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Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

masculine given name, meaning "

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...

", thus figuratively "champion".

Origins and history

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Celtic languages The Celtic languages ( ) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, following Paul-Yve ...

. The name derives from

Proto-Celtic Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, is the hypothetical ancestral proto-language of all known Celtic languages, and a descendant of Proto-Indo-European. It is not attested in writing but has been partly Linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed throu ...

*artos (“bear”) (compare Cornish arth, Welsh arth,

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

arzh), from

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*h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). With bears the local

apex predator An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own. Apex predators are usually defined in terms of trophic dynamics, meaning that they occupy the hig ...

, Art figuratively referred to a 'champion', and two

legendary High Kings of Ireland Legendary may refer to: * Legend, a folklore genre * Legendary (hagiography) * J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium Film and television * ''Legendary'' (2010 film), a 2010 American sports drama film * ''Legendary'' (2013 film), a 2013 film featur ...

had the name,

Art mac Cuinn Art mac Cuinn ("son of Conn"), also known as Art Óenfer (literally "one man", used in the sense of "lone", "solitary", or "only son"), was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Siblings According ...

and

Art mac Lugdach Art, son of Lugaid Lámderg, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after killing his predecessor, and his father's killer, Conaing Bececlach. He ruled for six years, until he was ...

. 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 ...

is frequently shortened to ''Art'', but its etymological link to ''Art'' is debated. The names Stewart or

Stuart Stuart may refer to: People *Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) * Clan Stuart of Bute, a Scottish clan *House of Stuart, a royal house of Scotland and England Places Australia Generally *Stuart Highway, ...

can also be shortened to ''Art'', but this is less common.

People with the name Art

Art Acord Arthemus Ward "Art" Acord (April 17, 1890 – January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. After his film career ended in 1929, Acord worked in rodeo road shows and as a miner in Mexico. Early life and career Acord ...

(short for Arthemus), American silent film actor and rodeo champion * Art Aoinfhear, Irish king * Art Atwood, American professional heavyweight bodybuilder * Art Baker (coach), American football player and coach *

Art Baltazar Arthee "Art" Baltazar (born 1968) is an American comics artist and writer who currently works for DC Comics. Career Art Baltazar started making comic books with his self-published comic book, ''The Cray-Baby Adventures''. Since then he has cr ...

(short for Arthee), American comics artist and writer *

Art Binkowski Artur "Art" Binkowski (; born February 19, 1975) is a Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer who competed for his adoptive country Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Background Binkowski came to Canada from Poland at the ...

(short for Artur), Canadian heavyweight boxer * Art Brenner, American abstract sculptor and painter * Art Brion (short for Arturo), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines * Art Bulla, 20th-century figure in the Latter Day Saint movement * Art Caomhánach Mac Murchadha, Irish king * Art Chester, American air racer * Art Christmas, Canadian jazz and dance band musician *

Art Cohn Art Cohn (April 5, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American sportswriter, screenwriter and author. Cohn and Hollywood producer Mike Todd died in a plane crash in New Mexico in 1958. Career Sportswriter Cohn was born in New York City. Early in h ...

, American sportswriter * Art Cowie, Canadian politician * Art Crews, American professional wrestler * Art Cross, American racing driver * Art D'Lugoff, American jazz impresario *

Art Davie Art Davie (born April 5, 1947) is a business executive and entrepreneur formerly active in Southern California advertising circles. In 1993, he created and co-produced the tournament which became the televised Ultimate Fighting Championship. In 19 ...

, American mixed martial art executive * Art Dorrington, American ice hockey player * Art Drysdale, Canadian horticulturist *

Art Fazil Art Fazil is a Singaporean singer and musician. He spent his childhood in Singapore and Malaysia. He grew up listening to his uncle's record collection which included legends such as Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Joh ...

, Singaporean singer songwriter *

Art Fowler (actor) Arthur Gladstone "Dustbowl" Fowler (1902 – April 4, 1953) was an American actor and musician. Career Foweler was known as "The Wizard of the Ukulele." He played tenor ukulele accompanied by a gentle croon. Among his hits are ''No Wonder S ...

, American actor, crooner and ukulelist * Art Frahm, American painter and commercial artist *

Art Gillham Art Gillham (January 1, 1895, St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri – June 6, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia) was an American songwriter who was among the first crooners, a pioneer radio artist, and a recording ...

, American singer and songwriter * Art Ginsburg, American TV chef * Art Good, American radio personality * Art Green (Canadian football), Canadian football player * Art Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Hoelskoetter, American baseball player *

Art Hovhannisyan Artyom "Art" Hovhannisyan (born 16 November 1981 in Gyumri, Armenia) is a retired Armenian professional boxer. He fought in the super featherweight division. Amateur career Hovhannisyan started amateur boxing at the age of 13. He was taught ...

(short for Artyom), Armenian boxer * Art Hupy, American photographer * Art Imlech, High King of Ireland *

Art Ingels John Arthur “Art” Ingels (sometimes misspelled as Ingles; May 14, 1918 - December 16, 1981) is known as 'the father of karting'. In 1956, while he was a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, a famous builder of Indy race cars during the 1950s, h ...

, American racing driver

As a
hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
for Arthur

Art Adams Arthur Adams (born April 5, 1963) is an American comics artist, comic book artist and writer. He first broke into the American comic book industry with the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries ''Longshot (Marvel Comics), Longshot''. His subsequent in ...

