Arch (name)

Arch is a masculine given name and a surname, usually a shortened form of Archibald or Archer.

People with the given name

• Arch Bevis (born 1955), Australian politician
• Arch Bobbitt (1895–1978), American judge
• Arch Corbett (1883–1920), Australian rules footballer
• Arch Crippin (1916–2008), Australian rugby league footballer
• Arch Dale (1882–1962), Scottish editorial cartoonist who sometimes signed his work as "Arch"
• Arch Deal (1931–2020), American newscaster
• Arch Freeman (c. 1890–1918), American aviator
• J. Arch Getty (1950–2025), American historian
• Arch Hall Sr. (1908–1978), American actor, film director, and screenwriter
• Arch Hall Jr. (born 1943), American actor, musician, aviator, and writer
• Arch Higgins, American ballet dancer
• Arch Jelley (born 1922), New Zealand athletics coach
• Arch Johnson (1922–1997), American actor
• Arch Knott (1916–1998), Australian rules footballer
• Arch MacDonald (1911–1985), American broadcast journalist and television pioneer
• Arch L. Madsen (1913–1997), American broadcast executive
• Arch Manning, American football quarterback
• Arch Martin (1931–2009), American jazz trombonist
• Arch McDonald (1901–1960), American sports announcer
• Arch McDonald (footballer) (1882–1932), Australian rules footballer
• Arch W. McFarlane (1885–1960), American businessman and politician
• Arch McKirdy (1924–2013), Australian radio presenter and broadcasting executive
• Arch Merrill (1894–1974), American journalist and author
• Arch A. Moore Jr. (1923–2015), American lawyer, politician and convicted felon
• Arch Muirhead (1876–1958), Australian rules footballer
• Arch Nicholson (1941–1990), Australian film director
• Arch Oboler (1909–1987), American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer and director
• Arch Pafford, Canadian politician
• Arch Presby (1907–2007), Canadian-American radio and television announcer
• Arch Reilly (1891–1963), American baseball player
• Arch Wilkinson Shaw (1876–1962), American publisher and business theorist
• Arch B. Swank Jr. (1913–1999), American architect
• Arch Thompson, Australian rugby league footballer
• Arch Ward (1896–1955), sports editor for the Chicago Tribune newspaper
• Arch West (1914–2011), American marketing executive
• Arch Colson Whitehead (born 1960), American novelist
• Arch Whitehouse (1895–1979), British aviator and author
• Arch Whiting (1936–2007), American actor
• Arch Wilder (1917–2002), Canadian ice hockey player
• Arch G. Woodside (born 1943), American marketing consultant and author

People with the surname

• Hannes Arch (1967–2016), Austrian air racer and 2008 world champion
• John Arch (John Maurice Archambault, born 1959), American singer
• John Arch (politician) (born 1964), American politician
• Joseph Arch (1826–1919), English politician

See also

• J. Arch Getty (1950–2025), American historian and professor
• Archie