Holder (surname)
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Holder is a surname, and may refer to:
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In politics and government:
- Eric H. Holder, Jr. (born 1951), United States Attorney General
- Frederick HolderFrederick HolderSir Frederick William Holder KCMG was the 19th Premier of South Australia and a prominent member of the inaugural Australian Commonwealth Parliament, including the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.-Life:...
(1850–1909), South Australia politician - Janice M. HolderJanice M. HolderJanice M. Holder is an American judge who is a Tennessee Supreme Court justice and was Chief Justice of Tennessee from 2008 to 2010. She is the first woman ever to hold the chief justice position.-Education:...
(born 1949), American jurist - Trevor HolderTrevor HolderTrevor Arthur Holder, is a New Brunswick politician. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Saint John Portland and a government MLA...
(born 1973), Canadian politician
In military and naval:
- Burton Allen HolderBurton Allen HolderBurton Allen Holder , a member of the Chickasaw tribe of Native Americans, gained fame as a soldier in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
(1843-1920), Chickasaw Indian who served as a Confederate officer in the American Civil War - Randolph M. HolderRandolph M. HolderRandolph Mitchell Holder was born September 20, 1918 in Jackson, Mississippi, and was commissioned Ensign April 10, 1940 following flight training...
(1918–1942), American naval aviator
In entertainment:
- Adrian HolderAdrian HolderOriginally from Haverhill, Suffolk, United Kingdom, Adrian Holder was the charismatic singer, songwriter and guitarist of cult indie mod band The Moment....
, English singer and songwriter - Albrecht HolderAlbrecht HolderAlbrecht Holder is a leading German classical bassoonist. He initially studied singing with Siegfried Jerusalem, and then at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart with Herrmann Herder and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with William Waterhouse...
, a German classical bassoonist - Geoffrey HolderGeoffrey HolderGeoffrey Richard Holder is a Trinidadian actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer and voice-over artist.-Early life:...
(born 1930), American character actor, choreographer and dancer - Noddy HolderNoddy HolderNeville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....
(born 1946), English musician and actor - Roy HolderRoy HolderRoy Holder is an English television actor who has appeared in various programmes including Ace of Wands, Z-Cars, Spearhead, the Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani and Sorry! His first notable appearance on the screen was in the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind...
(born 1946), English television actor - Avis Holder (born 1989, Trinidad and Tobago), model/actress, Miss Trinidad and Tobago world contestant 2009
In academics and literature:
- Alfred HolderAlfred HolderAlfred Theophil Holder , was chief librarian of the national library in Karlsruhe. He was an Austrian-German writer and student of several ancient languages including Celtic, Germanic, and Latin...
(1840-1916), Austrian-German classicist - Colleen HolderColleen HolderColleen Holder is a television news presenter and producer in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.Colleen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communication with a major in Radio Production from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in 1997...
, Trinidad and Tobago news presenter and producer - Nancy HolderNancy HolderNancy Holder is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She's also written fiction related to several other science fiction and fantasy shows, including Angel and Smallville.Holder is a four-time winner...
, American writer - William HolderWilliam HolderWilliam Holder FRS was an English clergyman and music theorist of the 17th century. His most notable work was his widely known 1694 publication A Treatise on the Natural Grounds and Principles of Harmony.-Life:...
(1616–1698), English music theorist
In religion:
- Christopher HolderChristopher HolderChristopher Holder was an Anglo-American Quaker minister who was persecuted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs.-Early life:...
(born c. 1631), Anglo-American Quaker minister
In science and technology:
- Otto HölderOtto HölderOtto Ludwig Hölder was a German mathematician born in Stuttgart.Hölder first studied at the Polytechnikum and then in 1877 went to Berlin where he was a student of Leopold Kronecker, Karl Weierstraß, and Ernst Kummer.He is famous for many things including: Hölder's inequality, the Jordan–Hölder...
(1859–1937), German mathematician - Livingston L. Holder, Jr.Livingston L. Holder, Jr.Livingston L. Holder, Jr. was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He was assigned to fly as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger, but the mission was canceled due to the Challenger accident in 1986.-Biography:Holder was born in Detroit,...
, an executive with a private spaceflight company - Marion Holder, the first fatal automobile accident victim in Massachusetts (1904)
In sports:
- Charles Frederick HolderCharles Frederick HolderCharles Frederick Holder was the inventor of big-game fishing and a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses and the Tuna Club of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island....
(1851-1915), American sports fisherman and early 20th century author on fishing - Phil HolderPhil HolderPhilip "Phil" Holder is an English former association football player and manager. As player, he made more than 150 appearances in the Football League representing Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and A.F.C. Bournemouth, and played in the North American Soccer League for the Memphis Rogues...
, English football manager and coach - Roland HolderRoland HolderRoland Irwin Christopher Holder is a cricketer, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad who played the majority of his first class cricket for Barbados. He made his debut for Barbados in 1986 while still a schoolboy at Combermere School, and played through to the 2000/01 season...
(born 1967), West Indian cricketer - Vanburn HolderVanburn HolderVanburn Alonzo Holder is a former West Indian cricketer who played in forty Tests and twelve ODIs from 1969 to 1979.Holder played in the golden era of West Indian fast bowling...
(born 1945), West Indian cricketer - Will HolderWill HolderWilliam Holder is an Arena Football League defensive back for the Kansas City Brigade.-College career:Holder attended Monmouth University, in West Long Branch, New Jersey, where he majored in Political Science...
(born 1975), American Arena Football League player
In fiction:
- Alexander Holder, a character in The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle