Athol (given name)
Athol is a masculine given name. People with the name include:
- Athol Cooper, English-born Australian politician
- Joe Earl, New Zealand former rower
- Athol Fugard, South African playwright
- Athol Gill, Australian theologian
- Athol Guy, member of Australian pop group The Seekers
- Athol Hodgetts, former Australian rules football player and administrator
- Athol Johnson, Australian lawn bowler
- Athol Layton, ring name Lord Athol Layton, English-Australian professional wrestler, amateur boxer and professional wrestling commentator
- Athol Meech, Canadian rower
- Athol Meyer, Australian journalist and politician
- Athelstane Athol Milne, Australian rules footballer
- Athol Murray, Canadian priest and educator, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as a builder
- Athol Rowan, South African cricketer
- Athol Shephard, Australian cricketer
- Athol Shmith, Australian photographer and photography educator
- Athol Smith, Australian rugby league footballer
- Athol Sharp, Australian rules footballer
- Athol Trollip, South African politician
- Athol Tymms, Australian rules footballer
- Athol Webb, former Australian rules footballer
- Athol Whimp was a New Zealand mountaineer and rock climber
- Athol Williams, South African poet and social philosopher