, American comic book artist and writer *

Art Agnos Arthur Christ Agnos (born Arthouros Agnos; September 1, 1938) is an American politician. He served as the 39th mayor of San Francisco, California from 1988 to 1992 and as the Regional Head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Dev ...

, American politician and former Mayor of San Francisco, California * Art Albrecht, American football player *

Art Alexakis Arthur Paul Alexakis (born April 12, 1962) is an American musician best known as the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the rock band Everclear. He has been a member of several other bands in addition to his own work as a songwriter for other ...

, American musician * Art Alexandre, Canadian ice hockey player *

Art Allison Arthur Algernon Allison (January 29, 1849 – February 25, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1871 to 1876, who played his career primarily as an outfielder. He is known for playing in the first professional baseball game on ...

, American Major League Baseball player * Art Anderson, American football player *

Art Aragon Arthur Benjamin Aragon (November 13, 1927 – March 25, 2008 ) was an American boxer in the lightweight class from Los Angeles, California. Early and later life Aragon was a native of Belen, New Mexico, but grew up in East Los Angeles. His fam ...

, American boxer *

Art Arfons Arthur Eugene Arfons (February 3, 1926 – December 3, 2007) was the world land speed record holder three times from 1964 to 1965 with his ''Green Monster'' series of jet-powered cars, after a series of ''Green Monster'' piston-engine and j ...

, American racing driver * Art Asbury, Canadian motorboat racer *

Art Babbitt Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and a ...

, American animator * Art Bader, American Major League Baseball player *

Art Baker (actor) Art Baker (born Arthur Appleton Shank; January 7, 1898DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 19. – August 26, 1966) was an ...

, American film, TV, and radio actor * Art Baker (gridiron football), American gridiron football player * Art Bakeraitis, American basketball player * Art Balinger, American actor * Art Ball, American Major League Baseball player * Art Barnes, American conductor * Art Baron, American musician *

Art Barr Arthur Leon Barr (October 8, 1966 – November 23, 1994) was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion ...

, American professional wrestler * Art Bartlett, American businessman * Art Bassett, American electrical engineer and United States Air Force test pilot * Art Becker, American basketball player-coach * Art Behm, American politician *

Art Bell Arthur William Bell III (June 17, 1945 – April 13, 2018) was an American broadcaster and author. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program '' Coast to Coast AM'', which is syndicated on hundreds ...

, American radio broadcaster * Art Benedict, American baseball player * Art Berglund, American ice hockey player *

Art Bergmann Arthur Frank Bergmann (born February 8, 1953, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have ...

, Canadian musician * Art Best, American football player *

Art Bisch Arthur James Bisch (November 10, 1926 – July 6, 1958) was an American racecar driver. Bisch died two days after sustaining head and chest injuries when his American open-wheel car racing, Champ Car smashed into the guardrail and rolled over t ...

, American racing driver *

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

, American jazz musician * Art Boileau, Canadian long-distance runner * Art Boyce, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Bragg, American sprinter * Art Bramhall, American baseball player * Art Brandau, American football player *

Art Briles Arthur Ray Briles (born December 3, 1955) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach for the Guelfi Firenze in the Italian Football League. Briles was the head coach of the Houston Cougars from 2002 to 2007 and the Baylor B ...

, American college football coach * Art Brouthers, American baseball player *

Art Buchwald Arthur Buchwald (; October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his column in ''The Washington Post''. At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspape ...

, American humorist * Art Bues, American baseball player * Art Bultman, American football center * Art Burns, American discus thrower * Art Burris, American basketball player * Art Buss, American football player *

Art Butler Arthur Edward "Artie" Butler (born Arthur Bouthillier) (December 18, 1887 – October 7, 1984) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Rustlers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals The St. Lou ...

, American Major League Baseball infielder * Art Carmody, American football kicker *

Art Carney Arthur William Matthew Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best kn ...

, American actor *

Art Carney (American football) Arthur Gerald Carney (September 23, 1900 – March 24, 1962) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for two seasons for the New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team bas ...

, American football player * Art Ceccarelli, American baseball player *

Art Chantry Arthur Samuel Wilbur Chantry II (born April 9, 1954) is a graphic designer often associated with the posters and album covers he has done for bands from the Pacific Northwest, such as Mudhoney, Mono Men, Soundgarden, and The Sonics. Biography C ...

, American graphic designer *

Art Chapman John Arthur Chapman (May 29, 1905 – December 31, 1962) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Chapman started his National Hockey League career with the Boston Bruins in 1930. He would also play for the New Yor ...

, Canadian ice hockey player *

Art Chapman (basketball) Arthur St. Clair Chapman (October 28, 1912other sources report his year of birth: ''1913'' – February 3, 1986) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Chapman was part of t ...

, Canadian basketball player * Art Chin, American World War II flying ace * Art Chisholm, American ice hockey player *

Art Clokey Arthur Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor, he was pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as ...

, American animator * Art Collins (basketball), American basketball player * Arthur R. Collins, American political consultant * Art Cook, American Olympic sport shooter * Art Corcoran, American football player *

Art Cosgrove Art Cosgrove, (born 1 June 1940) in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, was president of University College Dublin (UCD) between 1994 and 2003. Education He was educated at the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Newry. He graduated fro ...

