Namesakes
Arthur Conan Doyle
(m) 1859-1930 
Notable Writers
Arthur Schopenhauer
(m) 1788-1860
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Charles III
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1948-
English and British Kings and Queens 2022-
Arthur Rimbaud
(m) 1854-1891
Notable Writers
Neville Chamberlain
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1869-1940
British Prime Ministers 1937-1940
Arthur Wellesley
(m) 1769-1852
British Prime Ministers 1828-1830; 1834
Notable Military Figures
Arthur Compton
(m) 1892-1962
Nobel Prize Winners 1927 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Christopher Plummer
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1929-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2012 Beginners (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1997 Barrymore (actor)
Arthur Miller
(m) 1915-2005
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1949 Death of a Salesman
Arthur C. Clarke
(m) 1917-2008
Notable Writers
William, Prince of Wales
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1982-
Other Royalty 1982- United Kingdom (prince)
King Arthur
(m)
Arthurian Characters
Characters in Celtic Mythology (Arthur)
Fictional Characters from Traditional Tales British
Arthur Balfour
(m) 1848-1930
British Prime Ministers 1902-1905
Arthur Harden
(m) 1865-1940
Nobel Prize Winners 1929 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
(m) 1921-1999
Nobel Prize Winners 1981 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Arthur B. McDonald
(m) 1943-
Nobel Prize Winners 2015 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Arthur Ashkin
(m) 1922-2020
Nobel Prize Winners 2018 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Sidney Lumet
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1924-2011
Notable Filmmakers
Arthur Eddington
(m) 1882-1944
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Arthur Rubinstein
(m) 1887-1982
Notable Musicians
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1830-1903
British Prime Ministers 1885-1886; 1886-1892; 1895-1902
Stan Laurel
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1890-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
(m) 1892-1946
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents 1938 (chancellor)
Notable Evildoers
Arthur Evans
(m) 1851-1941
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Arthur Henderson
(m) 1863-1935
Nobel Prize Winners 1934 (peace)
Arthur Schnitzler
(m) 1862-1931
Notable Writers
Arthur Ashe
(m) 1943-1993
Notable Athletes (tennis)
John Gielgud
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1904-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1982 Arthur (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1948; 1959; 1961 The Importance of Being Earnest; Ages of Man; Big Fish, Little Fish (actor/director)
Thomas A. Steitz
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1940-2018
Nobel Prize Winners 2009 (chemistry)
Arthur Kornberg
(m) 1918-2007
Nobel Prize Winners 1959 (medicine)
Arthur Lewis
(m) 1915-1991
Nobel Prize Winners 1979 (economics)
David Carradine
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1936-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Art Garfunkel
(m) 1941-
Grammy Award Winners 1969; 1971 Mrs. Robinson; Bridge over Troubled Water (record of the year/album of the year)
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1990 Simon & Garfunkel
James Baldwin
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1924-1987
Notable Writers
Art Carney
(m) 1918-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1975 Harry and Tonto (actor)
George Akerlof
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1940-
Nobel Prize Winners 2001 (economics)
Rudolph A. Marcus
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1923-
Nobel Prize Winners 1992 (chemistry)
Arthur Sullivan
(m) 1842-1900
Notable Musicians
Michael Hainisch
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1858-1940
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents 1920-1928 (president)
Louis of Wales
(middle name Arthur) (m) 2018-
Other Royalty 2018- United Kingdom (prince)
Arthur Meighen
(m) 1874-1960
Canadian Prime Ministers 1920-1921; 1926
Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(m) 1850-1942
Other Royalty 1850-1942 United Kingdom (prince)
Arthur Friedenreich
(m) 1892-1969
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Gerard Way
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1977-
Notable Musicians
Alan Bates
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1934-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1973; 2002 Butley; Fortune's Fool (actor)
Arthur Kennedy
(m) 1914-1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Fadden
(m) 1894-1973
Australian Prime Ministers 1941
Artie Lange
(m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1906-1947
Other Royalty 1906-1947 Sweden (prince)
Arthur Chung
(m) 1918-2008
Other Leaders 1970-1980 Guyana (president)
Arthur I
(m) 1187-1203
Other Royalty 1196-1203 Brittany (duke)
Shakespearian Characters (Arthur) King John
Arthur Boka
(m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
David A. Granger
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1945-
