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

== 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 * E. L. Arch, a pen name of American novelist Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998)

== 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

==See also== * J. Arch Getty (1950–2025), American historian and professor * Archie

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