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Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.

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The name can be a variant of the surname Holme. This surname has several etymological origins: it can be derived from a name for someone who lived next to a holly tree, from the Middle English holm; it can also be derived from the Old English holm and Old Norse holmr. Another origin of Holmes is from a placename near Dundonald, or else a place located in the barony of Inchestuir. The surname is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Thomáis; similarly, Holmes can also be a variant of Cavish, derived as an Anglicised form of Mac Thámhais.

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  • Alan Holmes, Welsh musician and record producer
  • Albert Holmes (footballer born 1942), English-born football defender who played for Chesterfield
  • Alex Holmes (b. 1981), American football player
  • Alfred Holmes (1931–1994), sergeant of the Gibraltar Regiment
  • Alfred Holmes (composer) (1837–1876), violinist and composer
  • Andre Holmes (born 1988), American football player; brother of Jason Holmes (see below)
  • Andrew Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anthony Holmes (b. 1940), British author and Egyptologist
  • Anthony Holmes (b. 1949), British Author and businessman
  • Arthur Holmes (1890–1965), British geologist
  • Arthur F. Holmes (b. 1924), American professor of philosophy
  • Ashton Holmes (b. 1978), American film and TV actor
  • Augusta Holmès (1847–1903), French composer

    • B

  • Barry Holmes (1928–1949), Anglo-Argentinian rugby union player
  • Ben Holmes (1890–1943), American film director
  • Benjamin Holmes (1794–1865), Quebec businessman
  • Benjamin Holmes (1845–1914), Mayor of Kansas City (1890–91)
  • Besby Holmes (1917–2006), American World War II fighter pilot
  • Bill Holmes (1899–1961), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bruce Holmes (born 1965), American football player
  • Burton Holmes (1870–1958), American traveller, photographer and filmmaker

    • C

  • Catherine Holmes, Australian judge
  • Charles Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Charlie Holmes (1910–1985), American jazz saxophonist
  • Chris Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Chris Holmes (musician) (b. 1958), American musician
  • Chris Holmes (swimmer), British Paralympian
  • Chuck Holmes (b. 1935), retired Canadian ice hockey player
  • Clarence Holmes (b. 1968), also known as Ready Rock C, American musician
  • Clent Holmes (b. 1917), American country music guitarist

    • D

  • Daniel Henry Holmes (1816–1898), American businessman
  • Danny Holmes (b. 1989), English footballer
  • Dave Holmes (b. 1971), American television personality
  • Dave Holmes (sportscaster), American sportscaster
  • David Holmes (actor) (b. 1981), British actor and stunt performer
  • David Holmes (politician) (1769–1832), American politician
  • David Holmes (musician) (b. 1969), Irish DJ, musician and composer
  • David L. Holmes, Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies, specialist in Anglican history at the College of William and Mary
  • Dennis Holmes (b. 1950), American child actor
  • Derek Holmes (b. 1978), Scottish footballer
  • Diane Holmes (b. 1935), Canadian politician
  • Donald Holmes (1910–1980), American inventor

    • E

  • Eamonn Holmes (b. 1959), Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster
  • Earl Holmes, American football player
  • Edmond Holmes (1850–1936), English writer and poet.
  • Edwin Holmes (astronomer) (1842?–1919), British astronomer
  • Edwin R. Holmes (1878–1961), US federal judge
  • Edwin Holmes (inventor), American inventor of the burglar alarm (in 1858)
  • Edwin T. Holmes, son of Edwin Holmes (inventor)
  • Elizabeth Holmes, American businesswoman, founder of Theranos
  • Emma Holmes, American Civil War diarist
  • Enola Holmes, sister of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, character created by Nancy Springer
  • Eric Holmes, Scottish video game designer
  • Ernest Holmes (1887–1960), founder of the movement known as Religious Science, also known as "Science of Mind," a part of the New Thought Movement
  • Ernie Holmes (1948–2008), American football player
  • Errol Holmes (1905–1960), English cricketer

    • F

  • Frank Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Fred Holmes (1878–1956), American baseball player
  • Frederick William Holmes (1889–1969), English soldier and VC recipient