, Irish academic administrator *

Art Coulter Arthur Edmund Coulter (May 31, 1909 – October 14, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League. Coulter, a two time Stanley Cup Champion, help ...

, Canadian ice hockey defenseman * Art Croft, American Major League Baseball player * Art Curtis, American football player and coach * Art Daney, American baseball player *

Art Davis (bassist) Arthur David Davis (December 5, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach. Biography Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State ...

, American double-bassist * Art Davis (American football), American football player and coach * Art DeCarlo, American football player * Art Decatur, American baseball player *

Art Deibel Arthur Francis Deibel (April 3, 1896 – April 23, 1984) was a professional football player who spent a year in the National Football League (NFL) with the Canton Bulldogs in 1926. Prior to joining the NFL, Deibel played and was the captain of ...

, American football player * Art Delaney, American Major League Baseball pitcher * Art Demling, American soccer player *

Art Demmas Arthur George Demmas (July 7, 1934 – August 6, 2016) was an American football official for 28 seasons. He worked in the American Football League (AFL) in 1968 and 1969, and in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 to 1996. During h ...

, American football official * Art Devlin (baseball), American baseball player and coach *

Art Devlin (ski jumper) Arthur "Art" Donovan Devlin (September 7, 1922 – April 22, 2004) was an American ski jumper who competed during the 1950s. A native of Lake Placid, New York, he finished fifth in the individual large hill at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Ch ...

, American ski jumper * Art Ditmar, American baseball player * Art Dixon, Canadian politician * Art Doering, American professional golfer *

Art Doll Art dolls are objects of art, rather than children's toys, created in a wide variety of styles and media, and may include both pre-manufactured parts. History Art dolls production demand a wide range of skills and technologies, including sculpt ...

, American Major League Baseball player *

Art Donahoe Arthur R. Donahoe KC (born April 7, 1940) is a former lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax Citadel in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was bor ...

, Canadian politician * Art Donahue, American World War II flying ace *

Art Donovan Arthur James "Fatso" Donovan Jr. (June 5, 1924 – August 4, 2013), was an American professional American football, football player who was a defensive tackle for three National Football League (NFL) teams, primarily the Baltimore Colts. He pla ...

, American football defensive tackle * Art Dufelmeier, American football player and coach * Art Dula, American lawyer *

Art Duncan Captain William James Arthur Duncan (July 4, 1891 – April 13, 1975) was a Canadian aviator and a professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. In 1926 he served as the first team captain, head coach, and general manager of the ...

, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Eason, American football coach *

Art Eggleton Arthur C. Eggleton (born September 29, 1943) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 59th and longest-serving mayor of Toronto from 1980 to 1991. He was elected to Parliament in 1993, running as a Liberal in York Centre and served ...

, Canadian politician * Art Ehlers, American baseball executive * Art Ellefson, Canadian musician *

Art Evans (actor) Arthur James Evans (March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024) was an American actor who made multiple film and television appearances over five decades. Life and career Evans was born in Berkeley, California, on March 27, 1942. Evans' acting caree ...

, American actor * Art Evans (baseball), American baseball player * Art Eve, New York politician * Art Ewoldt, American baseball player *

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

(1928–1999), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player * Art Farrell, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Feltman, American politician *

Art Finley Art Finley (born Arthur Finger; 1926 – August 7, 2015) was an American television and radio personality, mostly in San Francisco and Vancouver, until his retirement in 1995. His broadcasting career began at KXYZ Houston in 1943. He enlisted ...

, American radio personality *

Art Fleming Arthur Fleming Fazzin (May 1, 1924 – April 25, 1995) was an American actor and television host. He hosted the first version of the television game show ''Jeopardy!'', which aired on NBC from 1964 until 1975 and again from 1978 to 1979. ...

, American actor * Art Fletcher, American baseball player and coach *

Art Foley Michael Arthur Foley (14 December 1928 – 28 October 2019) was an Irish people, Irish Hurling, hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Wexford county hurling team, Wexford senior team. Born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Foley first arrived ...

, Irish hurler * Art Folz, American football player * Art Fowler, American baseball player and coach * Art Frantz, American umpire in Major League Baseball * Art Fromme, American baseball player *

Art Fry Arthur "Art" Fry (born August 19, 1931) is an American inventor and scientist. He is credited as the co-creator of the Post-it Note (though this is disputed by some), an item of office stationery manufactured by 3M. As of 2006, Post-it products ...

, American inventor *

Art Gardiner Arthur Cecil Gardiner known as Art Gardiner (December 26, 1899 – October 21, 1954) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 25, . On September 25, 1923, the Phillies were playing the ...

, American baseball player * Art Gardner, American Major League Baseball player *

Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainte ...

, American singer-songwriter and actor * Art Garibaldi, American baseball player *

Art Garvey Arthur Aloysius "Hec" Garvey (February 20, 1900 — September 23, 1973) was a professional American football offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen o ...

, American football player * Art Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player *

Art Gilkey Arthur Karr Gilkey (September 25, 1926 – August 10, 1953) was an American geologist and mountaineer. He was born in Boulder, Colorado, to Herbert J. Gilkey (1890–1976) and Mildred (Talbot) Gilkey, and was raised in Ames, Iowa, where his fat ...

, American geologist and mountain climber *

Art Gilmore Arthur Wells Gilmore, known as Art Gilmore (March 18, 1912 – September 25, 2010) was an American actor and announcer heard on radio and television programs, children's records, movies, trailers, radio commercials, and documentary films. He also ...

