Holmes (surname)
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Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
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.{{citation |url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Holme-family-history.ashx |title=Holme Family History |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=10 February 2012 }}. This webpage cited: {{citation |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }}. Another probable 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.{{citation |url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Holmes-family-history.ashx |title=Holmes Family History |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=10 February 2012 }}. This webpage cited: {{citation |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-508137-4 }}.
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People
=A=
- Alan Holmes, Welsh musician and record producer
- Albert Holmes (footballer, born 1885) (1885–?), English footballer
- Albert Holmes (footballer born 1942), English-born footballer
- Alex Holmes (born 1981), American football player
- Alexander Holmes, crewman of the ship William Brown, convicted of manslaughter in 1841 for forcing passengers out of an overloaded lifeboat
- Alexander Holmes, pseudonym of Hans Habe
- Alfred Holmes (1931–1994), sergeant of the Gibraltar Regiment
- Alfred Holmes (composer) (1837–1876), violinist and composer
- Alice Waring Holmes (1872 – 1939), dentist and suffragette
- Alvin Holmes (1939–2020), American politician
- Andre Holmes (born 1988), American football player; brother of Jason Holmes (see below)
- Andrew Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anthony Holmes, British author and businessman
- Anthony D. Holmes (born 1945), Australian plastic and reconstructive surgeon
- J. Anthony Holmes, American diplomat
- Arthur Holmes (1890–1965), British geologist
- Arthur F. Holmes (1924–2011), American professor of philosophy
- Ashton Holmes (born 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 (disambiguation)
- Besby Holmes (1917–2006), American World War II fighter pilot
- Bill Holmes (disambiguation)
- Brad Holmes (born 1979), American football executive
- Brenda Swann Holmes, American research chemist
- Bruce Holmes (born 1965), American football player
- Burton Holmes (1870–1958), American traveller, photographer and filmmaker
=C=
- Catherine Holmes, Australian judge
- Charles Holmes (disambiguation)
- Charlie Holmes (1910–1985), American jazz saxophonist
- Chris Holmes (disambiguation)
- Christian Holmes (born 1997), American football player
- Christian R. Holmes II (1896–1944), decorated American soldier and zoo owner
- Chuck Holmes (ice hockey) (1934–2019), Canadian ice hockey player
- Clara H. Holmes (1838–1927), American writer
- Clarence Holmes (born 1968), also known as Ready Rock C, American musician
- Clay Holmes (born 1993), American baseball player
- Clent Holmes (1917–?), American guitarist
=D=
- Daniel Henry Holmes (1816–1898), American businessman
- Danny Holmes (born 1989), English footballer
- Darnay Holmes (born 1998), American football player
- Darren Holmes (baseball) (born 1966), American baseball player and coach
- Dave Holmes (actor) (born 1971), American television personality
- Dave Holmes (sportscaster), American sportscaster
- David Holmes (disambiguation)
- Derek Holmes (born 1978), Scottish footballer
- Derek Holmes (ice hockey) (born 1939), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and administrator
- Diane Holmes (born 1935), Canadian politician
- Don Holmes (born 1959), Australian rules football player
- Don Holmes (American football) (born 1961), American former National Football League player and college coach
- Donald F. Holmes (1910–1980), American inventor
- Donald Grahame Holmes, Australian electrical engineer
=E=
- Eamonn Holmes (born 1959), Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster
- Earl Holmes, American football player
- Edmond Holmes (1850–1936), English writer and poet
- Edward Morell Holmes (1843–1930), British botanist
- Edwin Holmes (disambiguation)
- Elizabeth Holmes, American businesswoman, founder of Theranos
- Emma Holmes, American Civil War diarist
- Eric Holmes (racing driver) (born 1974), American race car driver
