Harold may refer to:
People
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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 sa ...
, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
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Harold (surname), surname in the English language
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András Arató
Hide the Pain Harold is an Internet meme based on a series of stock photos of András István Arató (; born 11 July 1945), a Hungarian retired electrical engineer and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the meme due to his overall facial ...
, known in
meme
A meme (; ) is an idea, behavior, or style that Mimesis, 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 c ...
culture as "Hide the Pain Harold"
Arts and entertainment
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''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 ...
* ''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 (; 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secr ...
* ''Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen
* ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník
* Harold, a character from the cartoon List of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy characters#Harold, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''
*Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show.
Places
;In the United States
* Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold
* Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community
* Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated community
;Elsewhere
* Harold, Ontario, Canada, a community in Stirling-Rawdon township
Other uses
* Cyclone Harold
* Harold (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
* Harold (improvisation), an improvisational form popularized by Del Close
* Harold Interlocking, a rail junction in New York City
See also
* Harald (disambiguation)
* Harrold (disambiguation)
* The Herald (Melbourne), Herald (disambiguation)
* Jesus H. Christ (folk paretymology)
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