Holmes (given name) explained
Holmes is the given name of:
- Holmes Alexander (1906–1985), American historian, journalist, syndicated columnist and politician
- Holmes Beckwith (1884–1921), American political scientist and professor who killed his dean and then himself
- Holmes Colbert, Native American leader of the Chickasaw Nation and writer of the Chickasaw Nation's constitution in the 1850s
- Holmes Conrad (1840–1915), American politician, lawyer and military officer
- Holmes Herbert (1882–1956), English character actor
- Holmes Rolston III (born 1932), philosopher, author and professor
- Holmes Tuttle (1905–1989), American businessman and political adviser to Ronald Reagan
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