Vasilyevich Kuragin](/source/Anatol_Vasilyevich_Kuragin), a fictional character in Tolstoy's *War and Peace*
- [Anatol Vidrașcu](/source/Anatol_Vidra%C8%99cu) (born 1949), Moldovan writer
- [Anatol Vieru](/source/Anatol_Vieru) (1926–1998), Romanian composer
- [Anatol Yusef](/source/Anatol_Yusef) (born 1978), British actor
- [Anatol Zhabotinsky](/source/Anatol_Zhabotinsky) (1938–2008), Russian physicist

## Fictional character

- [Anatole Kuragin](/source/Anatole_Kuragin) from Tolstoy's *War and Peace*

## Other

- [Cyclone Anatol](/source/Cyclone_Anatol) was the name given to a [European windstorm](/source/European_windstorm) that struck in early December 1999.

## References

1. [*Anatolius*](http://www.behindthename.com/name/anatolius), in *Behind the Name*.

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