Harold Polacca Sr. (1930-1996) was a son of noted potter Fannie Nampeyo and a grandson of Nampeyo of Hano. He was the brother of Elva Nampeyo, Leah Nampeyo, Tonita Nampeyo, Thomas Polacca, Elsworth Polacca and Iris Nampeyo. He was the father of Vernida Polacca, Clinton Polacca, and Reva Polacca. He made very few pieces of pottery, all in the traditional Hopi-Tewa style of the Nampeyo family.