Tudor (name)

The surname Tudor, within the United Kingdom, originates from the Welsh forename Tewdwr, Tewdr or Tudur (the Welsh equivalent of Theodoric or Theodore).

Tudor is also a common first name in Romanian, also equivalent to "Theodor". Tudor can also be a surname in Romanian.

The English royal dynasty, the House of Tudor, including prominent members:

• Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr), lover or possibly second husband of Catherine of Valois, and grandfather of King Henry VII
• Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois, father of King Henry VII
• Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford,(2nd son of the Owen and Catherine and brother of Edmund) uncle of King Henry VII
• Arthur Tudor eldest son of King Henry VII (predeceased his father)
• Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort of Scotland, eldest daughter of King Henry VII
• Mary Tudor, Queen of France, latterly Mary Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, second daughter of King Henry VII
• Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, 3rd son of King Henry VII

Tudor as a surname may also refer to:

• Alex Tudor, an English cricketer
• Alexandru Tudor, a Romanian football referee
• Antony Tudor, a British choreographer
• Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a Romanian politician
• Cristian Tudor, a Romanian footballer
• David Tudor, an American pianist
• Edward Tudor-Pole, a British singer
• Frank Tudor, an Australian politician
• Frederic Tudor, an American entrepreneur and Boston's Ice King
• Henri Tudor, a Luxembourgian industrialist and inventor
• Henry Hugh Tudor, a British soldier, later police chief in Ireland and then Palestine
• Igor Tudor, a Croatian football (soccer) player
• Joel Tudor, an American longboard surfer
• John Tudor (footballer), an English football (soccer) player
• John Tudor (baseball), an American baseball player
• Lukas Tudor (b. 1969), a Chilean football (soccer) player
• Sandu Tudor, a Romanian poet and monk
• Shane Tudor (b. 1982), an English football (soccer) player
• Tasha Tudor (1915-2008), an American illustrator and author of children's books
• William Tudor (1750-1819), an Attorney-at-Law who served as Representative of Boston in the Massachusetts General Court, State Senator, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and was a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society
• William Tudor (1779-1830), a leading literary figure in Boston and cofounder of the North American Review and the Boston Athenaeum

As a given name:

• Tudor Gunasekara
• Tudor Arghezi
• Tudor Vladimirescu

See also

• Tudor (disambiguation)