Harold (given name)
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Harold is a Christian name derived from the Old English name Hereweald, derived from the Germanic elements here "army" and weald "power, leader, ruler".[1] The Old Norse cognate, Haraldr, was also common among settlers in the Danelaw. Diminutives of Harold are Harry and Hal.
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People with the given name
Medieval
- Hagrold (fl. 944-954), also known as Harold, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy
- Harold Harefoot, or Harold I (c. 1015–1040), King of England from 1035 to 1040
- Harold Godwinson, or Harold II (c. 1022–1066), the last Anglo-Saxon king of England
- Harold of Gloucester (died 1168), supposed child martyr and saint, allegedly murdered by Jews
Modern
- Harold Arroyo, Puerto Rican boxer
- Harold Bailey (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player
- Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996), British linguist
- Harold Bloom, American literary critic
- Harold Craxton (1885–1971), British composer and pianist
- Harold Camping (born 1921), President of Family Radio
- Hal Daub (born 1941), American politician
- Harold Ely (1909–1983), American football player
- Harold Faltermeyer (born 1952), German musician
- Harold Ford, Jr., U.S. Congressman, candidate for U.S. Senate
- Harold Frost (1921-2004), American orthopedist and surgeon
- Harold Hart (born 1952), American football player
- Hal Holbrook (born 1925), American actor
- Harold Holt, Australian Prime Minister
- Harold Holt (impresario), South African-English impresario
- Harold Houser, American admiral and 35th Governor of American Samoa
- Harold A. Jerry, Jr. (1920–2001), New York politician
- Harold La Borde, Trinidadian circumnavigator
- Hal Lindsey (born 1929), American evangelist and Christian writer
- Harold Lloyd, American film actor
- Harold C. Luther (1915–1973), New York politician
- Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister
- Harold Norse, American poet
- Harold I. Panken (1910–1999), New York state senator
- Harold Perrineau, American actor
- Harold Pinter (1930–2008), British playwright
- Harold Prince (born 1928), American theatrical producer and director
- Hal Steinbrenner (born 1969), principal owner, managing general partner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees baseball franchise
- Harold Tucker, Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, from 1984-1985
- Harold I. Tyler (1901–1967), New York assemblyman
- Harold R. Tyler, Jr. (1922–2005), federal judge in New York
- Hal B. Wallis (1898-1986), American film producer
- Harold Walker (disambiguation), several people
- Harold Weed, digital artist
- Harold (Harry) Weeks, political activist in Wheeling, West Virginia.
- Harold Wellman (1909-1999), New Zealand geologist
- Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister
Fictional characters
- Childe Harold, from the Byron poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
- Harold Allnut, from the Batman comic series
- Harold Attinger, The Main Antagonist in the film Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Harold Bishop, from the Australian soap Neighbours
- Harold Cartwright, a protagonist from the video game Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London, 1961
- Harold Chasen, from the film Harold and Maude
- Harold Crick, the main character from the movie Stranger than Fiction
- Harold Finch (Person of Interest), a main character from the television series Person of Interest
- Harold Green, Red Green's nephew on The Red Green Show
- Harold the Helicopter, from The Railway Series by W.V. Awdry and the television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Harold Lauder, from Stephen King's The Stand
- Harold and the Purple Crayon from the children's books by Crockett Johnson
- Harold, a living scarecrow from the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark story 'Harold'
- Harold Lee, from Harold & Kumar
- Harold, Billy's father in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Harold Hutchins, a main character in Captain Underpants
- Harold Berman from the Nickelodeon animated show Hey Arnold!
- Harold Foster, a multibillionaire Australian newspaper company chairman from Anthony Horowitz's Power of Five series
- Harold Saxon, an alias of The Master in Doctor Who
- Weird Harold, from the children's animated television show Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Harold "Stretch" Joseph, a secondary antagonist in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
- Hal Jordan DC Comics' Green Lantern
See also
References
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