Holland is a toponomical surname indicative of ancestral origin in the Dutch region of Holland, the Netherlands, or the English region of Holland (Lincolnshire), or the English towns of Upholland (Lancashire) and Holland-on-Sea (Essex). It is also an Anglicized version of Ó hUallacháin (or Houlihan or Holohan) and is a common surname on the Beara Peninsula in southwestern County Cork, Ireland. It is also found in places where Beara immigrants settled, such as Butte, Montana, and southeastern Massachusetts.
Architecture and engineering
Clifford Milburn Holland, designer of the Holland Tunnel
Henry Holland, 18th century Georgian architect
John Holland (engineer), Australian engineer and construction magnate
John Philip Holland, Irish submarine designer
Film, theatre and television
Agnieszka Holland, Polish film director
Arnie Holland, American film distribution CEO of Lightyear Entertainment
Deidre Holland, Dutch porn star
Diane Holland, British actress
George Holland, 19th century actor
Savage Steve Holland, American animator
Steve Holland (actor), American actor and model
Willa Holland, American model and actress
Tom Holland actor
Literature and linguistics
Cecelia Holland, American historical novelist
Merlin Holland (born 1945), British writer and grandson of Oscar Wilde
Philemon Holland, 16th/17th century English translator
Richard Holland, 15th century Scottish writer
Thomas Holland (translator) (1539–1612), English Bible translator
Tom Holland (author) (born 1968), British author
Vyvyan Holland (1886–1967), British author, translator and son of Oscar Wilde
William Holland (diarist) (1776–1819), English diarist
Jack Holland (writer) (1947–2004), Irish journalist, novelist and poet
Ade Holland, British swing/jazz guitarist.
Brian Holland, African-American songwriter and record producer
Dave Holland, British jazz bassist and composer
Dexter Holland, singer and guitarist of the American punk band the Offspring
Jerry Holland (fiddler), a noted Canadian fiddler
Jolie Holland, American singer and songwriter
Jools Holland, British pianist
Luke Holland, drummer of the American metalcore band The Word Alive
W. S. Holland, American rock drummer
Will Holland, British musician, DJ and record producer
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c. 1352–1400), English nobleman
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395–1447), English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War
Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent
Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand (1270–1328), English nobleman
Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (c. 1314–1360), English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (1350–1397), English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother Richard II (1374–1400)
Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (1374–1400), aka 3rd Earl of Kent
Bruce Holland (American politician), member of the Arkansas State Senate since 2011
Derek Holland (activist), figure of the European far right
Elmer J. Holland, 20th century U.S. Representative
Harry Holland, New Zealand politician and unionist
Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, the 19th and 20th century politician
Henry Holland (mayor), mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
Iris Holland, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
James Holland (American politician), U.S. congressman from North Carolina - 18th/19th century
Joseph R. Holland (born 1936), New York politician
Lionel Holland (1865–1936), British politician
Mark Holland, member of the Canadian parliament
Samuel Holland, American politician - 20th century
Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Spessard Holland, Governor of Florida and U.S. senator
Stuart Holland, British Labour politician and academic
Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet, the 19th century physician and travel writer
John Henry Holland, pioneer in genetic algorithms
John L. Holland developer of RIASEC theory
Owen Holland, pioneer in bio-inspired robotics
Ranae Holland, American biologist and Bigfoot researcher
Thomas Henry Holland (1868–1947), British geologist
William Jacob Holland (1848–1932), zoologist, palaeontologist, and ordained Presbyterian minister
Bill Holland, racing car driver
Brad Holland, American basketball player and coach
Chester Holland, New Zealand cricketer
Derek Holland, American baseball player
Jack Holland (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
Joe Holland (skier), an American Nordic combined skier
Joe Holland (basketball), an American basketball player
Julian Holland (boxer), Australian boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
Matt Holland, Irish footballer
Patrick Holland (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
Peter Holland (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
Stephen Holland, Australian Olympic swimmer
Terry Holland, American college basketball coach and administrator
Tom Holland (English footballer), English footballer
Jeffrey R. Holland, LDS apostle
Thomas Holland (Jesuit) (d. 1642), Catholic priest, Jesuit and martyr
Cedric Holland (1889–1950), Royal Navy officer
Cyril Holland (1885–1915), son of Oscar Wilde, brother of Vyvyan Holland
Dave Holland (Klansman), U.S. white supremacist
Ed Holland, American editorial cartoonist
Fern Holland (1970 – 2004), American lawyer killed in the Iraq conflict
Kimberly Holland, American Playboy playmate
Lancelot Holland (1887–1941), Royal Navy officer
Wau Holland, computer hacker
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