# 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
* Bernard Holden (1908–2012), British railway engineer
* 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
* Hendrick S. Holden (1849–1918), American politician and banker from New York
* 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 (1936–2022), 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 (1941–2024), American poet, first 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
* Louisa Virginia Harrison Holden (1830–1900), American civic leader
* 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