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Arthur
is a common masculine given name. Arthur may refer to:
Arthur
Arthur is a common masculine given name. Its etymology is disputed, but its popularity derives from its being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur....
is a common masculine given name. Arthur may refer to:
First name of Arthur or Art
- King ArthurKing ArthurKing Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
, legendary British monarch - Arthur I, Duke of BrittanyArthur I, Duke of BrittanyArthur I was Duke of Brittany between 1194 and 1202. He was the posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany...
(1187–1203) - Arthur II, Duke of BrittanyArthur II, Duke of BrittanyArthur II , of the House of Dreux, was Duke of Brittany from 1305 to his death. He was the first son of John II and Beatrice, daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence....
(1305–1312) - Arthur III, Duke of BrittanyArthur III, Duke of BrittanyArthur III , known as the Justicier and as Arthur de Richemont, was Lord of Parthenay and titular Count of Richmond in England and for eleven months at the very end of his life, Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort after inheriting those titles upon the death of his nephew.-Biography:Belonging...
(1457–1458) - Arthur, Prince of WalesArthur, Prince of WalesArthur Tudor, Prince of Wales was the first son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and therefore, heir to the throne of England. As he predeceased his father, Arthur never became king...
(1486–1502) - Arthur (TV presenter)Arthur (TV presenter)Arthur is a TV presenter, producer and comedian.After having cancelled his law studies, he began his career as a host on local radio in the Paris region in the late 1980s...
, French presenter, producer, and comedian - Arthur AsheArthur AsheArthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...
(1943–1993), American tennis player - Arthur BalfourArthur BalfourArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...
(1848–1930), British politician - Arthur BluethenthalArthur BluethenthalArthur Bluethenthal, nicknamed "Bluey" , was an All American football player for Princeton University, who died in combat fighting for France in World War I.-Early life:...
(1891–1918), American football player - Arthur BradfieldArthur BradfieldArthur Bradfield was an English cricketer. Bradfield was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Box, Wiltshire....
(1892-1978), English cricketer - Arthur DarvillArthur DarvillThomas Arthur Darvill is an English actor, known professionally as Arthur Darvill. He is noted for his work in the plays Terre Haute and Swimming with Sharks , but is probably best known for his role as the Eleventh Doctor's Companion Rory Williams in the television series Doctor Who.-Early and...
, British actor and musician - Art CarneyArt CarneyArthur William Matthew “Art” Carney was an American actor in film, stage, television and radio. He is best known for playing Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the situation comedy The Honeymooners....
, American actor - Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
(1917–2008), British writer - Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
(1859–1930), British writer - Arthur da Costa e Silva (1902-1969), president of Brazil
- Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), British astrophysicist
- Arthur EvansArthur EvansSir Arthur John Evans FRS was a British archaeologist most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete and for developing the concept of Minoan civilization from the structures and artifacts found there and elsewhere throughout eastern Mediterranean...
(1851–1941), British archaeologist - Arthur FrommerArthur FrommerArthur Frommer is a travel writer, publisher and consumer advocate, and the founder of the Frommer's series of travel guides and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine. He has published many books for budget-conscious travelers and has been one of America's foremost budget travel authorities...
(born 1929), American travel writer and publisher - Art GarfunkelArt GarfunkelArthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel...
(born 1941), American entertainer - Arthur GoldbergArthur GoldbergArthur Joseph Goldberg was an American statesman and jurist who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Supreme Court Justice and Ambassador to the United Nations.-Early life:...
(1908–1990), American politician and judge - Arthur GuinnessArthur GuinnessArthur Guinness was an Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family.He was also an entrepreneur, visionary and philanthropist....
(1725–1803), Irish brewer - Arthur HaileyArthur HaileyArthur Hailey was a British/Canadian novelist.- Biography :Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when he went to live in Canada. Hailey's last novel, Detective , is a mystery told from the perspective of a...
(1920–2004), British novelist - Art HeymanArt HeymanArthur Bruce "Art" Heyman is an American former professional basketball player.-Early years:Heyman, who was Jewish, was born in New York City, New York. A 6' 5" guard/forward, after attending Oceanside High School in New York, Heyman was heavily recruited by many schools, and originally signed a...
(born 1941), American NBA basketball player - Arthur KoestlerArthur KoestlerArthur Koestler CBE was a Hungarian author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria...
(1905–1983), British writer - Arthur LafferArthur LafferArthur Betz Laffer is an American economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board . Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will...
(born 1940), American economist - Arthur LeeArthur Lee (musician)Arthur Lee was the frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles rock band Love, best known for the critically acclaimed 1967 album, Forever Changes.-Early years:...
(1945–2006), American musician - Art LinkletterArt LinkletterArthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years...
(1912-2010), Canadian-born American radio and television personality - Arthur LydiardArthur LydiardArthur Leslie Lydiard, ONZ, OBE, was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularizing the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world...
