Holst (surname)

Holst and von Holst are surnames. In Denmark and Norway they are of Medieval origin, meaning Holsatian (person from Holstein). They may refer to:

Holst

 * Alison Holst (born 1938), New Zealand food writer and television chef
 * Amalia Holst (1758-1829), German writer, intellectual, and feminist
 * Arne Holst (1904–1991), Norwegian bobsledder
 * Axel Holst (1860–1931), Norwegian professor of hygiene and bacteriology
 * Bodil Holst, Danish physicist
 * Carl Holst (born 1970), Danish politician
 * Christian Holst (born 1981), Danish/Faroese football player
 * Dagmar Holst, German rower
 * Eduard Holst (1843–1899), Danish actor, dancer, playwright and composer
 * Elise Holst (1811–1891), Danish stage actress.
 * Erika Holst (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player
 * Ewout Holst (born 1978), Dutch swimmer
 * Frederik Holst (1791–1871), Norwegian medical doctor
 * Gilda Holst (born 1952), Ecuadorian writer
 * Gilles Holst (1886–1968), Dutch physicist
 * Gustav Holst (1874–1934), English composer
 * Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), Danish author
 * Hans Faye Holst (1788–1843), Norwegian politician
 * Hans Holst, 17th century Danish woodcarver
 * Henning Holst (1891–1975), Danish field hockey player
 * Imogen Holst (1907–1984), British conductor, composer and writer, daughter of Gustav Holst
 * Johan Jørgen Holst (1937–1994), Norwegian politician
 * Johan Throne Holst (1868–1946), Norwegian industrialist and politician
 * Kai Holst (1913–1945), Norwegian resistance fighter and member of Milorg
 * Knut Holst, Norwegian Nordic skier
 * Lars Holst (1848–1915), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician
 * Peter Theodor Holst (1843–1908), Norwegian politician
 * Poul Christian Holst (1776–1863), Norwegian government official
 * Spencer Holst (1926–2001), American writer and storyteller
 * Svea Holst (1901–1996), Swedish film actress
 * Theodor von Holst (1810–1844), English painter
 * Thomas Holst (born 1964), German serial killer
 * Timothy Holst (1947–2009), American ringmaster
 * Toke Holst (born 1981), Danish handballer
 * Waldemar Holst (1907–1975), German Korvettenkapitän

von Holst

 * Erich von Holst (1908–1962), German behavioral physiologist
 * Erik von Holst (1894–1962), Estonian/German ice yacht designer and sailor
 * Hermann Eduard von Holst (1841–1904), Estonian-German-American historian
 * Hermann V. von Holst (1874–1955), American architect
 * Johan Hübner von Holst (1881–1945), Swedish sport shooter

Other

 * Maria van der Holst-Blijlevens (born 1946), Dutch sprint canoer
 * Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922–2023), commander-in-chief of the Danish Air Force and European champion athlete
 * Jon Holst-Christensen (born 1968), Danish retired male badminton player
 * Joachim Holst-Jensen (1880–1963), Norwegian film actor
 * June Holst-Roness (1929–2008), mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone