Holden (surname)

Holden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–E

• Alexandra Holden (born 1977), American actress
• Albert Fairchild Holden (1866–1913), founder of Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio
• Amanda Holden (born 1971), English actress
• Amanda Holden (writer) (born 1948), British music writer and translator
• Andy Holden (footballer) (born 1962), Welsh footballer
• Andy Holden (artist) (born 1982), English artist
• Andy Holden (athlete) (1948–2014), English long-distance runner John Andrew Holden
• Anthony Holden (born 1947), British journalist
• Arthur Holden (footballer), English footballer
• Beverly Holden, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Bill Holden (baseball) (1889–1971), American baseball player
• Bill Holden (footballer) (1928–2011), English footballer
• Bill Holden (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
• Bill Holden (schoolteacher) (born 1948), American schoolteacher and juvenile diabetes activist
• Bob Holden (born 1949), Governor of Missouri
• Bob Holden (racing driver) (born 1932), Australian racing driver
• Charles Holden (1875–1960), British architect
• Cliff Holden (born 1919), English painter, designer, and silk-screen printer
• Clive Holden, Canadian multimedia artist and poet
• Constance Holden (1941–2010), American science journalist
• Craig Holden (born 1957), Australian rules footballer
• David Holden (1924–1977) British writer, journalist, and broadcaster
• David Holden (screenwriter) American TV producer and playwright
• Dean Holden (born 1979), Northern Irish professional football player
• Doug Holden (1930–2021), English footballer
• Edith Holden (1871–1920), British artist and art teacher
• Edward Holden (disambiguation)

F–J

• Frances Gillam Holden (1843–1924), Australian nurse, suffragist and writer
• Frankie J. Holden aka Frank Holden (born 1952), Australian entertainer
• Genevieve Holden (1919–2007), American novelist
• Gina Holden (born 1975), Canadian actress
• Gloria Holden (1908–1991), English actress
• Helge Holden (born 1956), Norwegian mathematician
• Henry Holden (police officer) (1823–1900), English police officer and cricketer
• Henry James Holden (1859–1926), South Australian mayor and businessman whose company became the car maker Holden
• Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896), English classical scholar
• Isaac Holden (1807–1897), Scottish inventor and manufacturer
• Jack Holden (disambiguation)
• James Holden (disambiguation)
• Jan Holden (1931–2005), English actress
• Jennifer Holden (born 1936), American actress
• Joanne M. Holden (born 1974), American food scientist
• Jody Holden (born 1968), Canadian beach volleyball player
• John Holden (disambiguation)
• Jon Robert Holden (born 1976), US-born naturalized Russian basketball player
• Jonathan Holden, poet laureate of Kansas
• Josh Holden (born 1978), Canadian professional ice hockey center

K–P

• Kip Holden (born 1952), American politician Melvin Lee Holden
• Kisha B. Holden, American professor of psychiatry
• Laurie Holden (born 1972), American actress
• Les Holden, Australian aviator
• Lewis Holden, New Zealand economist
• Mari Holden (born 1971), American cycle racer
• Marjean Holden, American actress
• Mark Holden (born 1954), Australian singer and television personality
• Max Holden (1884–1949), American stage magician and vaudeville performer
• Mel Holden (1954–1981), Scottish footballer
• Michael Holden (born 1968), British heavyweight boxer
• Moses Holden (1777–1864), English astronomer
• Nate Holden (born 1929), served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002
• Nick Holden (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Oliver Holden (1765–1844), American composer and compiler of hymns
• P. J. Holden (born 1969), Northern Irish comic artist
• Perry Greeley Holden (1865–1959), first professor of agronomy in the United States

R–S

• Randall Holden, founding settler of both Portsmouth and Warwick, Rhode Island
• Rebecca Holden (born 1958), American actress, singer, and entertainer
• Reuben A. Holden III (1890–1967), American tennis player
• Richard Holden (dancer) (born 1927), American dancer and choreographer
• Richard Holden (Canadian politician) (1931–2005), Canadian lawyer and member of the National Assembly of Quebec
• Richard Holden (British politician), MP from 2019
• Rick Holden (born 1964), English football player
• Rob Holden (born 1956), British accountant
• Robert Holden (disambiguation)
• S. D. Holden (1870–1917), British engineer, son of engineer James Holden
• Stewart Holden (born 1979), British competitive Scrabble player
• Stuart Holden (born 1985), Scottish/American football player
• Svein Holden, Norwegian criminal prosecutor

T–W

• Thomas Holden (disambiguation)
• Tim Holden (born 1957), United States politician Thomas Timothy Holden
• Tony Holden (director), television producer and director
• Tore Holden (born 1946), Norwegian ice hockey referee and television personality
• Wendy Holden (author, born 1961), British journalist and author
• Wendy Holden (author, born 1965), British author of humorous novels
• Will Holden (American football) (born 1993), American football offensive tackle
• William Holden (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Caroline Holden, in the television series Baywatch, portrayed by Yasmine Bleeth
• Claudia Joy Holden, from Army Wives
• Jim Holden, in The Expanse science fiction novel series
• Judge Holden, in Cormac McCarthy's novel Blood Meridian
• Martha Holden, in the soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by Jodi Gordon
• Michael Holden (character), in the television series Army Wives
• The Holdens, one of the One Life to Live minor families
• Tony Holden, in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by Jon Sivewright
• Will Holden (EastEnders), in the soap opera EastEnders

Related pages

• Holden (disambiguation)