Árnason (also Anglicised as Arnason) is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

of Icelandic origin, meaning ''son of

Árni Árni is an Icelandic given name of Old Norse () origin. Notable people with the name include: * Árni Gautur Arason (born 1975), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Árni Már Árnason (born 1987), Icelandic Olympic swimmer * Árni Páll Árnason ( ...

''. In proper Icelandic names, it would be written with the ''accent acute'' over the initial Á. In Icelandic names, it is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic. The name refers to: *

Árni Már Árnason Árni Már Árnason (born 9 October 1987, in Mosfellsbær, Iceland) is an Olympic and national record holding freestyle swimmer from Iceland. He swam for Iceland at the 2008 Olympics. He has swum for Iceland at: *Olympics: 2008, 2012 *Games of ...

(born 1987), Icelandic swimmer * Árni Páll Árnason (born 1966), Icelandic politician *

Barbara Árnason Barbara Moray Williams Árnason (19 April 1911 – 1975) was an English-born Icelandic artist, known for book illustrations, engravings in wood, and watercolours. Born in Petersfield, she was the twin sister of writer and illustrator Ursula ...

(1911–1975), English-born Icelandic artist * Chuck Arnason (born 1951), Canadian professional ice hockey player * David Arnason (born 1940), Canadian author and poet * Eleanor Arnason (born 1942), American author of science-fiction novels and short stories *

Garðar Árnason Garðar Árnason (born 6 January 1938) is an Icelandic retired footballer who played as a defender for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur. He earned 11 caps for Iceland, the first coming on 26 June 1959 in a 4–2 home loss to Denmark at Laugardals ...

(born 1938), Icelandic footballer *

H. Harvard Arnason Hjorvardur Harvard Arnason (1909 – 1986) was an American academic, administrator, author and art historian focusing on modern art. His most enduring contribution was his survey of modern art, ''History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Archite ...

(1909–1986), American academic, administrator, author and art historian *

Hjalti Árnason Hjalti Árnason (born 18 February 1963), nicknamed Hjalti Úrsus, is an Icelandic former strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter. Hjalti was known by the nickname "The Great Ursus". He first began in ...

(born 1963), Icelandic strongman competitor and powerlifter * Hörður Árnason (born 1989), Icelandic football left back * Jón Árnason (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Jón Árnason (author) Jón Árnason (17 August 1819 — 4 September 1888)''Mannslát'' (Obituary) in ''Ísafold''5 September 1888 was an Icelandic author, librarian, and museum director who made the first collection of Icelandic folktales. Career Jón Árnason was ...

(1819–1888), Icelandic author ** Jón Loftur Árnason (born 1960), Icelandic chess grandmaster **

Jón Gunnar Árnason Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 – 1989 in Reykjavík) was an Icelandic sculptor. After studying at the University of Iceland Reykjavík Arts and Crafts from 1944 to 1946 and the School of Visual Arts, he graduated as an engineer from the Technical Un ...

(1931–1989), Icelandic sculptor *

Kálfr Árnason Kálfr Árnason (Norwegian language, modern Norwegian Kalv Arnesson; c. 990 – 1051) was an 11th-century Norway, Norwegian chieftain who played a major role both in defeating Olaf II of Norway, King Olaf Haraldsson (later named St. Olaf) at ...

(–1051), Norwegian chieftain *

Kári Árnason Kári Árnason (born 13 October 1982) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played last for Icelandic club Víkingur and the Iceland national team. He has previously played for Djurgården, AGF Aarhus, Esbjerg fB, Plymouth Argy ...

(born 1982), Icelandic professional football player *

Kári Árnason (footballer, born 1944) Kári Árnasson (born 1944) is a retired Icelandic international footballer who played for ÍB Akureyri (ÍBA). Kári played two qualification matches for the Olympics against the amateur national team of Spain in 1967. In the first game, which ...

, Icelandic professional football player *

Mörður Árnason Mörður Árnason (born 30 October 1953) is an Icelandic politician. He was born in October 30, 1953, and belongs to the Social Democratic Alliance. He was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavik Constituency South from 2003 to 2007, and for t ...

(born 1953), Icelandic politician *

Örn Árnason Örn Árnason (born 19 June 1959) is an Icelandic actor, comedian and screenwriter, best known as a member of the comedy group ''Spaugstofan''. He has starred in a number of films and television series since the 1980s, as well as acting in the ...

(born 1959), Icelandic actor, comedian and screenwriter *

Tómas Árnason Tómas Árnason (21 July 1923 – 24 December 2014) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1978 to 1979. He was the governor of Central Bank of Iceland The Central Bank of Icela ...

(1923–2014), Icelandic politician *

Tyler Arnason Tyler Lawrence Arnason (born March 16, 1979) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators and the Colorado Avalanche. Early life He is the son of former ...

(born 1979), American professional ice hockey player *

Vilhjálmur Árnason Vilhjálmur Árnason (born in Neskaupstaður, Iceland 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. Internationally, he is best known for his research on ethical aspects of controversial genetic research in Iceland by deCODE Gene ...

(born 1953), Icelandic professor of philosophy, researcher in genetics, and author *

Þórólfur Árnason Þórólfur Árnason is an Icelandic businessman and politician, who served as Mayor of Reykjavík from 1 February 2003 to 30 November 2004. He replaced Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir after the Left Greens and the Progressive Party had demande ...

, Icelandic politician; mayor of Reykjavík 2003–04

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