Harold may refer to:

People

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

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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 ...

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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