- Eric Holmes (video game designer), Scottish writer, creative director and videogame designer
- Eric Leighton Holmes, British chemist
- 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)
- Fred Holmes (1878–1956), American baseball player
- Frederic L. Holmes (1932–2003), American historian of science
- Frederick Hale Holmes (1812–1875), British professor of chemistry, pioneer of electric lighting and inventor
- Frederick William Holmes (1889–1969), English soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
=G=
- Gabriel Holmes (1769–1829), American politician
- Gavrielle Holmes, American politician
- Genta Hawkins Holmes (born 1940), American foreign service officer
- George Holmes (archivist) (1662–1749), English archivist and editor of Thomas Rymer's Fœdera
- George Holmes (historian) (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 Morgan Holmes (1876–1965), British neurologist
- Grant Holmes (born 1996), American baseball player
- Greg Holmes (cricketer) (born 1993), Welsh cricketer
- Greg Holmes (rugby union) (born 1983), Australian rugby union player
- Greg Holmes (tennis) (born 1963), American former tennis player
=H=
- Hamilton E. Holmes (1941–1995), American physician who helped desegregate the University of Georgia as one of the first two African-American students
- Hap Holmes (1889–1940), Canadian ice hockey goalie
- Harold Holmes (disambiguation)
- Harry Holmes (disambiguation)
- Harvey Holmes (1873–1948), American college football player and coach of football, baseball and track
- Helen Freudenberger Holmes (1915–1997), American journalist, historian, teacher, politician and Women's Army Corps officer
- Helen Holmes (actress) (1893–1950), American actress
- Henry Holmes (disambiguation)
- H. H. Holmes (1861–1896), American con man, killer and bigamist
- Howdy Holmes (born 1949), American racing driver
- Hugh Holmes (1840–1916), Irish politician
=I=
=J=
- J. Anthony Holmes, American diplomat
- Jacob Holmes (born 1983), Australian basketball player
- Jackie Holmes (1920–1995), American Formula One driver
- Jake Holmes (born 1939), American folk-pop singer/songwriter
- Jalyn Holmes (born 1996), American football player
- James Holmes (disambiguation)
- Jason Holmes (born 1989), American Australian rules footballer; brother of Andre Holmes
- Jennie Florella Holmes (1842–1892), American suffragist and temperance activist
- Jennifer Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jerome Holmes (born 1961), American federal judge
- Jessica Holmes (born 1973), Canadian comedian and actor
- Jimmy Holmes (born 1953), Irish former professional footballer
- Joan Holmes (born 1935), founding president of The Hunger Project
- Joe Holmes (born 1963), American heavy metal guitarist
- Joe Holmes (singer) (1906–1978), Irish singer
- Joel Holmes (1821–1872), English soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
- John Holmes (disambiguation)
- Jon Holmes (born 1973), British comedy writer and broadcaster
- Jonathan Holmes (disambiguation)
- Joseph Holmes (disambiguation)
- Josh Holmes (boxer) (born 1995), English boxer
- Josh Holmes (rugby union) (born 1987), Australian rugby union player
- Josh Holmes (video game designer) (born 1973), Canadian game producer and video game designer
- Julie Lynn Holmes, American former figure skater
=K=
- Katie Holmes (born 1978), American actress
- Keith Holmes (palaeobotanist) (born 1933), Australian palaeobotanist
- Keith Holmes (boxer) (born 1969), American boxer
- Kelda Holmes (born 1970), English actress
- Kelly Holmes (born 1970), British middle-distance athlete
- Kenneth Holmes (1934–2021), British scientist
- King K. Holmes (born 1937), American physician, medical researcher, and medical school professor
- Kris Holmes (born 1950), American type designer
=L=
- Larry Holmes (born 1949), American boxer
- La'Shanda Holmes (born 1985), American Coast Guard helicopter pilot
- Laura Holmes (1932–2016), American NSA career cryptanalyst
- Lee Holmes (born 1987), English footballer
- Len Holmes, Australian rugby league footballer
- Linda Holmes (born 1959), American politician
- Lindsey Holmes (born 1973), American politician
- Lizzie Holmes (1850–1926), American anarchist and editor
- London Holmes (born 1991), known professionally as London on da Track, American record producer, rapper, and songwriter.