(1917–2004), New Zealand runner and athletics coach - Arthur MillerArthur MillerArthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
(1915–2005), American playwright - Arthur Uther PendragonArthur Uther PendragonArthur Uther Pendragon is an English eco-campaigner, neo-druid leader, media personality, and self-declared reincarnation of King Arthur, a name by which he is also known.-Early years:...
(born 1954), British neo-druid leader - Arthur RimbaudArthur RimbaudJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent...
(1854–1891), French poet - Arthur ScargillArthur ScargillArthur Scargill is a British politician who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002, leading the union through the 1984–85 miners' strike, a key event in British labour and political history...
(born 1938), British miners' union leader - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), American historian
- Arthur SchopenhauerArthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the phenomenal...
(1788–1860), German philosopher - Art ShamskyArt ShamskyArthur Louis Shamsky is a former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from to for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics. In he was the manager of the Modi'in Miracle of the Israel Baseball League.-Early life:Shamsky...
(born 1941), American major league baseball player - Arthur SullivanArthur SullivanSir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer of Irish and Italian ancestry. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado...
(1842–1900), English composer - Arthur Vandenberg (1884–1951), American politician
- Arthur WellesleyArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
(1769–1852) The Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
Music
- Arthur (band)Arthur (band)Arthur is a side project of MxPx featuring all three members of MxPx and their former tech assistant Neil Hundt, who now techs for Good Charlotte. They released an EP called Loneliness Is Bliss in 1999...
- Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)Arthur is the seventh studio album by English rock band The Kinks, released in October 1969. Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the storyline with novelist Julian Mitchell; however, the television programme was...
, 1969 album by The Kinks - Arthur the King, 2001 album by Maddy PriorMaddy PriorMaddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...
- Arthur (magazine)Arthur (magazine)Arthur magazine, a free bi-monthly 50,000-copy periodical, was founded in October, 2002 by publisher Laris Kreslins and editor Jay Babcock. It has received favorable attention from other periodicals such as L.A. Weekly, Print, Punk Planet and Rolling Stone...
, publication devoted to avant-garde music
Characters
- Arthur, fictional tank engine in Thomas and Friends.
- Arthur Mitchell, known as the Trinity KillerTrinity KillerArthur Mitchell, often referred to as the "Trinity Killer", is a fictional character in the Showtime TV Series Dexter. The character is portrayed by John Lithgow, who won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his performance...
, a fictional character in the television series Dexter. - Sir Arthur, fictional character in the video game Ghosts 'n GoblinsGhosts 'n Goblinsis a 1985 platform game developed by Capcom for video arcades and has since been released on several other platforms. It is the first game in the Ghosts'n Goblins franchise.-Gameplay:...
. - Arthur BranchArthur BranchArthur Branch is a fictional attorney and a regular character on the TV crime dramas Law & Order and Law & Order: Trial by Jury. Branch has also appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Conviction....
, fictional character in the television series Law & Order. - Arthur DentArthur DentArthur Philip Dent is a fictional character, the hapless protagonist and anti-hero in the comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams....
, fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. - Arthur Kirkland, fictional character representing the personification of EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the anime and manga series "Hetalia: Axis PowersHetalia: Axis Powersis a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by . The series presents an allegorical trivialisation of political and historic events, particularly of the World War II era, in which the various countries are represented by stereotyped anthropomorphic characters...
" - Arthur le fantôme justicierArthur le fantôme justicierArthur le fantôme justicier is a character in a comic book strip created by Jean Cézard , first published in Vaillant #449 from December 20, 1953...
, fictional character in the comics of Jean Cézard. - Arthur ReadArthur ReadArthur Timothy Read is the title character of both the book series and the PBS children's television show Arthur which was created by Marc Brown. On the show, he is eight years old, in Mr. Ratburn's third grade class, and lives in Elwood City...
, anthropomorphic aardvarkAardvarkThe aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa...
; fictional character in the children's novels of Marc Brown and the television series based on them (see below). - Arthur Weasley, fictional character in the Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series.
Films and television
- Arthur (1981 film), 1981 film starring Dudley Moore
- Arthur 2: On the RocksArthur 2: On the RocksArthur 2: On the Rocks is the 1988 sequel to the 1981 film Arthur. Lead actors Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli reprised their roles.John Gielgud, who won an Academy Award for his role in the original film, reappears briefly in a drunken hallucination on Arthur's part.The film co-stars Kathy Bates as...
, 1988 sequel - Arthur (2011 film)Arthur (2011 film)Arthur is a 2011 comedy film written by Peter Baynham and directed by Jason Winer. It is a remake of the 1981 film written and directed by Steve Gordon...
, 2011 remake starring Russell Brand
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- Arthur and the Great Adventure:
- Arthur and the InvisiblesArthur and the InvisiblesArthur and the Invisibles is a French/American part-animated, part-live action feature film adaptation of the 2002 children's book Arthur et les minimoys / Arthur and the Minimoys, and the 2003 sequel Arthur et la cité interdite /...
