The surname Tudor, within the United Kingdom, originates from the Welsh forename Tudur, Old Welsh Tutir, the Welsh equivalent of Gaulish Toutorix and Germanic Theodoric, which was conflated with Tewdwr, Tewdr, the Welsh equivalent of Theodore.
Tudor is also a common first name in Romanian, also equivalent to Theodore. Tudor can also be a surname in Romanian.
The English royal dynasty, the House of Tudor (descended from the Welsh Tudors of Penmynydd), including prominent members:
Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr), lover or possibly second husband of Catherine of Valois, and grandfather of King Henry VIIEdmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois, father of King Henry VIIJasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, second son of Owen and Catherine and brother of Edmund, uncle of King Henry VIIArthur Tudor, eldest son of King Henry VII (predeceased his father)Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort of Scotland, eldest daughter of King Henry VIIMary Tudor, Queen of France, latterly Mary Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, second daughter of King Henry VIIEdmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, third son of King Henry VIITudor, as a surname, may also refer to:
Adrian Tudor, a Romanian basketball playerAlex Tudor, an English cricketerAlexandru Tudor, a Romanian football refereeAntony Tudor, a British choreographerCorneliu Vadim Tudor, a Romanian politicianCristian Tudor, a Romanian footballerDavid Tudor, an American pianistEdward Tudor-Pole, a British singerFrank Tudor, an Australian politicianFrederic Tudor (1783–1864), an American entrepreneur known as Boston's "Ice King"Henri Tudor, a Luxembourgian industrialist and inventorHenry Hugh Tudor, a British soldier, later police chief in Ireland and then PalestineIgor Tudor, a Croatian football (soccer) playerJoel Tudor, an American longboard surferJohn Tudor (footballer), an English football (soccer) playerJohn Tudor (baseball), an American baseball playerLarissa Tudor (d. 1926), a British woman who appeared strikingly similar to Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia but never actually claimed to be the former grand duchess. Many people who knew Larissa strongly suspected that she was the former grand duchess of Russia.Lukas Tudor (b. 1969), a Chilean football (soccer) playerSandu Tudor, a Romanian poet and monkShane Tudor (b. 1982), an English football (soccer) playerTasha Tudor (1915–2008), an American illustrator and author of children's booksWilliam Tudor (1750–1819), an Attorney-at-Law who served as Representative of Boston in the Massachusetts General Court, State Senator, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and was a founder of the Massachusetts Historical SocietyWilliam Tudor (1779–1830), a leading literary figure in Boston and cofounder of the North American Review and the Boston AthenaeumWill Tudor (b. 1987), an English actorAs a given name:
Tudor GunasekaraTudor ArgheziTudor MăinescuTudor TănăsescuTudor VladimirescuPaul Tudor Jones (born 1954), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation hedge fund