Alexander Arbuthnot

• Alexander Arbuthnot (poet), Scottish poet and Principal of King's College, Aberdeen
• Alexander Arbuthnot (printer), printer in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Alexander Arbuthnot (politician), Scottish politician
• Alexander Arbuthnot (Baron of Exchequer), a.k.a. Alexander Maitland, Scottish politician
• Alexander Arbuthnot (bishop), Irish Bishop of Killaloe
• Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, British naval officer
• Alexander John Arbuthnot, British official and writer

Other

• Alexander Arbuthnot (paddle steamer), the last paddle steamer built as a working boat on the Murray River, Australia
• The Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident, in which Robert Ambrister and Alexander George Arbuthnot were hanged by Andrew Jackson.
• Sandy Arbuthnot, Lord Clanroyden, John Buchan character