, American actor and announcer * Art Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Gleeson, American sports announcer * Art Gob, American football player *

Art Goodwin Arthur Ingram Goodwin (February 27, 1876 – June 19, 1943) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Goodwin played for the New York Yankees, New York Highlanders in . In one career game, he had a 0–0 record with an 81.00 ERA. He threw right-handed ...

, American baseball player * Art Graham, American football player *

Art Green (artist) Arthur Green (May 13, 1941 – April 14, 2025) was an American painter who was one of the original Hairy Who members from Chicago, a group of students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who exhibited together in the 1960s and 1970 ...

, Chicago artist * Art Greenhaw, American musician and record producer * Art Griggs, American baseball player * Art Hagan, American Major League Baseball player * Art Haggard, American minister *

Art Hanes Arthur J. Hanes (October 19, 1916 – May 8, 1997) was mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, between 1961 and 1963, a tumultuous time that saw the city become a focal point in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement during the Birmingham campaign. Hanes, wh ...

, American mayor *

Art Hanger Arthur Hanger (born February 19, 1943) is a Canadian politician. Hanger is a former member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, having represented the riding of Calgary Northeast from 1993 until his retirement ...

, Canadian politician * Art Harnden, American athletics competitor * Art Harris, American basketball player * Art Hauger, American baseball player * Art Hauser, American football player * Art Herchenratter, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Herman, American baseball player *

Art Herring Arthur L. Herring (March 10, 1906 – December 2, 1995) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1929–33), Brooklyn Dodgers (1934 and 1944–47), Chicago White Sox (1939) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947) of Major Leagu ...

, American baseball player * Art Hershey, American politician *

Art Heyman Arthur Bruce Heyman (June 24, 1941 – August 27, 2012) was an American professional basketball player. Playing for Duke University in college, in 1963 he was USBWA Player of the Year, AP Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, ''Sporting ...

(1941–2012), American basketball player *

Art Hickman Arthur George Hickman (June 13, 1886 – January 16, 1930) was a drummer, pianist, and bandleader of one of the first big bands. Career Hickman founded a sextet in San Francisco in 1913. The band's first job was playing at training camp for the ...

, American musician * Art Hillebrand, American football player and coach * Art Hillhouse, American basketball player *

Art Hindle Arthur Hindle (born July 21, 1948) is a Canadian actor and television director. He won the Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his portrayal of news director Mike Fennell on the CTV drama ''E.N.G.'' (1989-94). ...

, Canadian actor and director * Art Hinkel, American electrical engineer * Art Hoag, American astronomer *

Art Hodes Arthur W. Hodes (November 14, 1904 – March 4, 1993), was a Russian-born American jazz and blues pianist. He is regarded by many critics as the greatest white blues pianist. Biography Hodes was born in Nikolaev, in the Russian Empire (now Myk ...

, American musician * Art Hodgins, Canadian ice hockey defenseman * Art Hoppe, American newspaper columnist * Art Houtteman, American baseball pitcher *

Art Howe Arthur Henry Howe Jr. (born December 15, 1946) is an American former professional baseball infielder, coach, scout, and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (–), Houston Astros (–), and St. Louis Ca ...

, former Major League Baseball player and manager, and current bench coach of the Texas Rangers * Art Howe (American football), American football player * Art Hsu, American actor * Art Hughes (American soccer), American soccer player * Art Hughes (Canadian soccer), Canadian soccer player *

Art Hunter Arthur Hunter (April 24, 1933 – December 25, 2009) was an American professional football player who was a tackle for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the Not ...

, American football player * Art Hurst, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Hussey, American golfer *

Art Jackson Arthur Morris Jackson (December 15, 1915 – May 15, 1971) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New York Americans between 1934 and 1945. He won the Stanley ...

, National Hockey League player * Art Jackson (sport shooter), American sport shooter *

Art Jacobs Arthur Evan Jacobs (August 28, 1902 – June 8, 1967) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major Le ...

, American Major League Baseball pitcher * Art Jahn, American Major League Baseball outfielder *

Art James Art James (born Arthur Simeonovich Efimchick; October 15, 1929 – March 28, 2004) was an American game-show host, best known for shows such as '' The Who, What, or Where Game''; '' It's Academic''; and '' Pay Cards!'' He was also the announce ...

, American game show announcer * Art James (baseball), American baseball player * Art Janov, American psychologist *

Art Jarrett Arthur L. Jarrett Jr. (July 20, 1907 – July 23, 1987) was an American singer, bandleader and actor during the 1930s and 1940s. He was the son of stage actor and playwright Arthur L. Jarrett Sr. (1884–1960). Early career Near the end of th ...

, American singer * Art Jarrett Sr., American screenwriter and actor * Art Jarvinen, American composer *

Art Jimmerson Arthur Jimmerson (August 4, 1962 – May 8, 2024) was an American boxer and mixed martial artist who competed at super middleweight, light heavyweight, and cruiserweight. As an amateur, Jimmerson was the 1983 National Golden Gloves Middleweight ...

, American martial artist * Art Johnson (1920s pitcher), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Art Johnson (1940s pitcher), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Art Johnson (racing driver), American racing driver * Art Johnston, Canadian politician *

Art Jones (American football) Art Jones may refer to: * Art Jones (baseball) (1906–1980), pitcher in Major League Baseball * Art Jones (American football) (1919–1995), American football defensive back * Art Jones (ice hockey) (1935–2021), Canadian ice hockey centre * ...

