John Holland

John Holland may refer to:

Contents 1 Academics 2 Arts 3 Athletics 4 Business and engineering 5 Military 6 Politics, law, and government 7 Religion 8 Royalty

Academics

• John L. Holland (1919-2008), was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and a psychologist who developed the RIASEC model (or Holland Codes) for career development.
• John Henry Holland (born 1929), Professor of Psychology and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan and founder of the optimization methods now known as genetic algorithms

Arts

• John Holland (actor) (1899–1971)
• John Holland (actor) (1908–1993)
• John Holland (poet) (1794–1872), English poet and newspaper editor
• Gill Holland (born 1964), John Gill Holland, Jr., American film producer
• John Holland (psychic) (born 1964), U.S. author and psychic medium

Athletics

• John Holland (athlete) (1926–1990), New Zealand athlete, bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
• John Holland (baseball executive) (1910–1979), American general manager of the Chicago Cubs, 1956–1975
• John Holland (basketball) (born 1988), American professional basketball player
• John Holland (canoer) (born 1952), American slalom canoer
• John Holland (footballer), former player with Floriana and Malta national football team
• Johnny Holland (born 1965), American football player
• Jon Holland (born 1987), Australian cricketer
• Jonathan Holland (born 1978), Maltese footballer

Business and engineering

• John Holland (banker), founder of the Bank of Scotland in 1695, the central bank of the Kingdom of Scotland
• Sir John Holland (engineer) (1914–2009), Australian engineer and construction magnate
• Leighton Holdings owners of John Holland Group
• John J. Holland (shipbuilder)
• John Holland (pen maker), businessman and industrialist

Military

• John Vincent Holland (1889–1975),British Army officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Philip Holland (1840–1914), designed submarines for the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy
• John Frederick Holland (died 1845), army officer, surveyor and political figure in Prince Edward Island

Politics, law, and government

• Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet (1603–1701), English politician
• Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet , British politician
• John Holland, on the Los Angeles County Civil Defense and Disaster Commission in 1960s
• John Holland, governor of Madras from 1789–1790, see Manitoba municipal elections, 2006
• John C. Holland (1891–1970), councilman in the Los Angeles City Council, 1943–1966
• John Robert Holland, American civil rights lawyer, volunteered to serve as a lawyer to four Guantanamo captives
• John W. Holland (1883–1969), judge
• John Holland (1947), inventor who helped to stop the invasion of Malawi after independence

Religion

• John Christie Holland (born 1882), a Canadian pastor and the first Canadian of African heritage to be named a "Citizen of the Year"
• Rt Rev John Tristram Holland (1912–1990), Anglican bishop in New Zealand

Royalty

• John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c. 1352–1400), 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), his son

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