Arno is both a surname and a Germanic given name (Germanic root "arn-" from "aran", meaning "eagle"). Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name

• Arno of Salzburg ( c. 750–821), Archbishop of Salzburg also known as Arn or Aquila
• Arno von Endsee (died 892), Bishop of Würzburg

Academics

• Arno Gruen (1923–2015), Swiss-German psychologist and psychoanalyst
• Arno Kuijlaars (born 1963), Dutch mathematician
• Arno Lustiger (1924–2012), German historian and author
• Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023), Luxembourg-born American historian
• Arno Motulsky (1923–2018), German-born American pharmacologist and genomicist
• Arno Allan Penzias (1933–2024), German-born American physicist, radio astronomer and Nobel laureate
• Arno Peters (1916–2002), German historian, known for the Peters world map
• Arno Poebel (1881–1958), German Assyriologist
• Arno Schirokauer (1899–1954), German-Jewish literary scholar
• Arno Ros (born 1942), German philosopher
• Arno Villringer (born 1958), German neurologist
• Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902–1990), German astronomer

Arts

• Arno (singer) (1949–2022), stage name of Belgian singer Arno Hintjens
• Arno Assmann (1908–1979), German actor, film director and television writer
• Arno Babajanian (1921–1983), Armenian composer and pianist
• Arno Bornkamp (born 1959), Dutch classical saxophonist
• Arno Camenisch (born 1978), Swiss writer
• Arno Breker (1900–1991), German sculptor
• Arno Carstens (born 1972), South African singer-songwriter
• Arno Cost (born 1986), stage name of Vadim Arnaud Constentin, French musician, DJ and producer
• Arno Fischer (1927–2011), German photographer
• Arno Frey (1900–1961), German actor in Hollywood
• Arno Frisch (born 1975), Austrian actor
• Arno Gasteiger (born 1962), Austrian-born New Zealand photographer
• Arno Geiger (born 1968), Austrian novelist
• Arno Holz (1863–1929), German naturalist poet and dramatist
• Arno Jordaan, South African pop singer
• Arno Karlen (1937–2010), American poet, psychoanalyst, and popular science writer
• Arno Marsh (1928–2019), American jazz saxophonist
• Arno Menses, Dutch rock singer and guitarist
• Arno Rafael Minkkinen (born 1945), Finnish photographer in the US
• Arno Mohr (1910–2001), German painter and graphic artist
• Arno Morales (born 1993), Filipino actor
• Arno Nadel (1878–1943), Jewish musicologist, composer, playwright, poet, and painter
• Arno Paduch, German cornett player and conductor
• Arno Paulsen (1900–1969), German film actor
• Arno Rink (1940–2017), German painter
• Arno Santamaria (born 1978), French singer-songwriter
• Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), German author and translator
• Arno Suislep (born 1981), Estonian singer
• Arno Surminski (born 1934), German writer
• Arno Suurorg (1903–1960), Estonian actor

Government, military, and religion

• Arno Anthoni (1900–1961), Finnish lawyer, director of the State Police
• Arno Doerksen (born 1958), Canadian politician
• Arno Esch (1928–1951), German liberal politician in the Soviet Occupation Zone
• Arno C. Gaebelein (1861–1945), American Methodist minister
• Arno Jahr (1890–1943), German Wehrmacht general
• Arno Kompatscher (born 1971), president of South Tyrol
• Arno Lamoer, South African police commissioner
• Arno von Lenski (1893–1986), German general and East German politician
• Arno H. Luehman (1911–1989), United States Air Force general
• Arno Rutte (born 1972), Dutch VVD politician
• Arno Sild (born 1947), Estonian politician
• Arno Voss (1821–1888), German-American military commander, lawyer, and politician

Sports

• Arno Almqvist (1881–1940), Finnish colonel and modern pentathlete
• Arno Bertogna (born 1959), Australian association football player
• Arno Bieberstein (1884–1918), German swimmer
• Arno Botha (born 1991), South African rugby player
• Arno Breitmeyer (1903–1944), German sport official
• Arno Claeys (born 1994), Belgian footballer
• Arno del Curto (born 1956), Swiss ice hockey player and coach
• Arno Ehret (born 1953), West German handball player
• Arno Glockauer (1888–1966), German gymnast
• Arno den Hartog (born 1954), Dutch field hockey player
• Arno Havenga (born 1974), Dutch water polo player
• Arno Hesse (1887–?), German middle-distance runner
• Arno Jacobs (born 1977), South African cricketer
• Arno Klaassen (born 1979), Dutch bobsledder
• Arno Klasen (born 1967), German racecar driver
• Arno Kozelsky (born 1981), Austrian footballer
• Arno Neumann (1885–1966), German footballer
• Arno Pijpers (born 1959), Dutch football coach
• Arno Poley (born 1991), South African rugby player
• Arno Rossini (born 1957), Swiss football manager
• Arno Saarinen (1884–1970), Finnish gymnast
• Arno Steffenhagen (born 1949), German footballer
• Arno Strohmeyer (born 1963), Austrian fencer
• Arno Van de Velde (born 1995), Belgian volleyball player
• Arno van Wyk (born 1994), South African rugby player
• Arno Verschueren (born 1997), Belgian footballer
• Arno Wohlfahrter (born 1964), Austrian cyclist
• Arno Wallaard (1979–2006), Dutch cyclist
• Arno van Zwam (born 1969), Dutch footballer
• Arno van der Zwet (born 1986), Dutch track cyclist

Other people

• Arno Benzler, German World War I flying ace
• Arno Berg (1890– 1974), Swedish-Norwegian architect and antiquarian
• Arno B. Cammerer (1883–1941), American director of the U.S. National Park Service
• Arno H. Denecke (1916–1993), American jurist
• Arno Funke (born 1950), German extortionist
• Arno Kopecky, Canadian journalist and travel writer
• Arno Nickel (born 1952), German correspondence chess Grandmaster
• Arno Schmidt (born c. 1935), Austrian chef and food critic
• Arno Zude (born 1964), German chess master and problemist

Fictional characters with the given name

• Arno [ de; fr], titular character in a comic strip by André Juillard and Jacques Martin
• Arno, a character in the movie Uncut Gems
• Arno Blunt, antagonist in the book Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code.
• Arno Brandner, fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)
• Arno Victor Dorian, a French-Austrian Assassin and the protagonist of Assassin's Creed Unity.
• Arno Stark, Marvel Comics character known as Iron Man 2020
• Arno, a character in Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.

People with the surname

• Alice Arno, stage name of Marie-France Broquet (born 1946), French actress and model
• Audrey Arno (1942–2012), German singer and actress
• Bob Arno,Swedish-born American pickpocket entertainer and criminologist
• Christian Arno (born 1978), British businessman
• Diana Arno (born 1984), Estonian model and fashion designer
• Ed Arno (1916–2008), American cartoonist
• Ferdinando Arnò (born 1959), Italian composer, record producer, and arranger
• Madame Arno, Parisian artist and fighter
• Nelly Arno (1892–1966), British actress
• Peter Arno (1904–1968), American cartoonist
• Robert Arno, engineer
• Sig Arno (1895–1975), German-Jewish film actor

See also

• Arno (disambiguation)
  • • Arno, Italian river

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