Famous People with Name Arthur

Arthur Holly Compton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Holly Compton: American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics for his discovery of the Compton effect. He served as Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1945 to 1953.

Arthur Leonard Schawlow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Leonard Schawlow: American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize.

Arthur John Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur John Johnson: Jack Johnson and nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer and arguably the best really big heavyweight of his generation.

Arthur Cunningham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Cunningham: is an American composer.

Arthur Fletcher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Fletcher: was an American government official, widely referred to as the "father of affirmative action" as he was largely responsible for the Revised Philadelphia Plan. An African American and a Republican, he served in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations.

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.