Art is a Celtic masculine given name, meaning "bear ", thus figuratively "champion".[ 1]
Origins and history [ edit ]
Art meant the ‘bear ’ in Celtic languages . The name derives from Proto-Celtic *artos (“bear”) (compare Cornish arth, Welsh arth, Breton arzh), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). With bears the local apex predator , Art figuratively referred to a 'champion', and two legendary High Kings of Ireland had the name, Art mac Cuinn and Art mac Lugdach .
The name Arthur is frequently shortened to Art , but its etymological link to Art is debated. The names Stewart or Stuart can also be shortened to Art , but this is less common.
People with the name Art [ edit ]
Art 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 (short for Arthee), American comics artist and writer
Art Binkowski (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 , American sportswriter
Art Cowie , Canadian politician
Art Crews , American professional wrestler
Art Cross , American racing driver
Art D'Lugoff , American jazz impresario
Art Davie , American mixed martial art executive
Art Dorrington , American ice hockey player
Art Drysdale , Canadian horticulturist
Art Fazil , Singaporean singer songwriter
Art Fowler (actor) , American actor, crooner and ukulelist
Art Frahm , American painter and commercial artist
Art Gillham , 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 (short for Artyom), Armenian boxer
Art Hupy , American photographer
Art Imlech , High King of Ireland
Art Ingels , American racing driver
Art Adams , American comic book artist and writer
Art Agnos , American politician and former Mayor of San Francisco, California
Art Albrecht , American football player
Art Alexakis , American musician
Art Alexandre , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Allison , American Major League Baseball player
Art Anderson , American football player
Art Aragon , American boxer
Art Arfons , American racing driver
Art Asbury , Canadian motorboat racer
Art Babbitt , American animator
Art Bader , American Major League Baseball player
Art Baker (actor) , 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 , 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 , American radio broadcaster
Art Benedict , American baseball player
Art Berglund , American ice hockey player
Art Bergmann , Canadian musician
Art Best , American football player
Art Bisch , American racing driver
Art Blakey , 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 , American college football coach
Art Brouthers , American baseball player
Art Buchwald , 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 , American Major League Baseball infielder
Art Carmody , American football kicker
Art Carney , American actor
Art Carney (American football) , American football player
Art Ceccarelli , American baseball player
Art Chantry , American graphic designer
Art Chapman , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Chapman (basketball) , Canadian basketball player
Art Chin , American World War II flying ace
Art Chisholm , American ice hockey player
Art Clokey , 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 , Irish academic administrator
Art Coulter , 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 , American double-bassist
Art Davis (American football) , American football player and coach
Art DeCarlo , American football player
Art Decatur , American baseball player
Art Deibel , American football player
Art Delaney , American Major League Baseball pitcher
Art Demling , American soccer player
Art Demmas , American football official
Art Devlin (baseball) , American baseball player and coach
Art Devlin (ski jumper) , American ski jumper
Art Ditmar , American baseball player
Art Dixon , Canadian politician
Art Doering , American professional golfer
Art Doll , American Major League Baseball player
Art Donahoe , Canadian politician
Art Donahue , American World War II flying ace
Art Donovan , American football defensive tackle
Art Dufelmeier , American football player and coach
Art Dula , American lawyer
Art Duncan , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Eason , American football coach
Art Eggleton , Canadian politician
Art Ehlers , American baseball executive
Art Ellefson , Canadian musician
Art Evans (actor) , American actor
Art Evans (baseball) , American baseball player
Art Eve , New York politician
Art Ewoldt , American baseball player
Art Farmer (1928–1999), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
Art Farrell , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Feltman , American politician
Art Finley , American radio personality
Art Fleming , American actor
Art Fletcher , American baseball player and coach
Art Foley , 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 , American inventor
Art Gardiner , American baseball player
Art Gardner , American Major League Baseball player
Art Garfunkel , American singer-songwriter and actor
Art Garibaldi , American baseball player
Art Garvey , American football player
Art Gauthier , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Gilkey , American geologist and mountain climber
Art Gilmore , American actor and announcer
Art Giroux , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Gleeson , American sports announcer
Art Gob , American football player
Art Goodwin , American baseball player
Art Graham , American football player
Art Green (artist) , 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 , American mayor
Art Hanger , 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 , American baseball player
Art Hershey , American politician
Art Heyman (1941–2012), American basketball player
Art Hickman , American musician
Art Hillebrand , American football player and coach
Art Hillhouse , American basketball player
Art Hindle , Canadian actor and director
Art Hinkel , American electrical engineer
Art Hoag , American astronomer
Art Hodes , American musician
Art Hodgins , Canadian ice hockey defenseman
Art Hoppe , American newspaper columnist
Art Houtteman , American baseball pitcher
Art Howe , 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 , American football player
Art Hurst , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Hussey , American golfer
Art Jackson , National Hockey League player
