Arnold (surname)
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Arnold is a German
and English surname.
Arnold may refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and English surname.
Arnold may refer to:
- Benedict ArnoldBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
(1741–1801), American Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side - Benedict Arnold (congressman)Benedict Arnold (congressman)Benedict Arnold was an American politician from New York, and a member of the House of Representatives. He was born in Amsterdam, Tryon County, New York ....
(1780–1849), American politician from New York - Benedict Arnold (governor)Benedict Arnold (governor)Benedict Arnold was president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for a total of 11 years in these roles. Coming from Somerset, England, he was born and raised in the town of Ilchester, likely attending school in Limington, nearby...
(1615–1678), early governor of the Rhode Island and great-grandfather of General Benedict Arnold - Cornelius ArnoldCornelius ArnoldCornelius Arnold , was a poetical writer.Arnold was born 13 March 1711, and entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1723. The statement that he became one of the ushers in the school is incorrect...
- David ArnoldDavid ArnoldDavid Arnold is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, and the television series Little Britain.-Film and television career:...
(born 1962), British composer - David Arnold (American football)David Arnold (American football)David Paul Arnold is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League.-External links:*...
(born 1966), American football player for Pittsburgh Steelers - Delia ArnoldDelia ArnoldDelia Arnold, is a professional squash player who represented Malaysia. She currently lives in Selangor and was coached by Ahmed Malik and Peter Genever. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 20 in October 2010.The Malaysian No. 3 squash player began the year 2008 at 48th spot in...
(born 1986), Malaysian squash player - Dominique ArnoldDominique ArnoldDominique Arnold is an American hurdling athlete. He holds the fourth-fastest all-time performance in the 110 meter hurdles, with a time of 12.90 s...
(born 1973), American hurdling athlete - Douglas N. ArnoldDouglas N. ArnoldDouglas Norman Arnold is a mathematician whose research focuses on the numerical analysis of partial differential equations with applications in mechanics and other fields in physics. , he is McKnight Presidential Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota.Arnold studied mathematics as...
, American mathematician - Eberhard ArnoldEberhard ArnoldEberhard Arnold was a Christian German writer, philosopher, and theologian. He was the founder of the Bruderhof in 1920....
(1883–1935), German writer, philosopher, and theologian - Eddy ArnoldEddy ArnoldRichard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
(1918–2008), American country music singer - Geoff ArnoldGeoff ArnoldGeoff Arnold is an English cricketer who played 34 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals for England. His nickname of "Horse" was based on his initials of GG. He was a seam and swing bowler, who finished his first-class cricket career, which lasted from 1963 to 1982, with 1130 wickets at an average...
(born 1944), English cricketer - Godfrey E. Arnold (1914–1989), Austrian American professor of medicine
- Henry H. ArnoldHenry H. ArnoldHenry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and later General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps , Commanding General of the U.S...
(1886–1950), American aviation pioneer and commanding general - Ian ArnoldIan ArnoldIan Arnold is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Carlisle United and Middlesbrough. While at Carlisle, he had a loan spell at Stalybridge Celtic...
(born 1972), English footballer - Isaac N. ArnoldIsaac N. ArnoldIsaac Newton Arnold was an American politician and biographer. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was known for his support of the abolition of slavery....
(1815-1884), congressman during American Civil War; biographer of Abraham Lincoln - Jamie Arnold (baseball player) (born 1974), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jamie Arnold (basketball) (born 1975), American-Israeli basketball player
- Jay ArnoldJay ArnoldJay Lawrence Arnold was a professional American football player in the National Football League. He was born in Rogers, Texas. He played halfback, fullback, wingback and defensive back.-References:...
(born 1912), American football player for Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers - Jennette ArnoldJennette ArnoldJennette Arnold is a Labour Party politician and member of the London Assembly representing the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest....
, Montserrat born politician member of the Greater London Assembly - Joanne ArnoldJoanne ArnoldJoanne Arnold is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1954 issue. She also appeared on the covers of the March 1954 and August 1955 issues.- Filmography:...
(born 1931), American actress and model - Jonathan ArnoldJonathan ArnoldJonathan Arnold was an American physician and statesman from New England. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Arnold served in the Continental Army as a surgeon, and directed the army hospital at Providence. He represented Rhode Island as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782 and...
(1741–1793), American physician and statesman - Lucas Arnold (born 1974), Argentine professional tennis player
- Malcolm ArnoldMalcolm ArnoldSir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE was an English composer and symphonist.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was ranked with Benjamin Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain...
