Holder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
In politics and government:
Eric H. Holder, Jr. (born 1951), United States Attorney GeneralFrederick Holder (1850–1909), South Australia politicianJanice M. Holder (born 1949), American juristTrevor Holder (born 1973), Canadian politicianIn military and naval:
Burton Allen Holder (1843–1920), Chickasaw Indian who served as a Confederate officer in the American Civil WarRandolph M. Holder (1918–1942), American naval aviatorIn entertainment:
Albrecht Holder, (born 1958), a German classical bassoonistGeoffrey Holder (1930-2014), American character actor, choreographer and dancerJoseph William Holder (1764–1832), English composerMeagan Holder, American actressNoddy Holder (born 1946), English musician and actorRoy Holder (born 1946), English television actorIn academics and literature:
Alfred Holder (1840–1916), Austrian-German classicistColleen Holder, Trinidad and Tobago news presenter and producerNancy Holder, American writerWilliam Holder (1616–1698), English music theoristIn religion:
Christopher Holder (born c. 1631), Anglo-American Quaker ministerIn science and technology:
Joseph Bassett Holder (1824–1888), American zoologist and physicianLivingston L. Holder, Jr., an executive with a private spaceflight companyOtto Hölder (1859–1937), German mathematicianIn sports:
Charles Frederick Holder (1851–1915), American sports fisherman and early 20th century author on fishingEdward Holder (1908–1974), All BlackJason Holder (born 1991), Barbadian cricketerPhil Holder, English football manager and coachRoland Holder (born 1967), West Indian cricketerVanburn Holder (born 1945), West Indian cricketerWill Holder (American football) (born 1975), American Arena Football League playerIn fiction:
Alexander Holder, a character in The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan DoyleStephen Holder, a character on the American crime drama television series The Killing.