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This article is a disambiguation page about the first name. For the disambiguation page about the surname, see Arthur (surname).
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 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.
[edit] People
- King Arthur, the legendary British ruler
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187–1203)
- Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486–1502)
- Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (1943–1993), American athlete and author
- Arthur Balfour (1848–1930), British statesman
- Arthur Boileau (born 1957), Canadian long-distance runner
- 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 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 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 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 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
[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
- Arthur Read, from the television series Arthur
- 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 book.
- Arthur Curry, the name of the DC Comics superhero known as Aquaman
- Arthur, a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
- Arthur Trine from Gundam Seed Destiny
- Arthur, 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
[edit] Places named Arthur
[edit] Other uses
- Arthur (film), a 1981 film starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, and John Gielgud.
- King Arthur (film), a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley.
- ARTHUR, ARTillery HUnting Radar, an artillery locating radar.
- 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 the cat - television mascot of Arthur's Cat Food.
- Arthur (TV series), an American and Canadian 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.
- Arthur (Satellite Dish), was the first open parabolic satellite dish and is located at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Cornwall, UK.
- "Arthur", a song by The Kinks from their 1969 concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire).
- Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur, a computer game made by Infocom.
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