Holmes (surname)
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. 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.
People by first name
A
- Alan Holmes, Welsh musician and record producer
- Albert Holmes, English-born football defender who played for Chesterfield
- Alex Holmes, American football player
- Alexander Holmes, crewman of William Brown
- Alexander Holmes, pseudonym of Hans Habe
- Alfred Holmes, sergeant of the Gibraltar Regiment
- Alfred Holmes , violinist and composer
- Andre Holmes, American football player; brother of Jason Holmes
- Andrew Holmes, multiple people
- Anthony Holmes, British author and businessman
- Anthony D. Holmes, Australian plastic and reconstructive surgeon
- J. Anthony Holmes, American diplomat
- Arthur Holmes, British geologist
- Arthur F. Holmes, American professor of philosophy
- Ashton Holmes, American film and TV actor
- Augusta Holmès, French composer
B
- Barry Holmes, Anglo-Argentinian rugby union player
- Ben Holmes, American film director
- Benjamin Holmes, Quebec businessman
- Benjamin Holmes, Mayor of Kansas City
- Besby Holmes, American World War II fighter pilot
- Bill Holmes, multiple people
- Bruce Holmes, American football player
- Burton Holmes, American traveller, photographer and filmmaker
C
- Catherine Holmes, Australian judge
- Charles Holmes, multiple people
- Charlie Holmes, American jazz saxophonist
- Chris Holmes, multiple people, including:
- * Chris Holmes , American musician
- * Chris Holmes, British Paralympian
- Chuck Holmes, retired Canadian ice hockey player
- Clarence Holmes, also known as Ready Rock C, American musician
- Clent Holmes, American country music guitarist
D
- Daniel Henry Holmes, American businessman
- Danny Holmes, English footballer
- Darnay Holmes, American football player
- Dave Holmes, American television personality
- Dave Holmes, American sportscaster
- David Holmes , British actor and stunt performer
- David Holmes, American diplomat assigned to Ukraine embassy
- David Holmes , American politician
- David Holmes , 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, American child actor
- Derek Holmes, Scottish footballer
- Derek Holmes , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and administrator
- Diane Holmes, Canadian politician
- Donald F. Holmes , American inventor
- Donald Grahame Holmes, Australian electrical engineer
E
- Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster
- Earl Holmes, American football player
- Edmond Holmes, English writer and poet
- Edward Morell Holmes, British botanist
- Edwin Holmes , British astronomer
- Edwin R. Holmes, US federal judge
- Edwin Holmes, American inventor of the burglar alarm
- Edwin T. Holmes, son of Edwin Holmes
- 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, founder of the movement known as Religious Science, also known as "Science of Mind," a part of the New Thought Movement
- Ernie Holmes, American football player
- Errol Holmes, English cricketer
F
- Frank Holmes, multiple people
- Fred Holmes, American baseball player
- Frederic L. Holmes, American historian of science
- Frederick William Holmes, English soldier and VC recipient
G
- Gabriel Holmes, American politician
- Gavrielle Holmes, American politician
- George Holmes , Chichele Professor of Medieval History Emeritus at the University of Oxford
- George Frederick Holmes, American educator
- George M. Holmes, U.S. politician
- Gordon Holmes, pseudonym used by Louis Tracy
- Gordon Morgan Holmes, British neurologist
- Greg Holmes , Australian rugby union player
- Greg Holmes , Former American Tennis player
H
- Dr. Hamilton E. Holmes, U.S. physician who helped desegregate the University of Georgia as one of the first two African-American students
- Hap Holmes, Canadian professional ice hockey goalie
- Harold Holmes, multiple people
- Harry Holmes, multiple people
- Harvey Holmes, American athlete and coach
- Helen Holmes, American actress
- Henry Holmes, multiple people
- H. H. Holmes American serial killer
- Howdy Holmes, American racing driver
- Hugh Holmes, Irish politician
I
- Ian Holmes , English former footballer
- Ian Holmes , English footballer
J
- J. Anthony Holmes, American diplomat
- Jacob Holmes, Australian basketball player
- Jackie Holmes, American Formula One driver
- Jake Holmes, American folk-pop singer/songwriter
- Jalyn Holmes, American football player
- James Holmes, multiple people
- Jason Holmes, American player of Australian rules football; brother of Andre Holmes
- Jennifer Holmes, multiple people
- Jerome Holmes, American federal judge
- Jessica Holmes, Canadian comedian and actor
- Jimmy Holmes, Irish former professional footballer
- Joan Holmes, founding president of The Hunger Project
- Joe Holmes , Irish singer from Antrim, County Antrim
- Joe Holmes, American heavy metal guitarist
- Joel Holmes, English soldier and VC recipient
- John Holmes, multiple people, including:
- *John Holmes , American pornographic film star
- *John Holmes , British diplomat
- *John Holmes , Canadian Senator.