, 2006 animated film - Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, 2009 animated film
- Arthur 3: The War of the Two WorldsArthur 3: The War of the Two WorldsArthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds is a French/American film with live action and animation co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow...
, 2010 animated film
- Arthur and the Invisibles
- Arthur (TV series)Arthur (TV series)Arthur is an American/Canadian animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group and WGBH for the Public Broadcasting Service...
, animated children's television series about an anthropomorphic aardvarkAardvarkThe aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa...
named Arthur. - King Arthur (film)King Arthur (film)King Arthur is a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It stars Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot, and Keira Knightley as Guinevere....
, 2004 film - Arthur Christmas (2011 film)Arthur ChristmasArthur Christmas is a 2011 British/American 3-D computer animated fantasy comedy film produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was released on November 11, 2011, in the UK, and on November 23, 2011, in the USA...
, 2011 animated film
Canada
- Arthur (electoral district)Arthur (electoral district)Arthur is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1903 and was eliminated by redistribution in 1989, when its territory was combined with that from the neighbouring Virden riding to create the new riding of Arthur-Virden.The riding was located...
, Manitoba, former provincial electoral division - Arthur, OntarioArthur, OntarioArthur is a community located just north of Hwy 6 and Wellington Road 109 in the township of Wellington North, Ontario, Canada. Formerly an independent village, Arthur was amalgamated into Wellington North on January 1, 1999.-History:...
- Port Arthur, OntarioPort Arthur, OntarioPort Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario which amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Port Arthur was the district seat of Thunder Bay District.- History :...
United States
- Arthur, CaliforniaArthur, CaliforniaArthur is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California. It was located south of Ukiah.A post office operated at Arthur from 1903 to 1905.-References:...
- Arthur, IllinoisArthur, IllinoisArthur is a village in Douglas County and Moultrie County in Illinois; Arthur's primary street, Vine Street, is the county line. The population was 2,288 at the 2010 census. The Arthur area is home to the largest and oldest Amish community in Illinois, which was founded in the 1860s.In 1877 the...
- Arthur, IowaArthur, IowaArthur is a city in Ida County, Iowa, United States. The population was 245 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Arthur is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Arthur, NebraskaArthur, NebraskaArthur is a village in Arthur County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 117 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Arthur County.-Geography:Arthur is located at ....
- Arthur, North DakotaArthur, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 402 people, 129 households, and 82 families residing in the city. The population density was 265.2 people per square mile . There were 140 housing units at an average density of 92.4 per square mile...
- Arthur, WisconsinArthur, WisconsinArthur is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 710 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Crescent and Drywood are located in the town.-Education:...
, a town - Arthur, Grant County, WisconsinArthur, Grant County, WisconsinArthur is an unincorporated community located in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincoporated community - Arthur County, NebraskaArthur County, Nebraska-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 444 people, 185 households, and 138 families residing in the county. The population density was 0.618 people per square mile . There were 273 housing units at an average density of 0.380 per square mile...
- Port Arthur, TexasPort Arthur, Texas-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...
- Port Arthur, WisconsinPort Arthur, WisconsinPort Arthur is an unincorporated community located in the town of Grant, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community
Other uses
- Arthur (newspaper)Arthur (newspaper)Arthur is a Canadian student newspaper with a circulation of 3000 in Peterborough, Ontario. It is the official paper of the Trent University student body. Arthur is funded through a non-refundable levy from every full-time student at the university...
, student newspaper at Trent University, Canada - ARTHUR (military)ARTHUR (military)ARTHUR is an abbreviation for mobile "Artillery Hunting Radar" system developed in Sweden. This field artillery acquisition radar was developed for the primary role as the core element of a brigade or division level counter battery sensor system. It can also be used for peace support operations...
, ARTillery HUnting Radar - Arthur (operating system)
- 2597 Arthur2597 Arthur2597 Arthur is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1980. It is named after King Arthur, the legendary British ruler....
, an asteroid - Arthur, the first open parabolic satellite dish, at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth StationGoonhilly Satellite Earth StationGoonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large telecommunications site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK. Owned by BT Group plc, it was at one time the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 25 communications dishes in use...
- Arthur Retail, company, acquired by JDA SoftwareJDA SoftwareJDA Software Group, Inc. is a leading global provider of supply chain management, merchandising and pricing solutions. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete...
in 1998.
See also
- Arthur'sArthur'sArthur's was a London gentlemen's club, now dissolved, which was established in 1811 and was disbanded in 1940. Between 1827 and 1940 it was based at 69 St James's Street...
, 19th-century British gentlemen's club - Arthur's MagazineArthur's MagazineArthur's Magazine was a literary periodical published in the United States in the 19th century. Edited by T.S. Arthur, it featured work by Edgar A. Poe, J.H. Ingraham, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thomas G. Spear, and many others.-Further reading:...
, 19th-century American literary magazine - Arthurs (disambiguation) (disambiguation page)
- AuthorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...