Today is the name day for people called Arnold. Arnold is a masculine German, Dutch and English given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements arn "eagle" and wald "power, brightness". 10 famous Arnolds:
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician, Governor of California. Played the Terminator.
Arnold (Arnoul) of Soissons: saint of the Catholic Church, the patron saint of hop-pickers and Belgian brewers.
Arnold Bennett: English author, best known as a novelist. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays, and a daily journal totalling more than a million words.
Arnold Clark: Scottish billionaire businessman. He opened a showroom in Glasgow in 1954 and Arnold Clark Automobiles became a nationwide chain of motor dealerships.
Benedict Arnold: American Revolutionary general who defected to Britain.
Arnold: a dog featured on a jingle used by British DJ Tony Blackburn.
Arnold I of Egmond: Lord of Egmond and IJsselstein. He was the son of John I of Egmond and Guida of IJsselstein. In 1394 he founded a Cistercian monastery outside the walls of IJsselstein. He renovated the chapel at his ancestral castle, surrounded the castle with a moat, and had a canal dug to connect it with Alkmaar.
Arnold Rimmer: fictional character in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, played by Chris Barrie. Rimmer is characterised as a second-class technician and de facto leader of the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Arnold Toynbee: English economic historian noted for his social commitment and desire to improve the living conditions of the working classes.
Arnold Layne: song by English rock band Pink Floyd. It is said to have been based on a real person. According to Roger Waters, "Arnold Layne" was actually based on a real person: "Both my mother and Syd's mother had students as lodgers because there was a girls' college up the road so there were constantly great lines of bras and knickers on our washing lines and 'Arnold' or whoever he was, had bits off our washing lines."
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The six richest people in Britain decide to hold a contest to settle the question of which of them is most successful. It will be a gladiator style contest with each entrant fielding a team of ten super-powered combatants. Entrepreneur Llew Powell sets out to put together his team, which includes his former lover, an employee of his company with a fascinating hobby, two refugees from another dimension (a lonely giant and a drunken sailor), two sisters bound together by a promise, a diminutive doctor, a former Tibetan monk initiate and two androids with a history. As the team train together, alliances form, friendships and more develop, while others find the past is not easy to leave behind.
Meanwhile, a ruthless race of aliens has its eyes on the Earth. Already abducting and enslaving humans, they work towards the final invasion which would destroy life on Earth as we know it. Powell’s group, Combat Team Alpha, stumble upon one of the wormholes the aliens use to travel to Earth and witness for themselves the horrors in store if the aliens aren’t stopped. Barely escaping with their lives, they realise there are more important things to worry about than a fighting competition.
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