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
Anthony Holden (born 1947), British journalist
Arthur Holden (footballer), English footballer
Beverly Holden, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Bill Holden (schoolteacher) (born 1948), walked for fund-raising for the American Diabetes Association
Bob Holden (born 1949), former Governor of Missouri
Charles Holden (1875–1960), British architect
Cliff Holden (born 1919), English painter, designer, and silk-screen printer
Clive Holden, Canadian multimedia artist and poet
Craig Holden (born 1957), Australian rules footballer
Dean Holden (born 1979), Northern Irish professional football player
Edith Holden (1871–1920), British artist and art teacher
Edward Holden (1885–1947), Australian vehicle manufacturer
Edward Singleton Holden (1846–1914), American astronomer
Edward Holden (disambiguation) several people

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 (cricketer) (1823–1900), English 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 (athlete) (1907–2004), English long-distance runner
James Holden (engineer) (1837–1925), English locomotive engineer, father of S. D. Holden
James Holden (actor) (1920–2005), American actor
James Holden (producer), electronic music producer and DJ
James Alexander Holden (1835–1887), saddlery merchant, founded the company which eventually produced the Holden automobile
James Bismark Holden former Alberta MLA
Jan Holden (1931–2005), English actress
Jennifer Holden (born 1936), American actress
Jody Holden (born 1968), Canadian beach volleyball player
John Rose Holden (1821–1879), Canadian politician and lawyer
Jonathan Holden, a poet laureate of Kansas
Jon Robert Holden (born 1976), naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States
Josh Holden (born 1978), Canadian professional ice hockey center
Judge Holden (19th century), hypothetical accomplice of the Glanton scalphunter gang

Kip Holden Melvin Lee Holden (born 1952), Democratic Mayor – President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Kristen Holden-Ried, Canadian actor
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
Michael Holden (born 1968), British heavyweight boxer
Nate Holden (born 1929), served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002
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

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 (politician) (1931–2005), Canadian lawyer and member of the National Assembly of Quebec
Rick Holden (born 1964), English football player
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

Tim Holden (born 1957), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania
Tony Holden (director), television producer and director
Tore Holden (born 1946), Norwegian ice hockey referee and television personality
Wendy Holden (born 1961), British journalist and author
Wendy Holden (born 1965), British author of humorous novels
William Holden (1918–1981), American actor
William Curry Holden (1896–1993), American historian and archaeologist, first director of the Museum of Texas Tech University
William Woods Holden (1818–1892), Governor of North Carolina
Will Holden (American football) (born 1993), American football player

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