Top Celebrity Names Starting With Harold

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   Harold Bloom

   Age 81 Male
   

   Writer, Literary and Cultural Critic

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   Harold Bloom is an American writer and literary critic, and is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. He is known for his defense of 19th-century Romantic poets and of the Western canon, his unique and controversial theories of poetic influence, and his prolific literary output, particularly for a literary critic. Bloom is a 1985 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.… read more

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   Harold Ramis

   Age 67 Male
   

   Actor, Writer, Director

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   Harold Allen Ramis is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he also co-wrote. As a writer/director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999).… read more

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   Harold Wilson

   1916 - 1995 Male
   

   Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

   
   

   James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour politician and Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the February 1974 General Election resulted in a hung parliament. He is the most recent British Prime Minister to have served non-consecutive terms.… read more

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   Harold Reynolds

   Age 51 Male
   

   Major, Second Baseman, Mariner

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   Harold Craig Reynolds is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played from 1983–1994, primarily for the Seattle Mariners.

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   Harold Prince

   Age 84 Male
   

   Theatrical Producer, Director, Actor

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   Harold Smith "Hal" Prince is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century. He has garnered twenty-one Tony Awards, more than any other individual, including eight for directing, eight for producing the year's Best Musical, two as Best Producer of a Musical, and three special awards.… read more

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   Harold Pinter

   1930 - 2008 Male
   

   Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet, Actor, Director, Author, Political Activist

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   Harold Pinter, was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted to film.… read more

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   Harold Gould

   1923 - 2010 Male
   

   Actor, Major

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   Harold V. Goldstein, best known by his stage name Harold Gould, was an American actor best known for playing Martin Morgenstern in the 1970s sitcoms Rhoda and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Gould acted in film and television for nearly 50 years, appearing in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, and over 100 stage plays, and received Emmy Award nominations five times.… read more

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   Harold Brown

   Age 84 Male
   

   Scientist, Politician, Physicist

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   Harold Brown, American scientist, was U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the Lyndon Johnson administration as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. While Secretary of Defense, he insisted in laying the groundwork for the Camp David accords.… read more

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   Harold Washington

   1922 - 1987 Male
   

   Politician

   
   

   Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who became the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.

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    Harold Macmillan

    1894 - 1986 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963. Nicknamed 'Supermac' and known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability, Macmillan achieved notoriety before the Second World War as a Tory radical and critic of appeasement.… read more

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    Harold Faltermeyer

    Age 59 Male
    

    Composer, Musician, Keyboardist

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    Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer. He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores.… read more

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    Harold Pinter and academia

    1930 - 2008 Male
    

    Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet, Actor, Director, Author, Political Activist

    
    

    Harold Pinter and academia concerns academic recognition of and scholarship pertaining to Harold Pinter, CH, CBE, English playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, poet, author, political activist, and the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, at the time of his death considered by many "the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation."… read more

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    Harold Hongju Koh

    Age 57 Male
    

    Politician, Lawyer, Scholar

    
    

    Harold Hongju Koh is a Korean American lawyer and legal scholar. He currently serves as the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. He was nominated to his current position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009. In public service, Koh previously served in the United States Department of State during the Clinton administration as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.… read more

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    Harold Innis

    1894 - 1952 Male
    

    Professor of Political Economy At the University of Toronto and the Author of Seminal Works On Canadian Economic History, Media, and Communication Theory

    
    

    Harold Adams Innis was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory and Canadian economic history. The affiliated Innis College at the University of Toronto is named for him. Despite his dense and difficult prose, many scholars consider Innis one of Canada's most original thinkers.… read more

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    Harold Hopkins

    1918 - 1994 Male
    

    Physicist, Engineer, Scientist

    
    

    Harold Horace Hopkins FRS was a renowned British physicist. His Wave Theory of Aberrations, (published by Oxford University Press 1950), is central to all modern optical design and provides the mathematical analysis which enables the use of computers to create the wealth of high quality lenses available today. In addition to his theoretical work, his many inventions are in daily use throughout the world.… read more

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    Harold Holt

    1908 - 1967 Male
    

    Australian Politician

    
    

    Harold Edward Holt, CH was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia. His term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was presumed drowned. Holt spent 32 years in Parliament, including many years as a senior Cabinet Minister, but was Prime Minister for only 22 months.… read more

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    Harold Simmons

    Age 81 Male
    

    Businessman, Billionaire, Owner

    
    

    Harold Clark Simmons is an American businessman and billionaire whose banking expertise helped him develop the acquisition concept known as the leveraged buyout to acquire various corporations. He is the owner of Contran Corporation and of Valhi, Inc. , (a NYSE traded company about 90% controlled by Contran). As of 2006 he controlled 5 public companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange: NL Industries; Titanium Metals Corporation, the world's largest producer of titanium; Valhi, Inc.… read more

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    Harold Ballard

    1903 - 1990 Male
    

    Elder, Part Owner

    
    

    Harold E. Ballard was an owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as their home arena, Maple Leaf Gardens. A member of the Leafs organization from 1940 and a senior executive from 1957, he became part-owner of the team in 1961 and was majority owner from February 1972 until his death. He was also the owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for 11 seasons, winning a Grey Cup championship in 1986.… read more

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    Harold Hughes

    1922 - 1996 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Harold Everett Hughes was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969; he had been a Republican earlier in his life. He also served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1969 until 1975.

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    Harold Schafer

    1912 - 2001 Male
    

    Businessman, Entrepreneur

    
    

    Harold Schafer was a North Dakota businessman who founded the Gold Seal Company, the original maker of Mr. Bubble bubble bath. He was also an entrepreneur who invested money in the tourist town of Medora, North Dakota and the Medora Musical.… read more

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    Harold Cardinal

    1945 - 2005 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Dr. Harold Cardinal was a Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator and lawyer. From the start Cardinal steadfastly demanded, on behalf of all First Nation peoples, the right to be "the red tile in the Canadian mosaic.… read more

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    Harold Gimblett

    1914 - 1978 Male
    

    Cricketer

    
    

    Harold Gimblett was a cricketer who played for Somerset and England. He was known for his fast scoring as an opening batsman and for the much-repeated story of his debut. In a book first published in 1982, the cricket writer and Somerset historian David Foot wrote: "Harold Gimblett is the greatest batsman Somerset has ever produced.… read more

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    Harold Montgomery

    1911 - 1995 Male
    

    Businessman, Politician, Educator

    
    

    A. Harold Montgomery, Sr., was an agricultural businessman and a Louisiana state senator, who is remembered as an outspoken conservative within his state's dominant Democratic Party. He represented District 36 -- Bossier and Webster parishes and, later, part of Bienville Parish -- in three nonconsecutive terms in the Senate, 1960–1968 and 1972–1976.… read more

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    Harold Lloyd

    1893 - 1971 Male
    

    Actor

    
    

    Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies. Harold Lloyd ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the most popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and "talkies", between 1914 and 1947.… read more

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    Harold Shapero

    Age 92 Male
    

    Composer, Musician

    
    

    For the mathematics professor, see Harold S. Shapiro. For the economics professor, see Harold T. Shapiro. Harold Samuel Shapero is an American composer.