| Birth Place: | Minas, Uruguay |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1912 |
| Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Death Date: | 22 September 2003 (aged 90) |
| Occupation: | philosopher, professor, historian |
| Awards: | Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo Premios Morosoli |
| Alma Mater: | Universidad de la República |
Arturo Ardao (Minas, Lavalleja, 27 September 1912 – Montevideo, 22 September 2003) was a Uruguayan philosopher and historian of ideas.
From 1968 to 1972 he was dean of the Faculty of Humanities. Before the Military Coup in 1973, he was forced into exile in Venezuela, where he continued his academic activity as professor at the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas . In addition, he participates as researcher at the Center for Latin American Studies Rómulo Gallegos.
He contributed to the weekly newspaper Marcha.[1]