, American football player *

Art Jones (baseball) Arthur Lennox Jones (February 7, 1906 – November 25, 1980) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 23, 1932. He worked one inning and gave up two hits and two runs. He attended Furman Uni ...

, American baseball player *

Art Jones (ice hockey) Art Jones (January 31, 1935 – February 3, 2021) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played the majority of his career in the Western Hockey League for the Portland Buckaroos. Career Jones played for the Buckaroos for their entire existence ...

, Canadian ice hockey player * Art C. Jones, American artist *

Art Kahler Arthur Daniel Kahler Sr. (December 27, 1897 – April 23, 1982) was an American college football and basketball player and coach. He was listed in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" as only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same t ...

, American basketball coach * Art Kahn, American musician, composer and bandleader *

Art Kane Art Kane (born Arthur Kanofsky; April 9, 1925 – February 3, 1995) was an American fashion and music photographer active from the 1950s through the early 1990s. He created many portraits of contemporary musicians, including Bob Dylan, Jefferson A ...

, American photographer * Art Katz, American author and Christian preacher * Art Kaufman, American football player and coach * Art Kenney, American Major League Baseball player * Art Klein, American racing driver * Art Knapp, Canadian businessman and entrepreneur * Art Koeninger, American football player * Art Kores, American professional baseball player * Art Kruger, American baseball player * Art Kuehn, American football player * Art Kunkin, American journalist * Art Kusnyer, American Major League Baseball catcher *

Art LaFleur Art LaFleur (September 9, 1943 – November 17, 2021) was an American character actor and acting coach. Life and career LaFleur was born in Gary, Indiana. He played football in 1962 as a redshirt at the University of Kentucky under Coach Charli ...

, American actor * Art LaVigne, American Major League Baseball catcher *

Art Laboe Art Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian; August 7, 1925 – October 7, 2022) was an American radio host, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner. He was generally credited with coining the term "Oldies but Goodies". Early life and education ...

, American radio host, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner *

Art Laffer Arthur Betz Laffer (; born August 14, 1940) is an American economist and author who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981–1989). Laffer is best known for the Laffer ...

, American economist *

Art Lande Art Lande is an American musician who was born in New York City, United States, on 5 February 1947. Born in New York, Lande began piano at age 4. He attended Williams College and moved to San Francisco in 1969. In 1973 he recorded '' Red Lanta,' ...

, American musician * Art Larsen, American tennis player *

Art Lasky Arthur Lakofsky (November 16, 1909 – April 2, 1980), also known as Art Lasky, was a heavyweight professional boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Personal life Lasky was born in 1908 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and called Minneapolis his home. H ...

, American boxer * Art Lee, Canadian politician * Art Lesieur, American ice hockey player *

Art Lewis Arthur Everett "Pappy" Lewis (February 9, 1911 – June 13, 1962) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a lineman at Ohio University from 1932 to 1935 and then in the National Football League (NFL) being a f ...

, American football player and coach * Art Link, American football coach *

Art Linkletter Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly or Arthur Gordon Kelly; sources differ; July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of '' House Party'', which ran on CBS radio ...

, American television host *

Art Linson Art Linson is an American producer, screenwriter, and author. Life and career Art Linson has produced movies in every decade since the seventies including ''Fight Club'', ''Heat (1995 film), Heat'', ''The Untouchables (film), The Untouchable ...

, American screenwriter, film director and film producer * Art Lloyd, American filmmaker * Art Long, American basketball player *

Art Longsjo Arthur "Art" Matthew Longsjo Jr. (October 23, 1931 – September 16, 1958) was an American Olympic Games, Olympian speed skater and cyclist. He was the first American to compete in the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year. Biography ...

, American speed skater and racing cyclist *

Art Lopatka Arthur Joseph Lopatka (May 28, 1919 – March 10, 2007) was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who worked in eight total games in the Major Leagues for the 1945 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1946 Philadelphia Philli ...

, American baseball player * Art López, American baseball player *

Art Loudell Arthur Loudell (April 10, 1882 – February 19, 1961) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League ...

, American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Art Lund Arthur Lund (April 1, 1915 – May 31, 1990) was an American baritone singer, initially with bandleaders Benny Goodman and Harry James, and was also a television and theatre, stage actor. Biography Arthur Lund was a graduate of Eastern Kent ...

, American baritone * Art Lundahl, American intelligence official * Art McCoy, American baseball player *

, High King of Ireland *

Art Mac Cumhaigh Art Mac Cumhaigh (or Mac Cobhthaigh) (c. 1738–1773), or Art McCooey, was among the most celebrated of the south Ulster and north Leinster poets in the eighteenth century. He was part of the Kingdom of Oriel, Airgíalla tradition of poetry and ...

, Irish poet * Art McFarland, American journalist and actor * Art mac Flaitnia, 8th-century Irish monarch * Art McGovern, Canadian baseball player * Art Macioszczyk, American football player * Art McKay, Canadian artist * Art McKinlay, American rower * Art McLarney, American professional baseball player *

, High King of Ireland *

Art McNally Arthur Ignatius McNally (July 1, 1925 – January 1, 2023) was an American professional football executive who was director of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1991. Before becoming director of officiating—succ ...

