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Harold (given name) Harold is an English personal name. The modern name Harold ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic *harja-waldaz, meaning 'military-power' or 'army-ruler'. The name entered Modern English via the Old English from Hereweald, which retained the ...

, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name *

Harold (surname) Harold is an English personal name. The modern name Harold and Harrod may have derived from the Old Danish name Harald, the Old German names Hairold or Herold, or the Old English name Hereweald. The Irish derivative is '' Ó hArailt''. which is ...

, surname in the English language *

András Arató András István Arató (born 11 July 1945) is a retired Hungarian electrical engineer and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the Internet meme Hide the Pain Harold due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile. Arató has ...

, known in

meme A meme ( ) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural i ...

culture as "Hide the Pain Harold"

Arts and entertainment

* ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

* ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (25 May 180318 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whigs (British political party), Whig member of Parl ...

* ''

Harold or the Norman Conquest ''Harold, or the Norman Conquest'' is an opera in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen with a libretto by Edward Malet, edited by Frederic Edward Weatherly, adapted into the German by L.A. Caumont, and first performe ...

'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by

Eduard Nápravník Eduard Francevič Nápravník (Russian: Эдуа́рд Фра́нцевич Напра́вник; 24 August 1839 – 10 November 1916) was a Czech conductor and composer. Nápravník settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Rus ...

* Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' *

Harold & Kumar ''Harold & Kumar'' is the name of a series of American films created by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Beginning with ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (2004), and followed by ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' (2008) and ''A ...

, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show.

Places

;In the United States *

Alpine, Los Angeles County, California Alpine, more fully Alpine Springs and also called Harold, was an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California located 2 miles south of where Palmdale is now. The Trego Post Office was located at the Alpine Station stop on the Sout ...

, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold *

Harold, Florida Harold is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, in the U.S. state of Florida. Its population was 823 as of the 2010 census. A satellite field for Training Air Wing FIVE at Naval Air Station Whiting Field ...

, an unincorporated community *

Harold, Kentucky Harold is an unincorporated community located in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was established in the community in 1905, and named for local merchant Harold Hatcher of the Hatcher family of early area settlers. Profession ...

, an unincorporated community *

Harold, Missouri Harold is an unincorporated community in northwest Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territ ...

, an unincorporated community ;Elsewhere * Harold, Ontario, Canada, a community in Stirling-Rawdon township

Other uses

Cyclone Harold Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga during April 2020. It was the first Category 5 tropical cyclone in 2020. The seventh named ...

Harold (horse) Harold (foaled 1876 in Pennsylvania) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Background Harold was a chestnut horse bred by Aristides Welch who owned both his sire and his dam. Sired by Leamington, a four-time Leading sire in North America, ...

, an American Thoroughbred racehorse *

Harold (improvisation) Harold is a structure used in longform improvisational theatre that is performed by improv troupes and teams across the world. In the Harold structure, characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes. It was fir ...

, an improvisational form popularized by Del Close *

Harold Interlocking Harold Interlocking is a large railroad junction located in New York City. It is the busiest rail junction in the United States. It serves trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Port Washington Branc ...

, a rail junction in New York City

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