Harold is a Christian name derived from the Old English name Hereweald, derived from the Germanic elements here "army" and weald "power, leader, ruler". The Old Norse cognate, Haraldr, was also common among settlers in the Danelaw. Diminutives of Harold are Harry and Hal.
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
Harold Arroyo, Puerto Rican boxer
Harold Bailey (gridiron football) (born 1957), American football player
Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996), British linguist
Harold Bekkering (born 1965), Dutch cognitive psychologist
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
Harold Ramis (1944-2014), American film actor, director, writer and producer.
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 E. Weeks, American politician
Harold Wellman (1909-1999), New Zealand geologist
Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister
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 McBride, a supporting character from the animated series The Loud House
Harold Berman, from the Nickelodeon animated series 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
Harold "Hal" Jordan, a fictional DC Comics superhero known as Green Lantern
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