- *John Holmes , Canadian Liberal-Conservative Member of Parliament representing Carleton
- *John Holmes, Anglo-Indian mercenary in the Punjab
- *John Holmes , American poet, critic
- *John Holmes , member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- *John B. Holmes , American golfer
- *John Clellon Holmes, American poet, novelist and essayist of the Beat Generation
- *John Dalrymple Edgar Holmes , British veterinary bacteriologist
- *John Eric Holmes, author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games
- *John Haynes Holmes, American Unitarian minister and prominent peace and civil liberties activist
- *John Robert Holmes, Canadian Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament representing Lambton-Kent
- Jon Holmes, British comedy writer and broadcaster
- Jonathan Holmes, multiple people
- Joseph Holmes, multiple people
- Josh Holmes, Australian rugby union player
- Julie Lynn Holmes, former American figure skater
K
- Katie Holmes, American actress
- Keith Holmes , Australian palaeobotanist
- Keith Holmes , American boxer
- Kelda Holmes, English actress
- Dame Kelly Holmes, British middle distance athlete
- Ken Holmes a.k.a. Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor
- Kenneth Holmes, British scientist
- Kris Holmes, American type designer
L
- Larry Holmes, American boxer
- Larry Holmes, American activist
- Larry Holmes, United States Marine
- La'Shanda Holmes, American coast guard helicopter pilot
- Lee Holmes, English footballer
- Len Holmes, Australian rugby league footballer
- Linda Holmes, American politician
- Lindsey Holmes, member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Lizzie Holmes, American anarchist, editor
- Louis Holmes American football player
- Lucy Holmes, British-born Australian TV Presenter and performer
M
- Mark Holmes, American filmmaker and co-owner of Daisy 3 Pictures
- Mark V. Holmes, American judge
- Martha Holmes, American photographer
- Martha Holmes, British marine biologist, TV journalist and producer
- Mary Rehling Holmes, American golf coach
- Matt Holmes , Australian actor
- Matthew Holmes , chief mechanical engineer of the North British Railway
- Maurice Holmes, English cricketer and barrister
- Michael Holmes
- Michelle Holmes, English actress
- Mike Holmes, Canadian professional contractor and host of Holmes on Homes
- Mike Holmes, British professional electrical engineer involved in building HMS Sheffield and officer on P&O SS Chusan.
- Mike Holmes , a Canadian Football League receiver who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Mycroft Holmes, brother of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes
N
- Nancy Holmes, Canadian poet and educator
- Nick Holmes, multiple people
O
- Obadiah Holmes, early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister
- Oliver Holmes , Canadian rugby player
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet and essayist
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
P
- Paul Holmes, American academic
- Paul Holmes , New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
- Paul Holmes , politician in the United Kingdom
- Pehr G. Holmes, US Representative from Massachusetts
- Percy Holmes, English cricketer
- Pete Holmes, American comedian
- Pete Holmes, drummer of Black 'N Blue
- Peter Holmes, multiple people
- Philip Holmes, American engineering professor
- Phillips Holmes, American film actor
- Priest Holmes, American football player
R
- Ray Holmes, British World War II fighter pilot
- Rand Holmes,, Canadian comic artist
- Reggie Holmes, American basketball player
- Richard Holmes , American jazz organist
- Richard Holmes , British military historian
- Richard T. Holmes, American ornithologist
- Richard Winn Holmes, American Judge
- Robert Holmes, multiple people, including:
- *Robert A. "Bob" Holmes, Georgia state legislator
- *Robert C. Holmes, English TV scriptwriter
- *Robert D. Holmes, governor of Oregon
- *Robert E. Holmes ), Ohio state supreme court justice
- *Sir Robert Holmes, English admiral
- *Robert Holmes, guitarist for the band 'Til Tuesday
- *Robert Holmes, wrote music for computer games
- Rupert Holmes, British composer and writer
S
- Safiya Henderson-Holmes, African-American poet
- Samuel Jackson Holmes, American zoologist
- Santonio Holmes, American footballer and Super Bowl XLIII MVP
- Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Simon Hugh Holmes, Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer
- Stacey Holmes, Music Producer, Ceo Rapper, Glasgow.
- Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt, British politician
- Steve Holmes , Romanian-born German pornographic film actor
- Susan Holmes, New Zealand fabric artist
- Susan Carter Holmes, British botanist
T
- Taylor Holmes, American stage actor
- Terry Holmes, former Welsh international rugby union player
- Theophilus H. Holmes, Confederate Civil War lieutenant general
- Thomas Holmes, multiple people
- Tim Holmes, American sculptor, filmmaker and musician
- Tim Holmes , American actor
- Timothy Holmes, English surgeon
- Tina Holmes, American television and film actress
- Tom Holmes, contemporary American artist
- Tom Holmes, current chairman of the far-right British political party, the National Front
- Tommy Holmes, American baseball player
V
- Valentine Holmes, Australian-born American football player and rugby player
- Valerie Susan Holmes, English beauty pageant contestant
- Victoria Holmes, English novelist
W
- William Holmes , Australian Army Major General during World War I
- William Holmes
- William Edgar Holmes, English soldier and VC recipient
- William Holmes, British politician
- William George Holmes, British general during World War II
- William Henry Holmes, American anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director
- William Henry Holmes , English musician
Others by last name
- Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman
- Peter Holmes à Court, Australian businessman
- Robert Holmes à Court, Australian businessman
- Derek St. Holmes, American musician