Arthur

Arthur is a common male name, meaning "bearlike," believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio.

Famous people named Arthur

• King Arthur, the legendary British ruler and first recorded person to be named Arthur
• Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502)
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor at Battle of Waterloo
• Chester A. Arthur, twenty-first President of the United States.
• Arthur C. Clarke, famous British science-fiction writer
• Arthur Miller, American playwright, essayist and author
• Arthur Conan Doyle, famous British writer, author of the famous character Sherlock Holmes
• Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and traveller
• Arthur Cravan, British boxer, poet and pre-Dadaist