Arthur
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| Pronunciation | /ɑːθɘ/, /ɑrθɝ/ |
| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | Bear-like |
| Origin | Latin or Celtic |
| Related names | Art, Arttu (Finnish) |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Arthur |
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This article is about the name. For other uses, see Arthur (disambiguation).
Arthur is a common male name, meaning "bear-like," believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius ("plowman") or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word artos ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish Art, Artúur, Welsh Arth - which may also be the source for the modern name. Art is also a diminutive form of the common name Arthur. In many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages the name is spelled as Artur. The Finnish version is Arttu.
[edit] People with the given name Arthur
- King Arthur, the legendary British ruler.
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187–1203)
- Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486–1502)
- Other British princes Arthur
- Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), American athlete and author
- Arthur Askey, CBE (1900–1982), English comedian
- Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), British Foreign Secretary
- Blessed Arthur Bell, 17th century Catholic martyr
- Arthur Burns (born 1954), American discus thrower
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), 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
- Art Davis (disambiguation), various
- Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist
- Arthur Fiedler (1894–1979), long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
- Arthur Freeman, Russian Jewish writer
- Arthur Garfunkel (born 1941), American musician and actor
- Arthur Golden (born 1956), American author
- Arthur Griffith (1872–1922), founder and first leader of the Irish political movement Sinn Féin
- Arthur Halsey, Isle of Wight cricketer
- Arthur Koestler (1905–1983), Hungarian polymath
- Arthur Kornberg (born 1918), American biochemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1959
- Arthur Lowe (1915–1982), English actor
- Arthur Mafokate, South African kwaito musician and producer
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005), American playwright, essayist and author
- Arthur C. Miller (1895–1970), American cinematographer
- Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), British book illustrator
- (Jean Nicolas) Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French Poet
- Arthur Rowe (1936-2003), English shot putter
- Arthur Rubin (born 1956), American mathematician
- Arthur Scargill (born 1938), former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and current leader of the Socialist Labour Party
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), German philosopher
- Arthur Shawcross (born 1945), American serial killer
- Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert
- Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), English actor
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), Irish-born British soldier and statesman
[edit] Animals
- Arthur (racehorse), the unlucky runner up in the 1840 Grand National
[edit] Fictional characters
- Arthur the Artificial Intelligence, a fictional character from the Journeyman Project computer games
- Arthur Bach, a character played by Dudley Moore in the movie Arthur (film)
- Arthur Read, the aardvark from the Arthur children's books by Marc Brown and the PBS television series Arthur
- Arthur the chimpanzee, from Lillian Hoban's children's books
- Arthur The Horse, from the Doctor Who episode The Girl in the Fireplace
- 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 Daley, lead character played by George Cole in the British comedy-drama Minder (TV series)
- Arthur Spooner, a character on the television sitcom The King of Queens played by Jerry Stiller
- Arthur Weasley, from the Harry Potter books
- Arthur Curry, the name of the DC Comics superhero known as Aquaman
- Arthur (Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends), a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Arthur Trine from Gundam Seed Destiny
- Sergeant Arthur Wilson, character played by John Le Mesurier in the British sitcom Dad's Army
- Arthur (Soul Calibur), a minor character in Soul Calibur, as a replacement for Mitsurugi in nations where it is forbidden to feature samurai in games
- Arthur of Freege, Tiltyu's eldest son, a character in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu
- Arthur (plant), a running gag in MAD Magazine
- Arthur Penhaligon, main character in The Keys to the Kingdom series
[edit] Tropical Cyclones
- Tropical Storm Arthur (a disambiguation page): Arthur is the name of several tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic and Fiji cyclone naming areas.
