Holmes (given name)

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