Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name
Arthur
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur.
A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ...
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Arturo Alessandri
Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to ...
(1868–1950), Chilean politician and president
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Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985)
José Arturo Álvarez Hernández (born June 28, 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger and forward. Born in the United States, he played for the El Salvador national team.
Career Professional
Álvarez did not play ...
, American-born Salvadoran footballer
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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
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Arturo Araujo
Arturo Araujo Fajardo (1878 – 1 December 1967) was a Salvadoran politician and engineer who served as the president of El Salvador from 1 March 1931 to 2 December 1931. He was overthrown in a military coup led by junior officers, and was fo ...
(1878–1967), former president of El Salvador
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Arturo Elías Ayub
Arturo Elías Ayub (born April 27, 1966) is a Mexican businessman, currently Director of Strategic Alliances of Telmex (Teléfonos de Mexico), CEO of the Telmex Foundation and director of UNO Noticias.
Life and career
Elías Ayub was born on ...
(born 1966), Mexican businessman
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Arturo Barrios
Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962, in Mexico City) is a Mexican and American long-distance runner who set the 10,000 m world record in 1989, the one hour world record in 1991, and the 20,000 m world record en route to the one hour ...
(born 1962), Mexican-American long-distance runner
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Arturo Basile
Arturo Basile (16 January 1914 – 21 May 1968) was an Italian conductor. He was known mostly for his work in the Italian operatic repertoire, especially Puccini and Verdi.
Basile was born in Syracuse, Sicily. When he was 12, he studied the obo ...
(1914–1968), Italian conductor
* Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (born 1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player
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Arturo Alessandri Besa
Arturo Alessandri Besa (31 October 1923 – 13 July 2022) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. Alessandri was member of his country's Chamber of Deputies and also of the Senate; he also was candidate for the presidency of Chile in the 1993 el ...
(1923–2022), Chilean lawyer and politician
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Arturo Brachetti
Arturo Brachetti (; born 13 October 1957) is an Italian List of quick-change acts, quick-change artist considered the best quick change performer in the world. In the Guinness Book of Records, he is described as the quickest and most prolific q ...
(born 1957), Italian quick-change artist
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Arturo Bragaglia
Arturo Bragaglia (7 January 1893 – 21 January 1962) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1938 to 1961.
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1962 deaths
Italian male f ...
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 Somme ...
(born 1957), American physician
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Arturo Castro (Mexican actor)
Arturo Castro Rivas Cacho (March 21, 1918 – March 6, 1975) Retrieved January 8, 2011. was a Mexican
Arturo Castro (Guatemalan actor)
Arturo Castro (born November 26, 1985) is a Guatemalan actor best known for his portrayal of Jaimé Castro on the Comedy Central series ''Broad City,'' David Rodríguez on the Netflix series '' Narcos'', and Pablo Escobar in The Roku Channel fi ...
, Guatemalan actor
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Arturo "Zambo" Cavero
Arturo Cavero Velásquez (29 November 1940 – 9 October 2009), better known by the pseudonym "Zambo Cavero", was a Peruvian singer, representative of Afro-Peruvian identity.
Biography
Born in Lima, Peru, he was the son of Juan Cavero, of Hu ...
(1940–2009), Afro-Peruvian singer
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Arturo Char Chaljub
Arturo Char Chaljub (born 5 November 1967) is a former Senator of Colombia. Prior to his appointment he served as First Secretary of the Colombian Embassy in London.
Family
Arturo comes from a well established and influential, Syrian- Arab-C ...
(born 1967), Colombian politician
* Arturo Corvalán (born 1978), Chilean road cyclist
* Arturo Cruz Jr. (born 1953), Nicaraguan Contra, diplomat and professor
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Arturo Chacón Cruz
Arturo Chacón Cruz (August 20, 1977) is a Mexican American operatic tenor. A winner of the Operalia competition in 2005, he went on to sing leading roles at many North American opera theatres, including Los Angeles Opera, Washington Nation ...
(born 1977), Mexican-American singer
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Arturo González Cruz
Arturo González Cruz (August 2, 1954 – June 19, 2024) was a Mexican politician and businessman, recognized for his term as Municipal President of the Tijuana City Council, XXIII City Council of Tijuana between 2019 and 2020. During his career, h ...
(1954–2024), Mexican politician
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Arturo de Córdova
Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films.
Biography Career
Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May ...
(1908–1973), Mexican actor
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Arturo De Vecchi
Arturo De Vecchi (30 April 1898 – 6 January 1988) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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1988 deaths
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(1898–1988), Italian fencer
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Arturo Guzmán Decena
Arturo Guzmán Decena (13 January 1976 – 21 November 2002), also known by his code name Z-1, was a Mexican Army Special Forces officer and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas. He defected from the military i ...