, American football executive * Art McRory, Irish Gaelic football manager * Art Madison, American baseball player * Art Madrid, American mayor * Art Mahaffey, American baseball player * Art Mahan, American baseball player and coach *

Art Malik Athar ul-Haque Malik (; born 13 November 1952), known as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-British actor. He achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and supporting roles in assorted British television serials and films. His break ...

, Pakistani-born British actor *

Art Malone Arthur Malone (June 3, 1936 – March 29, 2013; Tampa, Florida) was an American race car driver who was successful in both drag racing and American open-wheel car racing, an unusual combination of skills. Career Malone is known primarily f ...

, American racing driver * Art Malone (American football), American football player * Art Mann, Austrian poet * Art Mardigan, American musician * Art Martinich, American soccer player * Art Matsu, American football player and coach * Art Mazmanian, American baseball coach * Art Mengo, French singer-songwriter * Art Merewether, American Major League Baseball player * Art Mergenthal, American football player *

Art Metrano Arthur Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021) was an American actor. He was noted for his role as Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser in '' Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'' and '' Police Academy 3: Back in Training''. Career Metrano's f ...

, American actor * Art Michalik, American football player * Art Michaluk, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Miki, Canadian politician * Art Mills, American baseball player *

Art Modell Arthur Bertram Modell (June 23, 1925 – September 6, 2012) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner. He owned the Cleveland Browns franchise for 35 years and established the Baltimore Ravens f ...

, American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner * Art Mollner, American basketball player *

Art Monk James Arthur Monk (born December 5, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the New York Jets and the Philadelphia Eagles. He is conside ...

, American football player *

Art Mooney Arthur Joseph Mooney (February 11, 1911 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer and bandleader. His biggest hits were " I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" and " Baby Face" in 1948 and " Nuttin' For Christmas," with Barry Gordon, in 1955. ...

, American singer * Art Moore, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach, Irish king * Art Murakowski, American politician * Art Murphy, American musician * Art Naftalin, American politician * Art Napolitano, American soccer player *

Art Nehf Arthur Neukom Nehf (July 31, 1892 – December 18, 1960) was an American baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves (1915–1919), New York Giants (1919–1926), Cincinnati Reds (1926–1927), and the C ...

, American baseball player *

Art Neville Arthur Lanon Neville Jr. (December 17, 1937 – July 22, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist from New Orleans. Neville was a staple of the New Orleans music scene for over five decades. He was the founder of the funk band T ...

, American musician * Art Nichols, American baseball player * Art Noonan, American politician *

Art O'Connor Arthur James Kickham O'Connor (18 May 1888 – 10 May 1950) was an Irish politician, lawyer and judge. Early life He was born in 1888, the second son of Arthur O'Connor of Elm Hall, Celbridge, County Kildare (1834–1907) and his second wife E ...

, Irish politician * Art O'Donnell, American football player *

Art Ó Laoghaire Art Ó Laoghaire (IPA:ˈaɾˠt̪ˠoːˈl̪ˠiːəɾʲə, also Airt Ó Laoghaire or Art O'Leary; 1746 – 4 May 1773), a Roman Catholic member of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland, was a captain in the Hungarian Hussars Regiment of the army of Holy ...

, Irish soldier * Art O'Leary, Irish soldier * Art Óenfer, Irish king * Art Oliver, American boxer *

Art Olivier Arthur C. Olivier (born August 24, 1957) is an American politician who was the Libertarian candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 2000 U.S. presidential election as the running mate of presidential candidate Harry Browne.Doh ...

, American politician * Art Orloske, American football coach * Art Ortego, American actor * Art Pallan, American radio personality * Art Parakhouski, Belarusian basketball player * Art Parks, American baseball player * Art Passarella, American baseball umpire *

Art Paul Arthur Paul (January 18, 1925 – April 28, 2018) was an American graphic designer and the founding art director of ''Playboy'' magazine. During his time at ''Playboy'', he commissioned illustrators and artists, including Andy Warhol, Salva ...

, American graphic designer and the founding art director of Playboy magazine * Art Pennington, Cuban baseball player *

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active ...

, American jazz alto saxophonist * Art Phelan, American baseball player *

Art Phillips Arthur Phillips (September 12, 1930 – March 29, 2013) served as the 32nd mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1973 to 1977. Prior to being elected to this post, he founded the Vancouver investment firm of Phillips, Hager & Nort ...

, Canadian politician * Art Phillips (composer), American composer * Art Phipps, American musician *

Art Pinajian Arthur A. (Art) Pinajian was an Armenian American comic book writer.Pinajian entry
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, Armenian American artist and comic book creator * Art Poe, American football player *

Art Pollard Artle Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 – May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. Born in Dragon, Utah, and raised in the Portland, Oregon area, Pollard drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965–1973 seasons, with ...

, American racing driver * Art Pope, American politician * Art Porter, Jr., American musician * Art Porter, Sr., American musician *

Art Powell (wide receiver) Arthur Louis Powell (February 25, 1937 – April 6, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the San Jose ...

, American football player * Art Powell (coach), American sports coach *

Art Price Art Price is a former linebacker in the National Football League. He played with the Atlanta Falcons during the 1987 NFL season The 1987 NFL season was the 68th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). This season included ga ...