(1921–2006), English composer and symphonist - Matthew ArnoldMatthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator...
(1822–1888), English poet and cultural critic - Monica Arnold (born 1980), American singer
- Nathan ArnoldNathan ArnoldNathan Anthony Arnold is an English footballer, primarily a winger who can play on either flank, who plays for Alfreton Town.-Mansfield Town:...
(born 1987), English footballer - Richard Arnold (general)Richard Arnold (general)Richard Arnold was a career U.S. Army officer who served as a brigadier general in the Union forces during the American Civil War...
(1828–1882), American General - Russel ArnoldRussel ArnoldRussel Premakumaran "Rusty" Arnold is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent. Arnold made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1997 and his One day international debut against South Africa later in the year. Originally an opening batsmen, Arnold has since moved down the batting order...
(born 1973), Sri Lankan cricketer - Samuel G. ArnoldSamuel G. ArnoldSamuel Greene Arnold, Jr. was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he received his early education under private tutors, and graduated from Brown University in 1841 and, in 1845, the law department of Harvard University, gaining admission to the bar that year...
(1821-1880), Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island; writer of history of Rhode Island - Tom Arnold (academic)Tom Arnold (academic)Tom Arnold , also known as Thomas Arnold the Younger, was a British literary scholar.- Life :He was the second son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School, and younger brother of the poet Matthew Arnold...
(1823–1900), British literary scholar - Tom Arnold (actor)Tom Arnold (actor)Thomas Dwaine "Tom" Arnold is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in many films, perhaps most notably True Lies . He was the host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period for four years.-Early life:...
(born 1959), American actor and comedian - Thomas ArnoldThomas ArnoldDr Thomas Arnold was a British educator and historian. Arnold was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement...
(1795–1842), British educator, headmaster of Rugby School - Thomas Walker ArnoldThomas Walker ArnoldSir Thomas Walker Arnold was an eminent British orientalist and historian of Islamic art who taught at MAO College, Aligarh Muslim University, then Aligarh College, and Government College University, Lahore. He was a friend of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, and wrote his famous book "The preaching of Islam"...
(1864–1930), British orientalist - Vladimir ArnoldVladimir ArnoldVladimir Igorevich Arnold was a Soviet and Russian mathematician. While he is best known for the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable Hamiltonian systems, he made important contributions in several areas including dynamical systems theory, catastrophe theory,...
(1937–2010), Russian mathematician - William Arnold (settler) (1587-c.1676), founding settler of Rhode Island and father of Governor Benedict Arnold
- William Delafield ArnoldWilliam Delafield ArnoldWilliam Delafield Arnold was a British author and colonial administrator.He was the fourth son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School. His older brothers included the poet and critic Matthew Arnold and the literary scholar Tom Arnold...
(1828–1859), British novelist and colonial administrator
See also
- Arnold (disambiguation)
- Arnold (given name)Arnold (given name)Arnold is a male given name and may refer to:Actual names*Saint Arnold, name of several Roman Catholic saints*Arnold Böcklin , symbolist Swiss painter*Arnold Franz Brasz , American painter, sculptor, and printmaker...
- Georg Arnold-GrabonéGeorg Arnold-GrabonéGeorg Arnold-Graboné was a painter of German impressionism and an art teacher. Because Grabone is not his real surname, sometimes his name appears as Georg Arnold-Graboné.-Early life:...
(1896–1982) - Benedict Arnold (disambiguation)Benedict Arnold (disambiguation)Benedict Arnold may refer to:*Benedict Arnold , American Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side*Benedict Arnold , American politician from New York...
- James Arnold (disambiguation)James ArnoldJames Arnold may refer to:*James Frederick Arnold , New Zealand politician*Kokomo Arnold , James "Kokomo" Arnold, blues musician*James F...
- John Arnold (disambiguation)John Arnold (disambiguation)John Arnold was an English watchmaker and inventor, with a son named John Roger Arnold .John Arnold may also refer to:*John Arnold , English international footballer and test cricketer...
- Richard Arnold (disambiguation)
- Thomas Arnold (disambiguation)Thomas Arnold (disambiguation)Thomas Arnold was an influential English educator and famous headmaster of Rugby School.Thomas Arnold may refer to:*Tom Arnold , 1823-1900 Thomas Arnold the Younger*Thomas Arnold...