(1976–2002), Mexican Army Special Forces officer and criminal
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Arturo Di Modica
Arturo Di Modica (January 26, 1941February 19, 2021) was an Italian sculptor, widely known for his ''Charging Bull'' sculpture.
English sculptor Henry Moore nicknamed Di Modica “the young Michelangelo” after they met in Italy in the 1960s. ...
(1941–2021), Italian-born American artist
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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 m ...
(born 1974), Italian football coach
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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 f ...
(1918–1992), Italian actor and dubbing artist
* Arturo Rodríguez, several people
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Arturo Rodríguez Fernández Arturo Rodríguez Fernández (1948 – April 16, 2010) was an author, film critic, and playwright.
Born in Santo Domingo, he attended high school in Spain, and went on to receive a law degree from National University Pedro Henríquez Ureña and fr ...
(1948–2010), Dominican author, film critic, and playwright
* Arturo Freeman, American football player
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Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli (Paso de los Libres, October 28, 1908 – Buenos Aires, April 18, 1995) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher, statesman, and politician. He was elected president of Argentina and governed from May ...
(1908–1995), 35th President of Argentina
* Arturo García, several people
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Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
A world champion in two weight class (boxing), weight classes, Gatti held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior lightwei ...
(1972–2009), Italian-Canadian boxer
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Arturo Giovannitti
Arturo M. Giovannitti (; January 7, 1884 – December 31, 1959) was an Italian-American union leader, socialist political activist, and poet. He is best remembered as one of the principal organizers of the 1912 Lawrence textile strike and as a de ...
(1884–1959), Italian-American union leader, socialist political activist, and poet
* Arturo Godoy (1912–1986), Chilean boxer
* Arturo Labriola (1873–1959), Italian revolutionary syndicalist, socialist politician, and journalist
* Arturo Longton, several people
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Arturo Márquez
Arturo Márquez Navarro (born 20 December 1950) is a Mexican composer of orchestral music who uses musical forms and styles of his native Mexico and incorporates them into his compositions. His best known work is '' Danzón No. 2''.
Life
Márque ...
Arturo Merzario
Arturo Francesco "Art" Merzario (born 11 March 1943) is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to .
Merzario competed in Formula One for Ferrari, Frank Williams, Fittipaldi, March, Wolf–Willia ...
(born 1943), Italian automobile racing driver
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Arturo Fernández Meyzán Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
People
*Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950), Chilean politician and president
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born ...
(1906–1999), Peruvian football defender
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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
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Arturo Michelena
Francisco Arturo Michelena Castillo (; 16 June 1863 – 29 July 1898) was a Venezuelan painter known for his historical and Genre art, genre scenes and portraits.
Biography
His father, Juan Antonio Michelena (1832-1918) was also a painte ...
(1863–1898), Venezuelan painter
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Arturo Armando Molina
Arturo Armando Molina Barraza (6 August 1927 – 18 July 2021) was a Salvadoran politician and military officer, who served as President of El Salvador from 1972 to 1977.
He was born in San Salvador. He served between 1 July 1972 and 1 July 1 ...
(1927– 2021), Salvadoran former president of El Salvador
* Arturo Montiel (born 1943), Mexican politician
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Arturo Israel Morales Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
People
*Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950), Chilean politician and president
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born ...
(born 1981), Hotel executive, bon vivant
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Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill (born June 22, 1960) is a jazz musician, the son of Latin jazz musician, arranger and bandleader Chico O'Farrill,
(born 1960), Mexican musician, composer, and bandleader
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Arturo Ordoñez
Arturo Osuna Ordoñez (born 22 May 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Louisville City in the USL Championship.
Career
Ordoñez played with the academy teams at Pobla de Mafumet and Gimnàstic. He went on to play with ...
(born 1997), Spanish footballer
* Arturo Ortega (born 1976), professional Mexican footballer and manager
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Arturo Paoli
Arturo Paoli (30 November 1912 – 13 July 2015) was an Italian priest and missionary. He was a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel congregation. Paoli helped save Jewish Italians during World War II. He was born in Lucca, Italy.
Pa ...
(1912–2015), Italian priest and missionary
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Arturo Parisi
Arturo Parisi (born 13 September 1940) is an Italian politician, leader of the Ulivist faction of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party and a four-time member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He was also Italian Minister of Defence, ...
(born 1940), Italian politician
* Arturo Peniche (born 1962), Mexican telenovela actor
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) 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 published in ...
