Holland (surname)
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[edit] Architecture and engineering
- Clifford Milburn Holland, designer of the Holland Tunnel
- Henry Holland, 18th century Georgian architect
- John Philip Holland, Irish submarine designer
[edit] Film, theatre and television
- Agnieszka Holland, Polish film director
- Deidre Holland, Dutch porn star
- George Holland, nineteenth-century actor
- Savage Steve Holland, American animator
- Steve Holland, American actor and model
- Tom Holland (director), American film director
- Willa Holland, American model and actress
[edit] Literature and Linguistics
- Cecelia Holland, American historical novelist
- Merlin Holland (born 1945), British writer and grandson of Oscar Wilde
- Philemon Holland, 16th/17th century English translator
- Richard Holland, 15th century Scottish writer
- Thomas Holland (translator) (1539–1612)
- Tom Holland (author) (born 1968), British author
- Vyvyan Holland (1886–1967), British author, translator and son of Oscar Wilde
- William Holland (1776–1819), English diarist
[edit] Music
- Brian Holland, African-American songwriter and record producer
- Dave Holland, British jazz bassist and composer
- Dave Holland (drummer), British rock drummer
- Dexter Holland, singer and guitarist of the American punk band The Offspring
- Jerry Holland (fiddler), a noted Canadian fiddler
- Jolie Holland, American singer and songwriter
- Jools Holland, British pianist
- Tom Holland (blues musician), Chicago Blues Guitarist/Vocalist
[edit] Nobility
- John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c. 1352–1400), English nobleman
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447), English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War
- Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
- Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand (1270–1328), English nobleman
- Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1314–1360), English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
- Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350–1397), English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother Richard II (1374–1400)
- Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (1374–1400), aka 3rd Earl of Kent
[edit] Politics
- Derek Holland, figure of the European far right
- Harry Holland, New Zealand politician and unionist
- Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, the 19th and 20th century politician
- Henry Edmund Holland (1868–1933), New Zealand politician
- Henry Holland, mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Henry Holland (Australian politician) an Australian politician and newspaper owner
- James Holland, U.S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina in the 18th/19th century
- Mark Holland, member of the Canadian parliament
- Samuel Holland, American politician in the 20th century
- Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Spessard Holland, a British Labour politician and academic
- Stuart Holland, British Labour politician and academic
[edit] Science
- Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, the 19th century physician and travel writer
- John L. Holland developer of RIASEC theory
- John Henry Holland, pioneer in genetic algorithms
- Thomas Henry Holland (1868–1947), British geologist
- William Jacob Holland (1848–1932), zoologist, palaeontologist, and ordained Presbyterian minister
[edit] Sports
- Jerry Holland (NHL), professional hockey player
- Matt Holland, Irish football (soccer) player
- Tom Holland (footballer), English football (soccer) player
[edit] Religion
- Thomas Holland (Blessed), d. 1642, Catholic priest, Jesuit and martyr.
- Thomas Holland (Puritan), Puritan divine
[edit] Other
- Cyril Holland (1885–1915), son of Oscar Wilde, brother of Vyvyan Holland
- Dave Holland (Klansman), U.S. white supremacist
- Henry Holland (rifleman), British shotgun manufacturer
- Kimberly Holland, American Playboy playmate
- Wau Holland, computer hacker
[edit] See also
- Holland (disambiguation)
- Hollande
- Hollander (includes Hollaender and Holländer)