Other Leaders 2015- Guyana (president)
Arthur Guinness
(m) c. 1725-1803
Notable Businesspeople
Arthur Harris
(m) 1892-1984
Notable Military Figures
Tab Hunter
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1931-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Edward Woodward
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1930-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Darvill
(m) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur of Connaught
(m) 1883-1938
Other Royalty 1883-1938 United Kingdom (prince)
Arthur Blake
(m) 1872-1944
Olympic Medalists 1896 1500 m (silver)
John Ljunggren
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1919-2000
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1956; 1960 50 km walk (gold/bronze/silver)
Don Schollander
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1946-
Olympic Medalists 1964; 1968 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold/silver)
Arthur O'Connell
(m) 1908-1981
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Numan
(m) 1969-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed
(m) 1963-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2012 Guns N' Roses
Arthur Wint
(m) 1920-1992
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 400 m; 4x400 m relay; 800 m (gold/silver)
Carl Johan of Sweden
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1916-2012
Other Royalty 1916-1946 Sweden (prince)
Dooley Wilson
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1886-1953
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
John Arthur Jarvis
(m) 1872-1933
Olympic Medalists 1900 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 4000 m freestyle (gold)
Bill Carr
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1909-1966
Olympic Medalists 1932 400 m; 4x400 m relay (gold)
Douglas Lowe
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1902-1981
Olympic Medalists 1924; 1928 800 m (gold)
Arthur L. Newton
(m) 1883-1956
Olympic Medalists 1904 3000 m steeplechase; 4 mile team; marathon (gold/bronze)
Arthur Russell
(m) 1886-1972
Olympic Medalists 1908 3200 m steeplechase (gold)
Colin O'Donoghue
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ron Silver
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1946-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1988 Speed-the-Plow (actor)
Arthur Lowe
(m) 1915-1982
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Godfrey Brown
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1915-1995
Olympic Medalists 1936 400 m; 4x400 m relay (silver/gold)
Jarome Iginla
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1977-
Hall-of-Famers 2020 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Olympic Medalists 2002; 2010 ice hockey (gold)
Michael Norman
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1997-
Olympic Medalists 2020 4x400 m relay (gold)
Alex Van Halen
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1953-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2007 Van Halen
Arthur Harnden
(m) 1924-2016
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x400 m relay (gold)
Arthur Zanetti
(m) 1990-
Olympic Medalists 2012 artistic gymnastics (gold)
Arthur Barnard
(m) 1929-2018
Olympic Medalists 1952 110 m hurdles (bronze)
John Winter
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1924-2007
Olympic Medalists 1948 high jump (gold)
Art Ross
(m) 1885-1964
Hall-of-Famers 1945 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Arthur Tell Schwab
(m) 1896-1945
Olympic Medalists 1936 50 km walk (silver)
Arthur Shaw
(m) 1886-1955
Olympic Medalists 1908 110 m hurdles (bronze)
Arthur Jonath
(m) 1909-1963
Olympic Medalists 1932 100 m; 4x100 m relay (bronze/silver)
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
(m) 1900-1994
Olympic Medalists 1924 100 m (bronze)
Fritz Schwab
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1919-2006
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 10 km walk (bronze/silver)
Art Mollner
(m) 1912-1995
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Arthur Hunnicutt
(m) 1910-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donald Piper
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1911-1963
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
Arthur Robertson
(m) 1879-1957
Olympic Medalists 1908 3 mile team; 3200 m steeplechase (gold/silver)
John Biller
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1877-1934
Olympic Medalists 1904; 1908 long jump - standing; high jump - standing (bronze/silver)
Arthur Hill
(m) 1922-2006
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tony Award Winners 1963 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (actor)
Ed Quinn
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Hoffmann
(m) 1887-1932
Olympic Medalists 1908 medley relay (silver)
Arthur Hoffmann
(m) 1857-1927
Swiss Presidents 1914
Ken Dodd
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1927-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Arthur Treacher
(m) 1894-1975
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Art Chapman
(m) 1912-1986
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (silver)
Barry Magee
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1934-
Olympic Medalists 1960 marathon (bronze)