(born 1951), Spanish writer
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Arturo Prat
Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón (; April 3, 1848 – May 21, 1879) was a Chilean Navy officer and lawyer. He was killed in the Battle of Iquique, during the War of the Pacific. During his career, Prat had taken part in several naval engagements, in ...
(1848–1879), Chilean lawyer and navy officer
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Arturo Reggio
Arturo Reggio (9 January 1863 – 17 July 1917) was an Italian chess player.
Born in Gorizia, then the Austrian Empire, he started playing chess as an engineering student at the Graz University of Technology and at the Imperial-Royal Polytechni ...
, Italian chess player
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Arturo Fernández Rodríguez
Arturo Fernández Rodríguez (21 February 1929 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish actor who appeared in numerous films since making his debut in 1954.
Life and work
Fernández Rodríguez was born on 21 February 1929 in the city of Gijon, in Asturi ...
(1929–2019), Spanish actor
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Arturo Rosenblueth
Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns (October 2, 1900 Chihuahua – September 20, 1970 Mexico City) was a Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist, who is known as one of the pioneers of cybernetics.
Biography
Rosenblueth was born in 1900 in Ciu ...
(1900–1970), Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist
* Arturo Sampay (1911–1977), Argentine lawyer, constitutionalist and professor
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Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 ...
, Cuban jazz musician
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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (January 24, 1874 – June 19, 1938), was a historian, writer, curator, and activist, who wrote numerous books. Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent. He moved to the United States in 1891, settling i ...
(1874–1938), Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist
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Arturo Sosa
Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal (born 12 November 1948) is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who has served as the 31st superior general of the Society of Jesus since 2016. He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation to succeed Adolf ...
(born 1948), Venezuelan Catholic priest
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Arturo Tolentino
Arturo "Ka Turing" Modesto Tolentino (September 19, 1910 – August 2, 2004) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as the Senate president and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. He was the vice-presidential running mate o ...
(1910–2004), Filipino politician, lawyer and diplomat
* Arturo Torres, several people
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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 Vázquez (born 1949), Mexican professional footballer
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Arturo Vidal
Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo (; born 22 May 1987) is a Chilean professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo and the Chile national football team, Chile national team. His displ ...
(born 1987), Chilean football player
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Arturo Yamasaki
Arturo Maximo Yamasaki Maldonado (11 May 1929 – 23 July 2013 ), also known as Arturo Yamasaki, was a Peruvian-Mexican international football referee. He represented the Peruvian Football Association from 1960 to 1966, then he emigrated to Mexi ...
(1929–2013), Peruvian-Mexican football referee
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 American writer 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 Bookstor ...
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* 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
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Arturo Belano Arturo Belano is a literary character and the alter ego of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño. The given name is due to that of Arthur Rimbaud, French poet for whom Bolaño felt great admiration. The character's first appearance was in the novella ' ...
, an alter ego of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño
* Arturo Tronco from ''
91 Days
''91 Days'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Shuka. Set during the United States Prohibition era, the series follows Angelo Lagusa and his quest to seek revenge against the Vanetti family. The series aired from July to Octob ...
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Arturo Román
Arturo Román is a fictional character in the Netflix series ''Money Heist'', portrayed by Enrique Arce. He is a hostage in parts 1 and 2, having been the Director of the Royal Mint of Spain, before spinning his experience into a massively suc ...
from Spanish show ''Le Casa De Papel'', also known as
Money Heist
''Money Heist'' (, , ) 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 one on the Bank of Spain, ...
* Lil' Arturo, a villain from the
Gangreen Gang
''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American animated franchise that takes place in the fictional city of Townsville and stars the titular Powerpuff Girls — Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup — who appear in the original TV series, the anime adaptatio ...
who appeared in the animated series ''
The Powerpuff Girls
''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American Superhero fiction, superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network. The show centers on Blossom ...
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* Maximillian Arturo from ''
Sliders
Slider or Sliders may refer to:
Arts
* K.K. Slider, a fictional character within the ''Animal Crossing'' franchise
* '' The Slider'', a 1972 album by T. Rex
* ''Sliders'' (TV series), an American science fiction and fantasy television series
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* Arturo Santiago from ''
The Loud House
''The Loud House'' is an American animated sitcom created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only son in a ...
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The Casagrandes
''The Casagrandes'' is an American animated sitcom developed by Michael Rubiner and Miguel Puga that aired on Nickelodeon from October 14, 2019 to September 30, 2022. It is a spin-off of '' The Loud House'' and the second television series in ...
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* Arturo de la Barrera Azuela from the Mexican telenovela '' Teresa.''