Holland (surname)

Holland is an English toponymic surname from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or any of the eight villages in various parts of England so called, from Old English 'hōh' (ridge) + 'land'. Notable people with the name include:

• Agnieszka Holland, Polish film director
• Arnie Holland, American film distribution CEO of Lightyear Entertainment
• Bill Holland (born 1980), racing car driver, son of baseball player Will Holland
• Bjorn Holland, Wisconsin state legislator
• Bob Holland (1946–2017), Australian cricketer
• Brad Holland, American basketball player and coach
• Brian Holland, African-American songwriter and record producer
• Cecelia Holland, American historical novelist
• Cedric Holland (1889–1950), Royal Navy officer
• Ceri Holland , Welsh footballer
• Chester Holland, New Zealand cricketer
• Clifford Milburn Holland, designer of the Holland Tunnel
• Cyril Holland (1885–1915), son of Oscar Wilde, brother of Vyvyan Holland
• Dave Holland (disambiguation)
• Deidre Holland, Dutch porn star
• Derek Holland (activist), figure of the European far right
• Derek Holland (born 1986), American baseball player
• Dexter Holland, singer and guitarist of the American punk band the Offspring
• Diane Holland, British actress
• Ed Holland, American editorial cartoonist
• Eddie Holland, African-American songwriter and record producer, brother of Brian and part of Holland–Dozier–Holland
• Elmer J. Holland, 20th century U.S. Representative
• Fern Holland (1970–2004), American lawyer killed in the Iraqi conflict
• Ranae Holland, American biologist and Bigfoot researcher
• François Hollande, President of France
• George Holland (actor), 19th century actor
• Greg Holland, American baseball player
• Harry Holland, New Zealand politician and unionist
• Henry Holland (architect), 18th-century Georgian architect
• Henry Holland (mayor), mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
• Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, the 19th- and 20th-century politician
• Ian Holland (born 1990), American cricketer
• Iris Holland, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

• Jack Holland (boxer) (c.1909–1933), American boxer, college football player
• Jack Holland (footballer, born 1861) (1861–1898), English footballer
• John Henry "Jack" Holland (1861–1898), English footballer
• Jack Holland (politician) (1877–1955), Australian politician
• Jack Holland (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
• Jack Holland (writer) (1947–2004), Irish journalist, novelist and poetfDext
• James Holland (author) (born 1970), British author and popular historian
• James Holland (North Carolina politician), U.S. congressman from North Carolina – 18th/19th century
• James Holland (percussionist) (1933–2022), classical percussionist
• James Holland (soccer), Australian soccer player
• Jeff Holland, American football player
• Jeffrey R. Holland (born 1940), LDS apostle
• Jennifer Holland, American actress
• Jerry Holland (musician), Canadian fiddler
• Jevon Holland (born 2000), Canadian-American football player
• Joe Holland (basketball), an American basketball player
• Joe Holland (skier), an American Nordic combined skier
• John C. Holland (1893–1970), councilman in the Los Angeles City Council, 1943–1966
• John Henry Holland, pioneer in genetic algorithms
• John Holland (athlete) (1926–1990), New Zealand athlete
• 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 (canoeist) (born 1952), American slalom canoer
• John Holland (cricketer) (1869–1917), English cricketer
• John Holland (engineer), Australian engineer and construction magnate
• John Holland (footballer) (born 1953), Maltese international footballer
• 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
• John L. Holland, developer of Holland Codes / Holland Occupational Themes RIASEC theory
• John Philip Holland, Irish submarine designer
• Johnny Holland (born 1965), American football player
• Jolie Holland, American singer and songwriter
• Jon Holland (born 1987), Australian cricketer
• Jonathan Holland (American football) (born 1985), American football wide receiver
• Jonathan Holland (footballer) (born 1978), footballer for Hamrun Spartans
• Jonathan Holland (rugby union) (born 1991), Irish rugby union player
• Jools Holland, British pianist
• Joseph R. Holland (born 1936), New York politician
• Julian Holland (boxer), Australian boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
• Kevin Holland, American Mixed Martial Artist
• Kimberly Holland, American Playboy playmate
• Lancelot Holland (1887–1941), Royal Navy officer
• Lionel Holland (1865–1936), British politician
• Luke Holland, drummer of the American metalcore band The Word Alive

• Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence, (1385–1439), daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
• Mark Holland, member of the Canadian parliament
• Mary E. Holland American detective and fingerprinting expert
• Mary Holland, American actress, comedian, writer
• Matt Holland, Irish footballer
• Merlin Holland (born 1945), British writer and grandson of Oscar Wilde
• Milt Holland, American jazz percussionist, drummer, musicologist and session musician in Los Angeles
• Milton M. Holland (1844–1910), American Union army soldier
• Norah M. Holland (1876–1925), writer
• Owen Holland (academic), pioneer in bio-inspired robotics
• Patricia T. Holland (1942–2023), American LDS leader
• Patrick Holland (author), (born 1977) Australian writer
• Patrick Holland (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
• Peter Holland (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
• Philemon Holland, 16th/17th century English translator
• Richard Holland, 15th-century Scottish writer
• Rob Holland (pilot) (1974–2025), American aerobatic pilot
• Robert Holland, 1st Baron Holand (c. 1283–1328), English nobleman
• Roger Holland, Alaska politician
• Samuel H. Holland, 20th-century American politician
• Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982), Australian poet, critic, academic
• Savage Steve Holland, American animator
• Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, the 19th-century physician and travel writer
• Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet (1603–1701), English politician
• Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet (c. 1669–by July 1724), British politician
• Sonny Holland (1938–2022), American football coach and player
• Spessard Holland, Governor of Florida and U.S. senator
• Stephen Holland, Australian Olympic swimmer
• Steve Holland (actor), American actor and model
• Stuart Holland, British Labour politician and academic
• Sylvia Holland, American animator
• Terry Holland, American college basketball coach and administrator
• Tom Holland (disambiguation)
• Thomas Henry Holland (1868–1947), British geologist
• Thomas Holland (Jesuit) (died 1642), Catholic priest, Jesuit and martyr
• Thomas Holland (translator) (1539–1612), English Bible translator
• Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (1374–1400), aka 3rd Earl of Kent
• 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)
• Victoria Holland, Cherokee politician and attorney
• Vyvyan Holland (1886–1967), British author, translator and son of Oscar Wilde
• W. S. Holland, American rock drummer
• Walter W. Holland (1929–2018), epidemiologist and public health physician
• Wau Holland (1951–2001), German computer hacker
• Will Holland (born 1980), British musician, DJ and record producer
• Will Holland (baseball) (1862–1930), father of racing car driver Bill Holland
• Will Holland (baseball, born 1998), American baseball player
• Willa Holland, American model and actress
• William Holland (diarist) (1776–1819), English diarist
• William Jacob Holland (1848–1932), zoologist, palaeontologist, and ordained Presbyterian minister

• Holland (disambiguation)
• Hollander (disambiguation) (includes Hollaender and Holländer)