Arch (name)

Arch is a masculine given name and a surname, usually a shortened form of Archibald.

People with the surname

 * Hannes Arch (1967–2016), Austrian air racer and 2008 world champion
 * John Arch (politician) (born 1964), American politician
 * Joseph Arch (1826–1919), English politician

People with the given name

 * Arch Bevis (born 1955), Australian politician
 * Arch Bobbitt (1895–1978), American judge
 * Arch Corbett (1883–1920), Australian rules footballer
 * Arch Crippin (1916–2008), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Arch Dale (1882–1962), Scottish editorial cartoonist who sometimes signed his work as "Arch"
 * Arch Deal (1931–2020), American newscaster
 * Arch Freeman (c. 1890–1918), American aviator
 * J. Arch Getty (born 1950), American historian
 * Arch Hall Sr. (1908–1978), American actor, film director, and screenwriter
 * Arch Hall Jr. (born 1943), American actor, musician, aviator, and writer
 * Arch Higgins, American ballet dancer
 * Arch Jelley (born 1922), New Zealand athletics coach
 * Arch Johnson (1922–1997), American actor
 * Arch Knott (1916–1998), Australian rules footballer
 * Arch MacDonald (1911–1985), American broadcast journalist and television pioneer
 * Arch L. Madsen (1913–1997), American broadcast executive
 * Arch Manning, American football quarterback
 * Arch Martin (1931–2009), American jazz trombonist
 * Arch McDonald (1901–1960), American sports announcer
 * Arch McDonald (footballer) (1882–1932), Australian rules footballer
 * Arch W. McFarlane (1885–1960), American businessman and politician
 * Arch McKirdy (1924–2013), Australian radio presenter and broadcasting executive
 * Arch Merrill (1894–1974), American journalist and author
 * Arch A. Moore Jr. (1923–2015), American lawyer, politician and convicted felon
 * Arch Muirhead (1876–1958), Australian rules footballer
 * Arch Nicholson (1941–1990), Australian film director
 * Arch Oboler (1909–1987), American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer and director
 * Arch Pafford, Canadian politician
 * Arch Presby (1907–2007), Canadian-American radio and television announcer
 * Arch Reilly (1891–1963), American baseball player
 * Arch Wilkinson Shaw (1876–1962), American publisher and business theorist
 * Arch B. Swank Jr. (1913–1999), American architect
 * Arch Thompson, Australian rugby league footballer
 * Arch Ward (1896–1955), sports editor for the Chicago Tribune newspaper
 * Arch West (1914–2011), American marketing executive
 * Arch Colson Whitehead (born 1960), American novelist
 * Arch Whitehouse (1895–1979), British aviator and author
 * Arch Whiting (1936–2007), American actor
 * Arch Wilder (1917–2002), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Arch G. Woodside (born 1943), American marketing consultant and author