Art Jackson (sport shooter) , American sport shooter
Art Jacobs , American Major League Baseball pitcher
Art Jahn , American Major League Baseball outfielder
Art James , American game show announcer
Art James (baseball) , American baseball player
Art Janov , American psychologist
Art Jarrett , American singer
Art Jarrett Sr. , American screenwriter and actor
Art Jarvinen , American composer
Art Jimmerson , 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) , American football player
Art Jones (baseball) , American baseball player
Art Jones (ice hockey) , Canadian ice hockey player
Art C. Jones , American artist
Art Kahler , American basketball coach
Art Kahn , American musician, composer and bandleader
Art Kane , 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 , American actor
Art LaVigne , American Major League Baseball catcher
Art Laboe , American radio host, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner
Art Laffer , American economist
Art Lande , American musician
Art Larsen , American tennis player
Art Lasky , American boxer
Art Lee , Canadian politician
Art Lesieur , American ice hockey player
Art Lewis , American football player and coach
Art Link , American football coach
Art Linkletter , American television host
Art Linson , American screenwriter, film director and film producer
Art Lloyd , American filmmaker
Art Long , American basketball player
Art Longsjo , American speed skater and racing cyclist
Art Lopatka , American baseball player
Art López , American baseball player
Art Loudell , American Major League Baseball pitcher
Art Lund , American baritone
Art Lundahl , American intelligence official
Art McCoy , American baseball player
Art mac Cuinn , High King of Ireland
Art Mac Cumhaigh , 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
Art mac Lugdach , High King of Ireland
Art McNally , 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 , Pakistani-born British actor
Art Malone , 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 , American actor
Art Michalik , American football player
Art Michaluk , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Miki , Canadian politician
Art Mills , American baseball player
Art Modell , American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner
Art Mollner , American basketball player
Art Monk , American football player
Art Mooney , 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 , American baseball player
Art Neville , American musician
Art Nichols , American baseball player
Art Noonan , American politician
Art O'Connor , Irish politician
Art O'Donnell , American football player
Art Ó Laoghaire , Irish soldier
Art O'Leary , Irish soldier
Art Óenfer , Irish king
Art Oliver , American boxer
Art Olivier , 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 , American graphic designer and the founding art director of Playboy magazine
Art Pennington , Cuban baseball player
Art Pepper , American jazz alto saxophonist
Art Phelan , American baseball player
Art Phillips , Canadian politician
Art Phillips (composer) , American composer
Art Phipps , American musician
Art Pinajian , Armenian American artist and comic book creator
Art Poe , American football player
Art Pollard , American racing driver
Art Pope , American politician
Art Porter, Jr. , American musician
Art Porter, Sr. , American musician
Art Powell (wide receiver) , American football player
Art Powell (coach) , American sports coach
Art Price , American football player
Art Pulaski , 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 , 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 , 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 , former National Hockey League defenseman and Canadian ice hockey executive
Art Ruble , American baseball player
Art Rupe , American music industry executive
Art Rust, Jr. , American sports announcer
Art Ryerson , American musician
Art Saaf , 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 , American Major League Baseball player
Art Schlichter , 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 , American photographer and writer
Art Shead , New Zealand rugby league footballer
Art Shefte , American writer
Art Shell , 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 , American musician
Art Skov , Canadian hockey referee
Art Sladen , American baseball player
Art Smith (actor) , American actor
Art Smith (baseball) , American baseball player
Art Smith (chef) , American chef
Art Smith (ice hockey, born 1906) , 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 , American comics artist
Art Spinney , American football player
Art Spivack , American geochemist
Art Staed , American politician
Art Statuto , American football player
Art Stephenson , director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 1998–2003
Art Stevens , American animator
Art Stevenson , Canadian football player
Art Stewart , American baseball executive
Art Still , American football player
Art Stokes , American baseball player
Art Stratton , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Streiber , 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 , American jazz pianist
Art Taylor , American jazz drummer
Art Teele , American politician
Art Thalasso , American actor
Art Themen , English saxophonist
Art Thibert , 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 , American politician
Art Townsend (hockey player) , Canadian ice hockey player
Art Townsend (publisher) , American publisher, activist and real estate developer
Art Tripp , 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 , 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 , American television writer
Art Watson , American baseball player
Art Weaver , American baseball player
Art Webb , American football player
Art Webster , Canadian politician
Art Weiner , American football player
Art Welch , Jamaican footballer
Art Westerberg , American chemical engineer
Art Wheeler , 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 , American photographer and conservationist
Art Wolff , American TV director
Art Wood , British musician
Art Young , American cartoonist and writer
Fictional characters [ edit ]
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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