Holland (surname) explained
Holland is an English habitational name 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 ‘land’.
Architecture and engineering
Film, theatre and television
- Agnieszka Holland, Polish film director
- Arnie Holland, American film distribution CEO of Lightyear Entertainment
- Deidre Holland, Dutch porn star
- Diane Holland, British actress
- George Holland, 19th century actor
- Jennifer Holland, American actress
- Savage Steve Holland, American animator
- Steve Holland (actor), American actor and model
- Sylvia Holland, American animator
- Tom Holland, British actor
- Willa Holland, American model and actress
Literature and linguistics
- Cecelia Holland, American historical novelist
- Merlin Holland (born 1945), British writer and grandson of Oscar Wilde
- Norah M. Holland (1876-1925), writer
- Philemon Holland, 16th/17th century English translator
- Richard Holland, 15th-century Scottish writer
- Thomas Holland (translator) (1539–1612), English Bible translator
- Tom Holland (author) (born 1968), British author
- Vyvyan Holland (1886–1967), British author, translator and son of Oscar Wilde
- William Holland (diarist) (1776–1819), English diarist
- Jack Holland (writer) (1947–2004), Irish journalist, novelist and poet
- Patrick Holland, (born 1977) Australian writer
Music
- Brian Holland, African-American songwriter and record producer
- Dave Holland, British jazz bassist and composer
- Dexter Holland, singer and guitarist of the American punk band the Offspring
- Eddie Holland, African-American songwriter and record producer, brother of Brian and part of Holland-Dozier-Holland
- Jerry Holland (fiddler), a noted Canadian fiddler
- Jolie Holland, American singer and songwriter
- Jools Holland, British pianist
- Luke Holland, drummer of the American metalcore band The Word Alive
- Milt Holland, American jazz percussionist, drummer, musicologist and session musician in Los Angeles
- W. S. Holland, American rock drummer
- Will Holland, British musician, DJ and record producer
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, (1385–1439) Duchess of Clarence, and 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
Politics
- Bjorn Holland, Wisconsin state legislator
- Derek Holland (activist), figure of the European far right
- Elmer J. Holland, 20th century U.S. Representative
- François Hollande, President of France
- Harry Holland, New Zealand politician and unionist
- Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, the 19th- and 20th-century politician
- Henry Holland (mayor), mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Iris Holland, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Jack Holland (politician) (1877–1955), Australian politician
- James Holland (North Carolina politician), U.S. congressman from North Carolina – 18th/19th century
- Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet (1603–1701), English politician
- Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet (c. 1669–by July 1724), British politician
- John Holland, on the Los Angeles County Civil Defense and Disaster Commission in 1960s
- John C. Holland (1891–1970), councilman in the Los Angeles City Council, 1943–1966
- Joseph R. Holland (born 1936), New York politician
- Lionel Holland (1865–1936), British politician
- Mark Holland, member of the Canadian parliament
- Roger Holland, Alaska politician
- Samuel H. Holland, 20th-century American politician
- Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Spessard Holland, Governor of Florida and U.S. senator
- Stuart Holland, British Labour politician and academic
- Victoria Holland, Cherokee politician and attorney
Science
Sports
- Bill Holland, racing car driver
- Bob Holland (1946–2017), Australian cricketer
- Brad Holland, American basketball player and coach
- Chester Holland, New Zealand cricketer
- Derek Holland, American baseball player
- Greg Holland, American baseball player
- Ian Holland (born 1990), American cricketer
- Jack Holland (boxer) (c.1909–1933), American boxer, college football player
- Jack Holland (footballer, born 1861) (1861–1898), English footballer
- Jack Holland (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- James Holland (soccer), Australian soccer player
- Jeff Holland, American football player
- Jevon Holland (born 2000), Canadian-American football player
- Joe Holland (skier), an American Nordic combined skier
- Joe Holland (basketball), an American basketball player
- 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 (footballer) (born 1953), Maltese international footballer
- John Henry "Jack" Holland (1861–1898), English footballer
- Johnny Holland (born 1965), American football player
- Jon Holland (born 1987), Australian cricketer
- Jonathan Holland (footballer) (born 1978), footballer for Hamrun Spartans
- Jonathan Holland (American football) (born 1985), American football wide receiver
- Jonathan Holland (rugby union) (born 1991), Irish rugby union player
- Julian Holland (boxer), Australian boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
- Kevin Holland, American Mixed Martial Artist
- Matt Holland, Irish footballer
- Patrick Holland (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Holland (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Sonny Holland (1938-2022), American football coach and player
- Stephen Holland, Australian Olympic swimmer
- Terry Holland, American college basketball coach and administrator
- Tom Holland (Australian footballer) (1885–1946), Australian footballer
- Tom Holland (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1987), English footballer
Religion
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