Arthur
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Arthur is a common male name, meaning "bearlike," believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the celtic word artos (bear). Other Celtic languages have similar christian names, such as Old Irish Art, Artúur, Welsh Arth - which may also be the source for the modern name.
People
- King Arthur, the legendary British ruler and first recorded person to be named Arthur
- Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486–1502)
- Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), American athlete and author
- Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), British statesman
- Arthur C. Clarke (born 1917), British author
- Arthur Cravan (1887–1918?), British boxer, poet and pre-Dadaist
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer, and creator of the character Sherlock Holmes
- Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist
- Arthur Fiedler (1894–1979), long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
- Arthur Golden (born 1956), American author
- Arthur Griffith (1872–1922), founder and first leader of the Irish political movement Sinn Féin
- Arthur Koestler (1905–1983), Hungarian polymath
- Arthur Kornberg (born 1918), American biochemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1959
- Arthur Mafokate, South African kwaito musician and producer
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005), American playwright, essayist and author
- Arthur C. Miller (1895–1970), acclaimed American cinematographer
- Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), British book illustrator
- Arthur Rubin, (born 1956), American mathematician
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), German philosopher
- Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), Irish-born British soldier and statesman
- Beatrice Arthur (born 1923), American actress
- Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), twenty-first President of the United States
- Jean Arthur (1900–1991), American actress
Fictional characters
- Arthur the Artificial Intelligence, a fictional character from the Journeyman Project computer games
- Arthur Read
- Arthur the chimpanzee, from Lillian Hoban's children's books
- Arthur (The Tick), sidekick of superhero The Tick
- Arthur Dent, a "mild-mannered Earthman" whose planet is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Arthur Spooner, a character on the television sitcom The King of Queens played by Jerry Stiller
- Arthur Weasley, from the Harry Potter universe
- Arthur Curry, the name of the DC Comics superhero known as Aquaman
- Arthur, a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
- Arthur the Knight from the Ghouls 'n Ghosts series.
Places named Arthur
- Arthur, Ontario
- Arthur, Illinois
- Arthur, Iowa
- Arthur, Nebraska
- Arthur, North Dakota
- Arthur, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
- Port Arthur, Texas
- Asteroid 2597 Arthur
Miscellaneous Arthurs
- Arthur (film), a 1981 film starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, and John Gielgud
- Arthur (magazine), a publication devoted to avant-garde music, experimental music and noise music
- Arthur (newspaper), a weekly student newspaper at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
- Arthur (operating system), a computer operating system of the late 1980s
- Arthur (plant), a plant which appeared from time to time in Mad magazine
- Arthur (TV series), an animated children's television series based on Marc Brown's children's books
- Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire), a 1969 album by British rock band The Kinks
- Arthur (1989), the third book of the Pendragon Cycle, a series of fantasy books by Stephen R. Lawhead
- Arthur (Dog), a famous Jack Russell Terrier that has played a starring role in the movie "Must Love Dogs", owned by Timothy J.C. in ON, Canada
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