Artur

Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur meaning "bear-like", or “of honour”. It is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word artos ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish Art, Artúur, Welsh Arth - which may also be the source for the modern name. Art is also a diminutive form of the common name Arthur. In Estonian, and many Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the name is spelled as Artur. The Finnish versions are Arttu and Artturi.

Avestan aṣ̌a/arta and its Vedic equivalent rta both derive from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ṛtá- "truth", which in turn continues Proto-Indo-European * "properly joined, right, true", from the root *. The word is attested in Old Persian as arta.

Composers

 * Artur Kapp (1878–1952), Estonian composer
 * Artur Lemba (1885–1963), Estonian composer
 * Artur Uritamm (1901–1982), Estonian classical composer, organist and pedagogue

Performers

 * Artur Lohai (born 1993), Ukrainian actor and singer, participant of Ukrainian X-Factor version in 2014
 * Artur Rinne (1910–1984), Estonian singer and director
 * Artur Rojek (born 1972), former frontman of Myslovitz, and director of the OFF Festival
 * Artur Schnabel (1882–1951), Austrian pianist

Politicians

 * Artur Axmann (1913–1996), German Nazi leader
 * Artur Chilingarov (born 1939), Russian explorer and politician
 * Artur Davis (born 1967), American attorney and politician
 * Artur Kasterpalu (1897–1942), Estonian politician
 * Artur London (1915–1986), Czechoslovak politician
 * Artur Mas (born 1956), Catalan politician
 * Artur Rasizade (born 1935), former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
 * Artur Sanhá (born 1965), Guinea-Bissauan politician
 * Artur da Costa e Silva (1902–1969), Brazilian politician
 * Artur Sirk (1900–1937), Estonian politician and military commander
 * Artur Talvik (born 1964), Estonian filmmaker and politician
 * Artur Terras (1901–1963), Estonian politician, former mayor of Tallinn (1941–1944)
 * Artur Văitoianu (1864–1956), Romanian politician and military commander

Scientists

 * Artur Ekert (born 1961) British-Polish cryptologist and physicist
 * Artur Lind (1927–1989), Estonian biologist
 * Artur Toom (1884–1942), Estonian ornithologist and conservationist

Sportsmen

 * Artur Beterbiev (born 1985), Chechen boxer
 * Artur Sérgio Batista de Souza (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
 * Artur Boruc (born 1980), Polish footballer
 * Artur Fonte (born 1959), Portuguese footballer known as Artur
 * Artur Khachaturyan (born 1992), Armenian basketball player
 * Artur Konontšuk (born 2000), Estonian basketball player
 * Artur Kotenko (born 1981), Estonian footballer
 * Artur Meliashkevich (born 1975), Belarusian race walker
 * Artur Moraes (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
 * Artur Pikk (born 1993), Estonian footballer
 * Artur Pinga (1909–1963), Portuguese footballer and coach
 * Artur Quaresma (1917–2011), Portuguese footballer
 * Artur (footballer, born 1955), Artur Soares Correia, Portuguese footballer
 * Artur Soares Dias (born 1979), Portuguese football referee
 * Artur (footballer, born 1984), José Artur Barbosa de Oliveira, Brazilian right back
 * Artur (footballer, born 1990), Artur Jesus Vieira, Brazilian footballer
 * Artur (footballer, born 1996), José Artur de Lima Junior, Brazilian footballer
 * Artur (footballer, born 1998), Artur Victor Guimarães, Brazilian footballer

Writers

 * Artur Adson (1889–1977), Estonian author
 * Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966), Estonian poet

Others

 * Artur Bordalo (born 1987), Portuguese street artist known as Bordalo II
 * Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor
 * Artur Jorge, various people
 * Artur Mägi (1904–1981), Estonian legal scientist
 * Artur Phleps (1881–1944) Romanian-German military commander

Legendary people

 * King Arthur, medieval British legendary king