Holder (surname) explained

Holder is a surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

Politics and government

• Eric H. Holder, Jr. (born 1951), United States Attorney General from 2009 to 2015
• Frederick Holder (1850–1909), South Australia politician
• Janice M. Holder (born 1949), American jurist
• Trevor Holder (born 1973), Canadian politician

Military and naval

• Burton Allen Holder (1843–1920), Chickasaw Indian, Confederate officer in the American Civil War
• Randolph M. Holder (1918–1942), American naval aviator

Entertainment

• Albrecht Holder, (born 1958), a German classical bassoonist
• Boscoe Holder (1921–2007), Trinidadian dancer, choreographer and painter
• Christian Holder (born 1949), British-Trinidadian dancer and choreographer
• Geoffrey Holder (1930–2014), Trinidadian-American character actor, choreographer and dancer
• Joseph William Holder (1764–1832), English composer
• Meagan Holder, American actress
• Noddy Holder (born 1946), English musician and actor
• Roy Holder (1946–2021), English television actor

Academics and literature

• Alfred Holder (1840–1916), Austrian-German classicist
• Colleen Holder, Trinidad and Tobago news presenter and producer
• Michelle Holder, American economist
• Nancy Holder, American writer
• William Holder (1616–1698), English music theorist

Religion

• Christopher Holder (c. 1631–1688), Anglo-American Quaker minister

Science and technology

• Charles Frederick Holder (1851–1915), American naturalist, science writer, and sport fisherman
• Joseph Bassett Holder (1824–1888), American zoologist and physician
• Livingston L. Holder, Jr., an executive with a private spaceflight company
• Otto Hölder (1859–1937), German mathematician

Sport

• Adzil Holder (1931–2019), Barbadian cricketer
• Alijah Holder (born 1996), American football player
• Bob Holder (born 1931), Australian rodeo competitor
• Chemar Holder (born 1998), Barbadian cricket player
• Edward Holder (1908–1974), All Black
• Jason Holder (born 1991), Barbadian and West Indies cricket player
• John Holder (cricketer) (born 1945), cricketer and umpire
• Kyle Holder (born 1994), American professional baseball player
• Nikkita Holder (born 1987), Canadian Olympic 100m women hurdler and Pan American Medalist
• Phil Holder (born 1952), English football manager and coach
• Rieah Holder (born 1993), Barbadian netball player
• Roland Holder (born 1967), West Indian cricketer
• Tra Holder (born 1995), Thai-American Basketball player
• Vanburn Holder (born 1945), West Indian cricketer
• Will Holder (American football) (born 1975), American Arena Football League player

Fictional people

• Alexander Holder, a character in The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Stephen Holder, a character on the American crime drama television series The Killing