John Holland (disambiguation)
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John Holland is the name of several notable persons in history:
- John L. Holland is a psychologist who developed the RIASEC model (or Holland Codes) for career development [1]
- John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1352?–1400), was half-brother to Richard II of England and second husband of Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt.
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447), was the son of the 1st duke (above) and father of Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter.
- John Holland, a founder of the Bank of Scotland in 1695, the central bank of the Kingdom of Scotland
- John Philip Holland (1840–1914) designed submarines for the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy.
- John Henry Holland (b. 1929) was a pioneering founder of the optimization methods now known as genetic algorithms.
- John Holland (b. 1926), an athlete from New Zealand who won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
- John Holland, a U.S. psychic and medium.
- John L. Holland Is A Sudent At Harry J. Clarke.