, American football player *

Art Pulaski Art Pulaski is an organized labor leader in California. Since 1996, Pulaski has served as Executive-Secretary Treasurer and Chief Officer of the California Labor Federation, which represents 2.3 million workers of 1,200 manufacturing, service, ...

, American labor unionist * Art Quimby, American basketball player * Art Quirk, American baseball player * Art Raimo, American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator * Art Ramasasa, Filipino musician *

Art Ranney Arthur Fobare Ranney (February 17, 1889 – April 22, 1970) was a co-founder of the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football League in 1922), as an owner of the Akron Pros, one of the league's charter teams. ...

, American football player * Art Rascon, American writer * Art Rebel, American baseball player * Art Regner, American radio personality * Art Reinhart, American baseball player * Art Reinholz, American baseball player * Art Renner, American football player * Art Reyna, American politician * Art Rice-Jones, Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Art Rico, American professional baseball player * Art Robinson, American biochemist and politician * Art Rochester, American sound engineer * Art Rooijakkers, Dutch presenter and journalist *

Art Rooney Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr. (January 27, 1901 – August 25, 1988), often referred to as "the Chief", was an American professional American football, football executive. He was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football fr ...

, former National Football League executive and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers * Art Rooney II, American lawyer and politician/owner of the National Football League * Art Rosenfeld, American physicist *

Art Ross Arthur Howey Ross (January 13, 1885 – August 5, 1964) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and corporate officer, executive from 1905 until 1954. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers, he was one of the first t ...

, former National Hockey League defenseman and Canadian ice hockey executive * Art Ruble, American baseball player *

Art Rupe Arthur Newton Rupe (born Arthur Goldberg; September 5, 1917 – April 15, 2022) was an American music executive and record producer. He founded Specialty Records, known for its rhythm and blues, blues, gospel and early rock and roll music reco ...

, American music industry executive * Art Rust, Jr., American sports announcer *

Art Ryerson Arthur Ryerson (May 22, 1913 – October 27, 2004) was a jazz guitarist who emerged in the 1930s, playing acoustic and electric guitar, as well as the banjo. He played with jazz orchestras and bands in the 1930s and the 1940s. In the early 19 ...

, American musician *

Art Saaf Arthur Saaf (December 4, 1921 – April 21, 2007) was an American comics artist from the Golden Age of Comics who also worked in television. He commonly went by Art or Artie. Career Art Saaf was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1921 and developed ...

, American comics artist * Art Saha, American editor * Art Sanders, American radio personality * Art Sansom, American cartoonist * Art Satherley, American record producer * Art Savage, American baseball player * Art Scammell, Canadian writer * Art Schallock, American baseball player *

Art Scharein Arthur Otto "Scoop" Scharein (June 30, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as ...

, American Major League Baseball player *

Art Schlichter Arthur Ernest Schlichter (, born April 25, 1960) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons with the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts franchise. He also played one Ca ...

, American football player * Art Paul Schlosser, American artist, cartoonist, comedian, journalist, musician, poet, singer, and songwriter * Art Schmaehl, American football fullback * Art Scholl, American acrobatic pilot * Art Schult, American baseball player * Art Schwind, American Major League Baseball player * Art Seaberg, American state legislator * Art Shamsky (born 1941), American Major League Baseball outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager * Art Shapiro, American vision scientist *

Art Shay Art Shay (March 31, 1922 – April 28, 2018) was an American photographer and writer. Biography Born in 1922, Shay grew up in the Bronx and then served as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, during which he flew 52 bomber ...

, American photographer and writer * Art Shead, New Zealand rugby league footballer * Art Shefte, American writer *

Art Shell Arthur Lee Shell Jr. (born November 26, 1946) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as an offensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland / ...

, American former professional football player and coach * Art Sherman (born 1937), American horse trainer and jockey * Art Shires, American baseball player * Art Simek, American letterer *

Art Simmons Arthur Eugene Simmons (February 5, 1926 – April 23, 2018) was an American jazz pianist. Simmons was born in Glen White, West Virginia, in February 1926. He played in a band while serving in the U.S. military in 1946, then remained in Germany af ...

, American musician * Art Skov, Canadian hockey referee * Art Sladen, American baseball player *

Art Smith (actor) Arthur Gordon Smith (March 23, 1899 – February 24, 1973) was an American stage, film, and television actor, best known for playing supporting roles in Hollywood productions of the 1940s. Life and career Born in Chicago, he was a member of ...

, American actor *

Art Smith (baseball) Arthur Laird Smith (June 21, 1906 – November 22, 1995) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of ...

, American baseball player *

Art Smith (chef) Charles Arthur Smith (born March 1, 1960) is an American chef who has worked for former Florida governors Bob Graham and Jeb Bush and until 2007 was personal chef to Oprah Winfrey. His expertise is Southern cuisine. While attending Florida Stat ...

, American chef *

Art Smith (ice hockey, born 1906) Arthur George Smith (November 29, 1906 — May 15, 1962) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 137 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators between 1927 and 1931. He was born in Toro ...

, Canadian ice hockey defenseman * Art Smith (pilot), American aviation pioneer * Art Somers, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Sour, American politician * Art Spander, American sports writer * Art Spector, American basketball player *

Art Spiegelman Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman ( ; born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel ''Maus''. His work as co-editor on the comics magazin ...

, American comics artist * Art Spinney, American football player * Art Spivack, American geochemist * Art Staed, American politician * Art Statuto, American football player *

Art Stephenson Arthur G. Stephenson (born 1942) was the ninth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. He served as director from September 11, 1998, to May 2003. Early years Stephenson was born in New London, Connectic ...

, director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 1998–2003 *

Art Stevens Arthur Christopher Stevens (May 1, 1915 – May 22, 2007) was an American animator, director and producer for Walt Disney Productions. Career Art Stevens was an animator at Walt Disney Productions during the Golden Age of American Animation. S ...

, American animator * Art Stevenson, Canadian football player *

Art Stewart Arthur Stewart (February 6, 1927 – November 11, 2021) was an American baseball front-office executive and scout. He began his Major League Baseball (MLB) scouting career with the New York Yankees in 1953. He later joined the Kansas City Roya ...

, American baseball executive * Art Still, American football player * Art Stokes, American baseball player * Art Stratton, Canadian ice hockey player *

Art Streiber Art Streiber is an American photographer known in particular for his portraits of entertainment and sports personalities. His images are widely published and range from a portrait of actor-comedian Seth Rogen as the Cary Grant character in the pla ...

, American photographer * Art Stringer, American football player * Art Strobel, Canadian ice hockey player * Art Sullivan, Belgian singer * Art Swann, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives * Art Sykes, American boxer *

Art Tatum Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum a ...

, American jazz pianist *

Art Taylor Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...

, American jazz drummer * Art Teele, American politician *

Art Thalasso Arthur Thalasso (November 26, 1883 – February 13, 1954) was an American stage actor of vaudeville and musical comedy in the 1910s and, subsequently, a screen actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1945. He was born the ...

, American actor *

Art Themen Arthur Edward George Themen (born 26 November 1939) is a British jazz saxophonist and formerly orthopaedic surgeon. Critic John Fordham has described him as "an appealing presence on the British jazz circuit for over 40 years.... Originally a ...

, English saxophonist *

Art Thibert Arthur Thibert () is an American comic book artist, primarily known as a freelance inker, although he has a substantial résumé as a penciler and has even written some comics. Thibert is best known for his work as an inker for Marvel Comics on t ...

, American artist * Art Thieme, American musician * Art Thomason, American baseball player * Art Thoms, American football player * Art Todd, American husband and wife singing duo *

Art Torres Arthur A. Torres (born September 24, 1946) is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Legislature. He is the vice chair of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, the governing board of the California In ...

, American politician * Art Townsend (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey player * Art Townsend (publisher), American publisher, activist and real estate developer *

Art Tripp Arthur Dyer Tripp III (born September 10, 1944) is an American retired musician who is best known for his work as a percussionist with the original version of Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention during the 1960s and Captain Beefheart and ...

, American musician * Art Tucker, American boxer * Art Turnbull, Australian rugby union player * Art Turner, American politician * Art Twineham, American baseball player * Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, King of Connacht * Art Valpey, American football player and coach *

Art Van Damme Art Van Damme (April 9, 1920February 15, 2010) was an American jazz accordionist. Van Damme toured Europe and was popular with jazz enthusiasts in Japan. Van Damme was married, and had three children. After he retired to Roseville, California, ...

, American musician * Art Walker (gridiron football), Canadian gridiron football player * Art Walker (triple jumper), American triple jumper * Art Wall, Jr., American professional golfer *

Art Wallace Art Wallace was an American television writer best known for his work on the gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows''. He began work in television in the 1940s, on the anthology series '' Studio One'' and '' Kraft Television Theater''. Over the years, ...

, American television writer * Art Watson, American baseball player * Art Weaver, American baseball player *

Art Webb Arthur E. "Art" Webb (February 17, 1893 – April 12, 1973) was a player in the National Football League. He first played with the Rochester Jeffersons during the 1920 NFL season. After a year away from the NFL, he played with the Milwauke ...

, American football player * Art Webster, Canadian politician * Art Weiner, American football player * Art Welch, Jamaican footballer * Art Westerberg, American chemical engineer *

Art Wheeler Arthur Ledlie Wheeler (May 12, 1872 – December 20, 1917) was an American college football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. A severely injured Wheeler was historically photographed along with two other ...

, American football player * Art White, American football player * Art Whitney, American Major League Baseball player * Art Whizin, American businessman * Art Wiebe, Canadian ice hockey defenseman * Art Williams, American basketball player * Art Williams (counterfeiter), American-born artist and former counterfeiter * Art Williams (insurance executive), American billionaire * Art Williams (outfielder), American baseball player * Art Williams (umpire), American baseball umpire * Art Wilson, American baseball player * Art Winfree, American theoretical biologist * Art Wittich, Montana legislator *

Art Wolfe Art Wolfe (born 1951) is an American photographer and conservationist, best known for color images of landscapes, wildlife, and native cultures. His photographs document scenes from every continent and hundreds of locations, and have been noted b ...

, American photographer and conservationist * Art Wolff, American TV director * Art Wood, British musician *

Art Young Arthur Henry Young (January 14, 1866 – December 29, 1943) was an American cartoonist and writer. He is best known for his socialist cartoons, especially those drawn for the left-wing political magazine '' The Masses'' between 1911 and 1917. B ...

, American cartoonist and writer

Fictional characters

* Art Blank, a lawyer from the "Saw" series of splatter films * Art the Clown, a murderous clown from the "Terrifier" series of slasher films

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