Arthur Dent
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Herbert Johnston
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1902-1967
Olympic Medalists 1924 3000 m team (silver)
Arthur Edwin Hill
(m) 1888-1966
Olympic Medalists 1912 water polo (gold)
Arthur Studenroth
(m) 1899-1992
Olympic Medalists 1924 cross country team (silver)
Rory Williams
(middle name Arthur) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1963 Doctor Who
Lew Wyld
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1905-1974
Olympic Medalists 1928 cycling - track (bronze)
Arthur Mabellon
(m) 1888-1961
Olympic Medalists 1920 archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team (bronze/silver)
Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1974 Happy Days
Richard Beckinsale
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1947-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jack Gregory
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1923-2003
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x100 m relay (silver)
Robert Flemyng
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1912-1995
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Robertson
(m) 1879-19xx
Olympic Medalists 1900 water polo (gold)
Arthur Shields
(m) 1896-1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kynaston Reeves
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1893-1971
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur De Greef
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Artie Abrams
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2009 Glee
Gil Grissom
(middle name Arthur) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000; 2021 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; CSI: Vegas
Zackary Arthur
(middle name Arthur) (m) 2006-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Zico
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1953-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Arte Johnson
(m) 1929-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Bell
(m) 1590-1643
Saints
Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance
(m) 1891-1961
Hall-of-Famers 1955 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1924 baseball
Victor Löw
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1962-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Art Monk
(m) 1957-
Hall-of-Famers 2008 (football)
Arthur Davidson
(m) 1881-1950
Notable Businesspeople
Candy Cummings
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1848-1924
Hall-of-Famers 1939 (baseball)
Art Coulter
(m) 1909-2000
Hall-of-Famers 1974 (ice hockey)
Art Donovan
(m) 1924-2013
Hall-of-Famers 1968 (football)
Arthur Davies
(m) 1941-2018
Notable Musicians
Will Tura
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1940-
Notable Musicians
Koen Crucke
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Arthur Farrell
(m) 1877-1909
Hall-of-Famers 1965 (ice hockey)
Arthur Holmwood
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1897 Dracula
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2014 (hurricane)
Mike Kinkade
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 2000 baseball (gold)
Art McNally
(m) 1925-2023
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (football)
Art Rooney
(m) 1901-1988
Hall-of-Famers 1964 (football)
Arthur Austin
(m) 1902-1962
Olympic Medalists 1924 water polo (bronze)
Bamber Gascoigne
(a.k.a. Arthur) (m) 1935-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Bill Legend
(middle name Arthur) (m) 1944-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2020 T. Rex
Art Shell
(m) 1946-
Hall-of-Famers 1989 (football)
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2020 (storm)
Gary Ewing
(middle name Arthur) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978; 1979 Dallas; Knots Landing
Templeton "Faceman" Peck
(middle name Arthur) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1983 The A-Team
Arthur Clark
(m) 1900-1979
Olympic Medalists 1924 3000 m team (silver)
Arthur Branch
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Law & Order
Arthur Fancy
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 NYPD Blue
Arthur Wilson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1968 Dad's Army
Arthur "Boo" Radley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
Arthur Gride
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1839 Nicholas Nickleby
Arthur Arden
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2012 American Horror Story: Asylum
Eddie Winslow
(middle name Arthur) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1989 Family Matters
Arthur
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1981 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1984 (storm)
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1990 (storm)
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1996 (storm)
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2002 (storm)
Arthur
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2008 (storm)
Arthur Brooks
(m) c. 1933-2015
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1991 The Impressions
Arthur Weasley
(m)
Harry Potter Characters
Bill Weasley
(middle name Arthur) (m)
Harry Potter Characters