Arthur

Artur, also spelled Arthur, is a male first name. The short name is in the English language article

Origin and Meaning

The name is of Celtic origin and Arthur stands for Artaios, the "bear ". Alternatively, the name is derived from the Roman name Artorius gender. The derivation from Nordic Arnthor ( eagle Thor) met sporadically ( Seibicke ibid. ). The h was not before the 16th century entrance to the name.

Name-day

Variants

German: Arthur, Arthur
English: Arthur
Finnish: Arttu, Artturi
French: Arthur
Italian: Arturo
Dutch: Arthur
Portuguese: Artur
Spanish: Arturo
Polish: Artur
Russian: Артур
Hungarian: Artulash

Well-known bearers of the name

Ruler

Arthur I. (Brittany ) ( 1187-1203 ), Duke of Brittany
Arthur II (Brittany ) ( 1262-1312 ), Duke of Brittany
Arthur III. (Brittany ) ( 1393-1458 ), Duke of Brittany

First name

Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ( 1850-1942 ), British field marshal, member of the British Royal Family, Governor General of Canada ( 1911-1916 )
Arthur Brown ( b. 1942 ), British singer
Artur do Canto Resende (1897-1945), Portuguese surveyor
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), British physician and writer
Arthur Guinness (1725-1803), Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness beer brand
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), a French-Swiss composer
Arthur Kohlberg (1924-1970), physicist and information theorist
Arthur Martens (1897-1937), German gliding pioneer and engineer
Arthur Müller ( writer ) ( 1826-1873 ), German writer
Arthur Müller ( businessman ) ( 1871-1936 ), German entrepreneur
Arthur Müller (architect ) ( 1874-1961 ), German architect
Arthur Müller ( racing driver ) ( 1904-1983 ), German motorcycle racer
Arthur Müller ( politician), German politician ( CDU), Member of Parliament Brandenburg
Arthur Müller ( lawyer), German jurist, president of the Federal Bar Association
Arthur Penn (1922-2010), American film director
Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian storyteller and playwright
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher

Fiction

King Arthur, or Arthur, the legendary British king
Arthur Dent, the main character in the science fiction novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Arthur " The Fonz " Fonzarelli, figure in American comedy series Happy Days
Arthur of the angels, Hungarian cartoon series, shown in the GDR
Arthur Spooner from the television series The King of Queens
Arthur - No child of sadness, feature film by Steve Gordon from 1981
Arthur Weasley, the family patriarch of the Weasley family from the Harry Potter novels
Arthur, a comedy film from the year 2011 with Russell Brand and Jennifer Garner

Family name

Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), British field marshal, son of Queen Victoria
Alfred Arthur ( born 1986 ), Ghanaian footballer
Anthony Arthur (born 1972 ), British Weight Lifting
Beatrice Arthur (1922-2009), American actress
Brian Arthur ( born 1945 ), British game theorists
Bruce Arthur (1921-1998), Australian Ringer
Charline Arthur (1929-1987), American musician
Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), 21st President of the United States
Christine Arthur ( born 1963 ), New Zealand hockey player
Christopher J. Arthur ( born 1940 ), British philosopher and Marxist theoretician value
Cindy Arthur ( b. 1977 ), Canadian badminton player
Darrell Arthur (* 1988), American basketball player
Davey Arthur (born 1954 ), Irish folk musician, singer and songwriter
Donald Arthur ( born 1937 ), American voice actor and opera singer
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), American commander
Elizabeth Arthur ( born 1953 ), American writer
Emry Arthur (~ 1900-1966 ), American Old-time musicians
Eric Arthur Ross (1898-1982), Canadian architect
George Arthur (1784-1854), Governor of British Honduras, Tasmania, Upper Canada and Bombay
George Arthur ( footballer ) ( born 1925 ), Australian football player
Harold J. Arthur (1904-1971), American politician (Vermont )
James Arthur ( mathematician ) ( born 1944 ), Canadian mathematician
James Arthur ( singer ) (* 1988), British pop singer
Jean Arthur (1900-1991), American actress
John Arthur ( politician ) ( 1875-1914 ), Australian politician
John Arthur ( boxer ) ( 1929-2005 ), South African boxer
John R. Arthur ( born 1931 ), American chemist
Joseph Arthur (born 1971 ), American singer and guitarist
Joseph Charles Arthur (1850-1942), American botanist
Matthew Arthur, 1st Baron Glenarthur ( 1852-1928 ), Scottish businessman
Michael Anthony Arthur ( born 1950 ), British diplomat
Nana Ato Arthur (born 20 century), Ghanaian politician
Norman Arthur ( born 1931 ), British equestrian athletes
Owen Arthur ( born 1949 ), Prime Minister of Barbados
Peter Arthur ( born 1939 ), British Weight Lifting
Robert Arthur (1909-1969), American author
Rod Arthur (born 20 century), British actor
Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur ( born 1944 ), British peer, pilot and businessman
Stuart Arthur (born 1978 ), Canadian badminton player
Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885), American writer
Wallace Arthur ( born 1952 ), British evolutionary biology
William Arthur Evans (1825-1897), American politician

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