    • G

  • Gabriel Holmes (1769–1829), American politician
  • Gavrielle Holmes, American politician
  • George Holmes (professor) (1927–2009), Chichele Professor of Medieval History Emeritus at the University of Oxford
  • George Frederick Holmes (1829–1897), American educator
  • George M. Holmes (1929–2009), U.S. politician
  • Gordon Holmes, pseudonym used by Louis Tracy
  • Gordon Morgan Holmes (1876–1965), British neurologist
  • Greg Holmes (rugby union) (b. 1983), Australian rugby union player
  • Greg Holmes (tennis) (b. 1963), Former American Tennis player

    • H

  • Dr. Hamilton E. Holmes (1941–1995), U.S. physician (orthopedist) who helped desegregate the University of Georgia as one of the first two African-American students
  • Hap Holmes (1889–1940), Canadian professional ice hockey goalie
  • Harvey Holmes (1873–1948), American athlete and coach
  • Helen Holmes (1893–1950), American actress
  • Henry Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • H. H. Holmes (1861–1896) American serial killer
  • Howdy Holmes (b. 1949), American racing driver
  • Hugh Holmes (1840–1916), Irish politician

    • I

  • Ian Holmes (footballer born 1950) (b. 1950), English former footballer
  • Ian Holmes (footballer born 1985) (b. 1985), English footballer

    • J

  • Jacob Holmes (b. 1983), Australian basketball player
  • Jackie Holmes (1920–1995), American Formula One driver
  • Jake Holmes (b. 1939), American folk-pop singer/songwriter
  • James Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jason Holmes (born 1989), American player of Australian rules football; brother of Andre Holmes (see above)
  • Jennifer Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jerome Holmes (b. 1961), American federal judge
  • Jessica Holmes (b. 1973), Canadian comedian and actor
  • Jimmy Holmes (b. 1953), Irish former professional footballer
  • Joan Holmes (b. 1935), founding president of The Hunger Project
  • Joe Holmes (singer) (1906–1978), Irish singer from Antrim, County Antrim
  • Joe Holmes (b. 1963), American heavy metal guitarist
  • Joel Holmes (1821–1872), English soldier and VC recipient
  • John Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), American pornographic film star.
  • John Holmes (British diplomat) (b. 1951), British diplomat
  • John Holmes (Canadian senator) (1789–1876), Canadian Senator.
  • John Holmes (Ontario politician) (1828–1879), Canadian Liberal-Conservative Member of Parliament representing Carleton
  • John Holmes (mercenary), Anglo-Indian mercenary in the Punjab
  • John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), American poet, critic
  • John Holmes (U.S. politician) (1773–1843), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
  • John B. Holmes (a.k.a. J. B. Holmes) (b. 1982), American golfer
  • John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), American poet, novelist and essayist of the Beat Generation
  • John Eric Holmes (1930–2010), author and promotor of fantasy role-playing games,
  • John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964), American Unitarian minister and prominent peace and civil liberties activist
  • John Robert Holmes (b. 1927), Canadian Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament representing Lambton-Kent.
  • Jon Holmes (b. 1973), British comedy writer and broadcaster
  • Jonathan Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Josh Holmes (b. 1987), Australian rugby union player
  • Julie Lynn Holmes, former American figure skater

    • K

  • Katie Holmes (b. 1978), American actress
  • Keith Holmes (palaeobotanist) (b. 1933), Australian palaeobotanist
  • Keith Holmes (boxer) (b. 1969), American boxer
  • Kelda Holmes (b. 1970), English actress
  • Dame Kelly Holmes (b. 1970), British middle distance athlete
  • Ken Holmes a.k.a. Mr. Kennedy (b. 1976), American professional wrestler and actor
  • Kenneth Holmes (b. 1934), British scientist
  • Kris Holmes (b. 1950), American type designer

    • L

  • Larry Holmes (b. 1949), American boxer
  • Larry Holmes (activist), American activist
  • Larry Holmes (b. 1992), United States Marine
  • Lee Holmes (b. 1987), English footballer
  • Len Holmes, former Australian rugby league player
  • Linda Holmes (b. 1959), American politician
  • Lindsey Holmes (born 1973), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
  • Louis Holmes American football player
  • Lucy Holmes (b. 1979), British-born Australian TV Presenter and performer

