Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name

Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...

People

* Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer *

Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959) Arturo Álvarez Perea (born October 18, 1959) was a Mexican first division player, who played most of his career with Puebla F.C. where he appeared in 346 first division games besides the Copa México and international appearances and also won ...

, Mexican footballer *

Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (born 27 August 1982), known simply as Arthuro, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He also held an Italian passport. Football career Arthuro was born in Florianópolis, Sant ...

(b. 1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player * Arturo Brachetti (born 1957), Italian quick-change artist * Arturo Bragaglia (1893–1962), Italian actor *

Arturo Bravo Arturo Bravo (born May 19, 1958) is a retired male racewalker from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best (3:52:08) in the men's 50 km walk event in 1987. His in ...

(born 1958), Mexican racewalker *

Arturo Casadevall Arturo Casadevall is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the Alfred and Jill Sommer ...

(born 1957), American physician * Arturo Castro (Mexican actor) (1918–1975), Mexican actor * Arturo Castro (Guatemalan actor), Guatemalan actor * Arturo Corvalán (born 1978), Chilean road cyclist * Arturo De Vecchi (1898–1988), Italian fencer * Arturo Di Modica (1941–2021), Italian-born American artist *

Arturo Di Napoli Arturo Di Napoli (born 18 April 1974) is an Italian football coach and former player, who played as a striker. He is currently head coach of Italian amateurs Cologno. Playing career From Empoli to Messina Di Napoli started his career in mi ...

(born 1974), Italian soccer (UK: football) coach *

Arturo Dominici Arturo Dominici (2 January 1916 – 7 September 1992) was an Italian film, television and voice actor. Biography Born in Palermo, Dominici became best known for his many villainous roles in horror and fantasy films. He is best remembered for ...

(1918–1992), Italian actor and dubbing artist *

Arturo Freeman Arturo Freeman (born October 27, 1976) is a former American football player who played safety for the NFL's Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. He attended the University of South Carolina for college. Freeman was drafted in the 5th round ...

, American football player *

Arturo Frondizi Arturo Frondizi Ércoli (October 28, 1908 – April 18, 1995) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician, who was elected President of Argentina and ruled between May 1, 1958 and March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown by a ...

(1908–1995), 35th President of Argentina *

Arturo Gatti Arturo Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was an Italian-Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007. A world champion in two weight classes, Gatti held the IBF junior lightweight title from 1995 to 1998, and the WBC su ...

(1972–2009), Italian-Canadian boxer * Arturo Giovannitti (1884–1959), Italian-American union leader, socialist political activist, and poet * Arturo Godoy (1912–1986), Chilean boxer *

Arturo Merzario Arturo Francesco "Art" Merzario (born 11 March 1943 in Civenna, Como) (erroneously registered as Arturio on his birth certificate) is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 85 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting at the ...

(born 1943), Italian automobile racing driver *

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (; 5 January 1920 – 12 June 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to ''The New York Times'', he was perhaps the most reclusive, ...

(1920-1995), Italian virtuoso pianist *

Arturo Paoli Arturo Paoli (30 November 1912 – 13 July 2015) was an Italian priest and a missionary. He was a member of the congregation of the Little Brothers of the Gospel. Paoli helped save Jewish Italians during World War II. He was born in Lucca, ...

(1912–2015), Italian priest and missionary *

Arturo Parisi Arturo Parisi (born 13 September 1940) is an Italian politician, leader of the Ulivist faction of the Democratic Party and a four-time member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He was also minister of defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister ...

(born 1940), Italian politician *

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, ''El húsar'', set in the Napoleonic Wars, was ...

(born 1951), Spanish writer *

Arturo Reggio Arturo Reggio (9 January 1863 – 17 July 1917) was an Italian chess player. Born in Gorizia, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started playing chess as an engineering student at the Graz University of Technology and at the Imperial-Royal Poly ...

, Italian chess player *

Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 he met Gillespie, who became hi ...

, Cuban jazz musician *

Arturo Toscanini Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orche ...

(1867–1957), Italian composer and conductor *

Arturo Vidal Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo (; born 22 May 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Chile national team. His displays during his time at Juventus led him to be n ...

(born 1987), Chilean football (soccer) player

Fictional characters

* Arturo Plateado from '' Bleach: Shattered Blade'' * Arturo Binewski, known as Arturo the Aqua Boy, seal flippered cult leader from Katherine Dunn's ''

Geek Love ''Geek Love'' is a novel by Katherine Dunn, published completely by Alfred A. Knopf (a division of Random House) in 1989. Dunn published parts of the novel in ''Mississippi Mud Book of Days'' (1983) and ''Looking Glass Bookstore Review'' (198 ...

'' * Arturo Bandini, an alter ego of

John Fante John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel ''Ask the Dust'' (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depre ...

in four semi-autobiographical novels *

Arturo Belano Arturo Belano is the alter ego of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño. The character's first appearance was in the novella '' Distant Star'', where it is implied he is the narrator, while his most prominent role was in '' The Savage Detectives'' wh ...

, an alter ego of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño * Arturo Tronco from '' 91 Days''. * Arturo Román from Spanish show ''Le Casa De Papel'', also known as

Money Heist ''Money Heist'' ( es, La casa de papel, link=no, , ) is a Spanish heist crime drama television series created by Álex Pina. The series traces two long-prepared heists led by the Professor (Álvaro Morte), one on the Royal Mint of Spain, and ...

* Lil' Arturo, a villain from the Gangreen Gang who appeared in the animated series ''The Powerpuff Girls'' *Maximillian Arturo from '' Sliders''

Animals

Arturo (polar bear) Arturo (1985 July 3, 2016) was a polar bear living in Mendoza Zoological Park in Mendoza, Argentina, the only polar bear living in the country. He was born in the United States and transferred to Argentina in 1993. His companion, a female named P ...

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