Harold

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Harold is an Old English name, meaning "army leader", same as the title herald. A diminutive of Harold is Harry.

• Several kings of Denmark, England and Norway were named Harald or Harold
• Harold Ford, Jr. (D) U.S. Congressman, candidate for U.S. Senate
• Harold Perrineau, Jr. a US actor
• Harold Lloyd
• Harold Pinter
• Harold Wilson

[edit] Fictional characters

• Harold Allnut, from the Batman comic series
• Harold Berman, from the Nickelodeon cartoon Hey Arnold!
• Harold Bishop, from the Australian soap Neighbours
• Harold Crick, the main character from the movie Stranger than Fiction
• 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' story 'Harold'
• Healthy Harold, the giraffe mascot of Life Education Australia
• Harold Holt, Australian Prime minister
• Harold Lee, from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
• Harold the Bear, a fictional charecter from the mid-day British sitcom, Brunswick School

[edit] Other

• Harold (improvisation), an improvisational form popularized by Del Close and now performed by improvisational comedy groups nationwide
• Harold (book), a book written in 1848 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• Harold in Italy, the second symphony by Hector Berlioz
• Harold (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
• Harold and Maude, a cult classic movie
• Harold or the Norman Conquest, an opera by Frederic Cowen
• Harold Gaffa, The Mascot for Sydney Rock Eistedfodd
• Harold La Borde, the great Trinidadian Circumnavigators.