Arun Thapa Magar (born January 1952– 22 July 1999) was a Nepali singer and songwriter.

[1] In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition Reetu haruma timi hariyali basant (You are the spring amongst the seasons), his most famous romantic song, as the seventh in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time.

[2] Arun Thapa was born in Calcutta, India on 6 January 1952.

He later studied at Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara for an Intermediate in Arts degree but soon dropped out to pursue a career in music.

[4] Thapa have long been suffering from lung and liver ailment.