• Arcturus, a star known for its brightness
  • Arcturus in works of fiction, for fictional references to the star
• Arcturus (band)
  Arcturus (band)
  Arcturus is an avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987. They named it Arcturus , after the Behenian fixed star Arcturus.-Biography:The band has released four official full-length albums...
  
  , a Norwegian avant-garde metal band
• Arcturus (steamship)
  Arcturus (steamship)
  The steamship Arcturus was a passenger ship of the Finland Steamship Company operating primarily on the route between Hanko, Finland and Hull, England via Copenhagen, Denmark. Built in 1898 by Gourlay Brothers shipyard in Dundee, Scotland, the Arcturus remained in service until 1956...
  
  , a passenger ship of the Finland Steamship Company
• Arcturus, Zimbabwe
  Arcturus, Zimbabwe
  Arcturus is a village in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. It is located about 32 km east of Harare. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 3,300 and the surrounding rural area has a population of approximately 20,000. The village grew up around the...
  
  , a village in the province of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
• Arcturus, Virginia
  Arcturus, Virginia
  Arcturus is a neighborhood within the unincorporated community of Fort Hunt, Virginia in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Arcturus lies south of Alexandria between the George Washington Memorial Parkway and the Potomac River....
  
  , a neighborhood in Fairfax County, Virginia
  Fairfax County, Virginia
  Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...
  
  

U.S. Navy ships

• USS Arcturus (AF-52)
  USS Arcturus (AF-52)
  USS Arcturus was an Alstede-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas....
  
  
• USS Arcturus (AK-12)
• USS Arcturus (AK-18)
• USS Arcturus (SP-182)
  USS Arcturus (SP-182)
  USS Arcturus was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was reconfigured by the Navy as an armed patrol craft, and was assigned to patrol the waterways of New York City.- Yacht built in New York :...
  
  
• USS Arcturus (SP-593)

Fictional

• Arcturus (planet), a planet in the Foundation series
• Arcturus, a place in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Arcturus Mengsk, the leader of the Sons of Korhal and later Emperor of the Terran Dominion in the StarCraft computer game series
• Project Arcturus, a failed Ancient power-source project in the Stargate Atlantis television series