Arbuthnot (surname)

Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott is a Scottish surname, deriving from the village in Scotland from where members of the Arbuthnot family originated.

People with the surname Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott

 * Arbuthnot baronets
 * Viscount of Arbuthnott
 * Alexander Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * Barbara Arbuthnott (1822–1904), Scottish chicken breeder and benefactor
 * Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott (1906–1985), British fencer
 * Charles Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * Eric Arbuthnot, South African cricketer
 * Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (1833–1901), British Orientalist and translator
 * Geoffrey Arbuthnot (1885–1957), British naval officer during World War I, later Fourth Sea Lord
 * George Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * Gerald Arbuthnot (1872–1916), British soldier and politician, MP from Burnley
 * Harriet Arbuthnot (1793–1834), English diarist, social observer, and political hostess
 * Hugh Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * James Arbuthnot (born 1952), British politician and MP
 * James George Arbuthnot, American wrestling coach of the Oregon State Beavers
 * John Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * Keith Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * Lionel Gough Arbuthnot, English cricketer
 * Malcolm Arbuthnot (1877–1967), British pictorialist photographer and artist
 * Mariot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), British admiral during the American Revolutionary war
 * May Hill Arbuthnot (1884–1969), American educator, writer, and editor
 * Michael Arbuthnot, American archaeologist and film-maker
 * Reginald Arbuthnot, English cricketer
 * Robert Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * Thomas Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people
 * William Arbuthnot (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

 * Sandy Arbuthnot, in the Richard Hannay book series by John Buchan
 * Colonel John Arbuthnot, in Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
 * Freddie Arbuthnot, in the Bertie Wooster stories of P. G. Wodehouse
 * James Charles Arbuthnot, in the novel A Graveyard for Lunatics by Ray Bradbury
 * Mrs. Arbuthnot, in the play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
 * Frederick Arbuthnot, in the book The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
 * Mrs. Arbuthnot, in the movie Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Dan Ireland, based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor
 * Freddy Arbuthnot, in Lord Peter Wimsey stories by Dorothy L. Sayers
 * Fredericka "Freddy" Arbuthnot, in several books by Gregory Mcdonald
 * Lois Arbuthnot, in the novel Peace by Gene Wolfe