Holford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Castello Holford (1845 - 1905), American author of ''Aristopia''
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David Holford
David Anthony Jerome Holford (16 April 1940 – 30 May 2022) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1966 and 1977.
Career
Holford was born on 16 April 1940 at Upper Collymore Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados, and was ...
(born 1940), West Indian cricketer
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George Holford (1860–1926), British soldier and courtier
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Karen Holford
Karen Margaret Holford (born 1962) is a Welsh engineer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Cranfield University. She was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Cardiff University. She is also a former Pr ...
, Welsh engineer and academic
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Ingrid Holford (1920–2012), English meteorologist and author
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John Holford
John Morley Holford, CB, OBE (10 January 1909 – 4 November 1997) was a medical officer in the Royal Navy.
Life
Born the son of the reverend William James Holford and Amy Finnemore Lello, Holford was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and ...
(1909–1997), Royal Navy medical officer
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Margaret Holford (the elder)
Margaret Holford (1757–1834, sometimes known as "the elder") was an English novelist, playwright, and poet of the late 18th century. Both she and her daughter, likewise Margaret Holford, were accomplished authors.
Life and family
Born Margare ...
(1757–1834), English novelist, playwright, and poet
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Margaret Holford
Margaret Holford (1778–1852) (also published as Margaret Hodson) was an English poet and translator. Her most successful work was a historical verse romance, ''Wallace, or, The Fight of Falkirk'' (1809).
Life
Her mother, also Margaret Holfo ...
(1778–1852), (also published as Margaret Hodson), English poet and translator
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Michael Holford (born 1983), English rugby player
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Patrick Holford
Patrick Holford is a British author and entrepreneur who endorses a range of controversial vitamin tablets. As an advocate of alternative nutrition and diet methods, he appears regularly on television and radio in the UK and abroad. He has 36 b ...
, controversial British nutritionist
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Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892), British politician
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Thomas Holford (1541–1588), Catholic priest and martyr
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Tom Holford
Thomas Holford (22 February 1878 – 6 April 1964) was an English footballer who played for Stoke, Manchester City, Port Vale and the England national team. His primary position was wing-half, but over the course of his career he played in ma ...
(1878–1964), English footballer
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William Holford, Baron Holford (1907–1975), British town planner
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