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