Artur
{{Infobox given name2
| name = Artur
| gender = Male
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| pronunciation= {{IPA|pt|aɾˈtuɾ|lang}}
{{IPA|pol|ˈartur|lang}}
| meaning = Bear-like, Baseball, Of Honour
| languageorigin = Latin or Celtic
| seealso = Arthur, Arturo, Artturi
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{{Wiktionary|Artur}}
Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur meaning "bear-like", or “of honour”. It is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word artos ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish Art, Artúur, Welsh Arth - which may also be the source for the modern name.
Art is also a diminutive form of the common name Arthur. In Estonian, and many Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the name is spelled as Artur. The Finnish versions are Artturi and Arttu.
Avestan {{lang|ae|aṣ̌a}}/arta and its Vedic equivalent rta both derive from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ṛtá- "truth",{{cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/asa-means-truth-in-avestan |title=AṦA (Asha "Truth") – Encyclopaedia Iranica |publisher=Iranicaonline.org |access-date=2013-02-21}} which in turn continues Proto-Indo-European *{{PIE|h2r-to-}} "properly joined, right, true", from the root *{{PIE|h2ar}}.
The word is attested in Old Persian as {{lang|peo-Latn|arta}}.
People named Artur
=Composers=
- Artur Kapp (1878–1952), Estonian composer
- Artur Lemba (1885–1963), Estonian composer
- Artur Uritamm (1901–1982), Estonian classical composer, organist and pedagogue
=Performers=
- Artur Lohai (born 1993), Ukrainian actor and singer, participant of Ukrainian X-Factor version in 2014
- Artur Rinne (1910–1984), Estonian singer and director
- Artur Rojek (born 1972), former frontman of Myslovitz, and director of the OFF Festival
- Artur Schnabel (1882–1951), Austrian pianist
=Politicians=
- Artur Axmann (1913–1996), German Nazi leader
- Artur Chilingarov (born 1939), Russian explorer and politician
- Artur Davis (born 1967), American attorney and politician
- Artur Kasterpalu (1897–1942), Estonian politician
- Artur London (1915–1986), Czechoslovak politician
- Artur Mas (born 1956), Catalan politician
- Artur Rasizade (born 1935), former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
- Artur Sanhá (born 1965), Guinea-Bissauan politician
- Artur da Costa e Silva (1902–1969), Brazilian politician
- Artur Sirk (1900–1937), Estonian politician and military commander
- Artur Talvik (born 1964), Estonian filmmaker and politician
- Artur Terras (1901–1963), Estonian politician, former mayor of Tallinn (1941–1944)
- Artur Văitoianu (1864–1956), Romanian politician and military commander
=Scientists=
- Artur Ekert (born 1961) British-Polish cryptologist and physicist
- Artur Lind (1927–1989), Estonian biologist
- Artur Toom (1884–1942), Estonian ornithologist and conservationist
=Sportsmen=
- Artur Atarah (born 2005), Finnish-Ghanaian footballer
- Artur Beterbiev (born 1985), Chechen boxer
- Artur Sérgio Batista de Souza (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
- Artur Boruc (born 1980), Polish footballer
- Artur Fonte (born 1959), Portuguese footballer known as Artur
- Artur Khachaturyan (born 1992), Armenian basketball player
- Artur Konontšuk (born 2000), Estonian basketball player
- Artur Kotenko (born 1981), Estonian footballer
- Artur Meliashkevich (born 1975), Belarusian race walker
- Artur Moraes (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
- Artur Pikk (born 1993), Estonian footballer
- Artur Pinga (1909–1963), Portuguese footballer and coach
- Artur Quaresma (1917–2011), Portuguese footballer
- Artur (footballer, born 1955), Artur Soares Correia, Portuguese footballer
- Artur Soares Dias (born 1979), Portuguese football referee
- Artur (footballer, born 1984), José Artur Barbosa de Oliveira, Brazilian right back
- Artur (footballer, born 1990), Artur Jesus Vieira, Brazilian footballer
- Artur (footballer, born 1996), José Artur de Lima Junior, Brazilian footballer
- Artur (footballer, born 1998), Artur Victor Guimarães, Brazilian footballer
=Writers=
- Artur Adson (1889–1977), Estonian author
- Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966), Estonian poet
=Others=
- Artur Bordalo (born 1987), Portuguese street artist known as Bordalo II
- Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor
- Artur Jorge, various people
- Artur Mägi (1904–1981), Estonian legal scientist
- Artur Phleps (1881–1944) Romanian-German military commander
=Legendary people=
- King Arthur, medieval British legendary king