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) (1948–2021), 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 (1947–2023), 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 (1919-2020), 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
 * Margaret Holden (died 1998), British botanist, biochemist
 * Mari Holden (born 1971), American cycle racer
 * Marjean Holden, American actress
 * Mark Holden (born 1954), Australian singer and television personality
 * Mark Holden (born 1962), British-born Canadian actor and produced
 * Max Holden (born 1997), English cricketer
 * 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) (1927–2015), 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
 * Max Holden, from One Live to Live
 * 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, in the soap opera EastEnders