- Louis Holmes, American football player
- Lucy Holmes (born 1979), British-born Australian TV presenter and performer
=M=
- Mackenzie Holmes (born c. 2001), American basketball player
- Margaret Holmes (1909–2009), Australian peace activist
- Margaret Holmes (ecumenist) (1886–1981), Australian refugee resettlement officer
- Margaret Flagg Holmes (1886–1976), co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
- Mark Holmes (disambiguation)
- Martha Holmes (photographer) (1923–2006), American photographer
- Martha Holmes (broadcaster), British marine biologist, TV journalist and producer
- Mary Holmes (disambiguation)
- Matt Holmes (actor) (born 1976), Australian actor
- Matthew Holmes (engineer) (1844–1903), chief mechanical engineer of the North British Railway
- Maurice Holmes (cricketer), English cricketer and barrister
- Michael Holmes (disambiguation)
- Michelle Holmes (born 1967), English actress
- Mike Holmes (born 1963), Canadian professional contractor and host of Holmes on Homes
- Mike Holmes (born 1948), British electrical engineer
- Mike Holmes (wide receiver) (born 1950), Canadian Football League receiver
=N=
- Nancy Holmes (born 1959), Canadian poet and educator
- Nick Holmes (disambiguation)
=O=
- Obadiah Holmes (1610–1682), early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister
- Oliver Holmes (rugby league) (born 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
- Oscar Holmes (1916–2001), first African-American Naval Aviator and air traffic controller
=P=
- Paul Holmes (disambiguation)
- Pehr G. Holmes (1881–1952), US Representative from Massachusetts
- Percy Holmes (1886–1971), English cricketer
- Pete or Peter Holmes (disambiguation)
- Philip Holmes (born 1945), American engineering professor
- Phillips Holmes (1907–1942), American film actor
- Portia Holmes Shields, American academic administrator
- Priest Holmes (born 1973), American football player
=R=
- Ray Holmes (1914–2005), British Second World War fighter pilot
- Rand Holmes, (1942–2002), Canadian comic artist
- Reggie Holmes (born 1987), American basketball player
- Renita Holmes, American housing activist
- Richard Holmes (disambiguation)
- Richaun Holmes (born 1993), American basketball player
- Robert Holmes (disambiguation)
- Rupert Holmes, British-American composer, singer-songwriter and dramatist
- Ruth Bradley Holmes (1924–2021), American linguist, educator, and polyglot
=S=
- Samuel Jackson Holmes (1868–1964), American zoologist
- Santonio Holmes (born 1984), American footballer and Super Bowl XLIII MVP
- Sharon Holmes (1950–2015), Canadian artist ({{nee}} Sharon Christian)
- Simon Hugh Holmes (1831–1919), Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer
- Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt (1878–1961), British politician
- Steve Holmes (actor) (born 1961), Romanian-born German pornographic film actor
- Susan Holmes (disambiguation)
=T=
- Taylor Holmes (1878–1959), American stage actor
- Terry Holmes (born 1957), former Welsh international rugby union player
- Theophilus H. Holmes (1804–1880), Confederate Civil War lieutenant general
- Thomas Holmes (disambiguation)
- Tim Holmes (artist) (born 1955), American sculptor, filmmaker and musician
- Tim Holmes (actor) (born 1967), American actor
- Timothy Holmes (1825–1907), English surgeon
- Tina Holmes (born 1973), American television and film actress
- Tom Holmes (born 1979), contemporary American artist
- Tom Holmes (British politician) (born 1930s), current chairman of the far-right British political party the National Front
- Tommy Holmes (1917–2008), American baseball player
=V=
- Valentine Holmes (born 1995), Australian-born American football player and rugby player
- Valerie Susan Holmes (born 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), British Army officer of WWI and WWII
- William Edgar Holmes (1895–1918), English soldier and VC recipient
- William Holmes (1779–1851), British politician
- William Holmes (British Army officer) (1892–1969), British general during the Second World War
- William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), American anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director
- William Henry Holmes (musician) (1812–1885), English musician
- William Norman Holmes (1896–1981), British air gunner
Fictional characters
- Enola Holmes (character), sister of Sherlock Holmes created by Nancy Springer
- Hemlock Holmes, a character from UPA's Dick Tracy cartoon
- Mycroft Holmes, brother of Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective
References
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See also
- Justice Holmes (disambiguation)
- Safiya Henderson-Holmes (1950–2001), African-American poet
- Holmes à Court, a surname
- Derek St. Holmes (born 1953), American musician
- Holm (surname)
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Category:English-language surnames
Category:Surnames of English origin