    • M

  • Mark Holmes (filmmaker), American filmmaker and co-owner of Daisy 3 Pictures
  • Mark V. Holmes (b. 1960), American judge
  • Martha Holmes (photographer)(1923–2006), American photographer
  • Martha Holmes (broadcaster), British marine biologist, TV journalist and producer
  • Mary Rehling Holmes, American golf coach
  • Matt Holmes (actor) (b. 1976), Australian actor
  • Matthew Holmes (engineer) (1844–1903), chief mechanical engineer of the North British Railway
  • Michael Holmes (disambiguation)
  • Michelle Holmes (b. 1967), English actress
  • Mike Holmes (b. 1963), Canadian professional contractor and host of Holmes on Homes
  • Mike Holmes (b. 1948), British professional electrical engineer involved in building HMS Sheffield and officer on P&O SS Chusan.
  • Mike Holmes (wide receiver) (b. 1950), a Canadian Football League receiver who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • Mycroft Holmes, brother of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes

    • N

  • Nancy Holmes (b. 1959), Canadian poet and educator
  • Nick Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people

    • O

  • Obadiah Holmes (1610–1682), early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister
  • Oliver Holmes (rugby league) (b. 1992), Canadian rugby player
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), poet and essayist
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935), justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

    • P

  • Paul Holmes (academic), American academic
  • Paul Holmes (broadcaster) (1950–2013), New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
  • Paul Holmes (politician) (b. 1957), politician in the United Kingdom
  • Pehr G. Holmes (1881–1952), US Representative from Massachusetts
  • Percy Holmes (1886–1971), English cricketer
  • Pete Holmes (b. 1979), American comedian
  • Pete Holmes (drummer), drummer of Black 'N Blue
  • Peter Holmes (b. 1980), English footballer
  • Philip Holmes (b. 1945), American engineering professor
  • Phillips Holmes (1907–1942), American film actor
  • Preston Holmes (b. 1949), American film producer
  • Priest Holmes (b. 1973), American football player

    • R

  • Ray Holmes (1914–2005), British World War II fighter pilot
  • Rand Holmes, (1942–2002), Canadian comic artist
  • Reggie Holmes (b. 1987), American basketball player
  • Richard Holmes (organist) (1931–1991), American jazz organist
  • Richard Holmes (military historian) (1946–2011), British military historian
  • Robert Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Robert A. "Bob" Holmes, Georgia state legislator
  • Robert C. Holmes (1928–1986), English TV scriptwriter
  • Robert D. Holmes (1909–1976), governor of Oregon
  • Robert E. Holmes (1922–2004)), Ohio state supreme court justice
  • Sir Robert Holmes (1622–1692), English admiral
  • Robert Holmes (musician), guitarist for the band 'Til Tuesday
  • Robert Holmes (composer), wrote music for computer games
  • Rupert Holmes (b. 1947), British composer and writer

    • S

  • Samuel Jackson Holmes (1868–1964), American zoologist
  • Santonio Holmes (b. 1984), American footballer and Super Bowl XLIII MVP
  • Scott Holmes (b. 1952), American actor
  • Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Simon Hugh Holmes (1831–1919), Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer
  • Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt (1878–1961), British politician
  • Steve Holmes (actor) (b. 1961), Romanian-born German pornographic film actor
  • Susan Carter Holmes (b. 1933), British botanist

    • T

  • Taylor Holmes (1878–1959), American stage actor
  • Terry Holmes (b. 1957), former Welsh international rugby union player
  • Theophilus H. Holmes (1804–1880), Confederate Civil War lieutenant general
  • Thomas Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Tim Holmes (b. 1955), American sculptor, filmmaker and musician
  • Tim Holmes (actor) (b. 1967), American actor
  • Timothy Holmes (1825–1907), English surgeon
  • Tina Holmes (b. 1973), American television and film actress
  • Tom Holmes (b. 1930s), current chairman of the far-right British political party, the National Front
  • Tommy Holmes (1917–2008), American baseball player

    • V

  • Valerie Susan Holmes (b. 1946), English beauty pageant contestant
  • Victoria Holmes, English novelist

    • W

  • William Holmes (Australian general) (1862–1917), Australian Army Major General during World War I
  • William Holmes (British general)
  • William Edgar Holmes (1895–1918), English soldier and VC recipient
  • William Holmes (1779–1851), British politician
  • William George Holmes (1892–1969), British general during World War II
  • William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), American anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director
  • William Henry Holmes (musician) (1812–1885), English musician

    • Others by last name

  • Janet Holmes à Court (b. 1943), Australian businesswoman
  • Peter Holmes à Court (b. 1968), Australian businessman
  • Robert Holmes à Court (1937–1990), Australian businessman
  • Derek St. Holmes (b. 1953), American musician

    • References

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