List of people known as the Old
The Old is an epithet that may refer to:
- Basarab the Old, Prince of Wallachia in the 1470s
- Emund the Old (died 1060), King of Sweden
- Gorm the Old (died 958), first historically recognized king of Denmark
- Haakon IV of Norway (1204–1263), King of Norway
- Mieszko III the Old (c. 1126/27–1202), Duke of Greater Poland and High Duke of Poland
- Miro the Elder (died 896), Count of Conflent and of Rosselló
- Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Duke of Silesia
- William the Old (died 1168), Bishop of Orkney
- William V, Marquis of Montferrat (c. 1115–1191)
In mythology:
- Aun, Swedish king
- Halfdan the Old, in Norse mythology
- Harald the Old, King of Scania
- Hefeydd, father of Rhiannon in Welsh mythology
- Raum the Old, a king in Norway
In fiction:
- Bëor, a man in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
- Thráin the Old, a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth