Famous People with Name Arthur

Arthur Cleveland Bent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Cleveland Bent: American ornithologist. He is notable for his encyclopedic 21-volume work, Life Histories of North American Birds, published 1919-1968 and completed posthumously.[1]

Arthur Betz Laffer, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Betz Laffer, Sr.: a supply-side economist who became influential during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981-1989).Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, a curve illustrating tax elasticity which asserts that in certain situations, a decrease in tax rates could result in an increase in tax revenues. Although he does not claim to have invented this concept (Laffer, 2004), it was popularized with policy-makers following an afternoon meeting with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in which he reportedly sketched the curve on a napkin [1] to illustrate his argument (Wanniski, 2005). The term "Laffer curve" was coined by Jude Wanniski (a writer for the Wall Street Journal), who was also present. The basic concept was not new: Laffer himself says he learned it from Ibn Khaldun and John Maynard Keynes.[

Arthur Pardee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Pardee: an American biochemist. One biographical portrait [1] begins "Among the titans of science, Arthur Pardee is especially intriguing." There is hardly a field of molecular biology that is not affected by his work, which has advanced our understanding through theoretical predictions followed by insightful experiments. He is perhaps most famous for his part in the 'PaJoMo experiment' of the late 1950s, which greatly helped in the discovery of messenger RNA. He is also well known as the discoverer of the restriction point, in which a cell commits itself to certain cell cycle events during the G1 cycle. He has done a great deal of work on tumor growth and regulation, with a particular focus on the role of estrogen in hormone-responsive tumors. And he is also well known for the development of various biochemical research techniques,

Arthur H. Pitney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur H. Pitney: was an American inventor best known as the father of the postage meter.Postage meters are used today by millions of businesses to imprint postage on envelopes and parcels. Meter indicia serve as proof of payment, functioning as a postage stamp, a cancellation mark, and a dated postmark all in one.Pitney filed a patent application, in Stamford, Connecticut for the world’s first postage meter on Dec. 9, 1901. He presented, demonstrated and perfected his invention over two decades – but it was not until he partnered with English-born industrialist Walter Bowes that the postage meter was approved by the U.S. Postal Service.

Arthur Middleton Young            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Middleton Young: was an American inventor, helicopter pioneer, cosmologist, philosopher and author. Young was the designer of Bell Helicopter's first helicopter, the Model 30, and inventor of the stabilizer bar used on many of Bell's early helicopter designs. He founded the "Institute for the Study of Consciousness" in Berkeley in 1972. Young advocated a process theory, which is a form of integral theory. These theories attempt to integrate the realm of human thought and experience with the realm of science so that the concept of universe is not limited to that which can be physically measured. Young's theory embraces evolution and the concept of the great chain of being. He has influenced such thinkers as Stanislav Grof.

Jean Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean Arthur: was an Oscar-nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains, arguably, the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress. "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur. So much was sh

André Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

André Arthur: is a Canadian radio host and politician. He was elected as an independent Member of Parliament in the riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in the 2006 Canadian federal election. His father René Arthur and uncle Gérard Arthur were also radio hosts in their d

Beatrice Bea Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beatrice Bea Arthur: is an American comedienne, actress and singer. In an ongoing career spanning six decades, Arthur is perhaps best remembered for her trademark role as the title character, Maude Findlay, on the 1970s sitcom Maude, and for playing Dorothy Zbornak, a divorced substitute teacher on The Golden Girls.

Beatrice “Bea” Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beatrice “Bea” Arthur: an American comedienne, actress and singer. In an ongoing career spanning six decades, Arthur is perhaps best remembered for her trademark role as the title character, Maude Findlay, on the 1970s sitcom Maude, and also for playing Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls.

Joseph Arthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Arthur: is a contemporary singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio. He was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-'90s, and signed to Gabriel's Real World label.Joseph began writing and playing music in his early teens, after inheriting an electronic keyboard from his aunt[1]: "I couldn't play along with my records, so that's why I started writing my own.