Hollis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Adrian Hollis Adrian Swayne Hollis (2 August 1940 – 26 February 2013) was an English classical scholar and correspondence chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster, the title having been awarded in 1976. Early life and education Hollis was born on 2 August 1940 ...

(1940–2013), English classical scholar and correspondence chess grandmaster. *

Andy Hollis Andy Hollis is an American video game designer, programmer and producer, mainly known for his flight simulators. He was one of the founding members of MicroProse. Video game development He began his career at MicroProse Software, where he was re ...

, American game designer *

Barry Hollis Barry Hollis (second ¼ 1948) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. He played at club level for the Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage No. 495), and York, as an occasional goal-kicking , i.e. number ...

English rugby league footballer * Charles Hollis, British architect * Christopher Hollis (politician) (1902–1977), British schoolmaster, university teacher, author and Conservative politician * Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop *

Dwayne Hollis Dwayne Hollis (born July 7, 1989) is an American football defensive back for the Albany Empire of the National Arena League (NAL). He played college football at North Carolina Wesleyan College and attended Denbigh High School in Newport News, ...

(born 1989), American football player * Francis Septimus Hollis (1884–1955), British clergyman and Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak 1938–1948. * George Hollis (1833–1879), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Gerald Hollis Gerald Hollis (16 May 1919 – 23 November 2005) was a British rugby player, Royal Navy officer and Church of England priest. He served as Archdeacon of Birmingham from 1974 to 1984. Sporting career Hollis played rugby union at a senior level. As ...

(1919–2005), British Rugby player, Naval Officer and Church of England Priest *

H. H. Hollis H. H. Hollis was a pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey (7 October 1921 - May 1977), who was an American science fiction short story writer and essayist. Ramey's main career was as a lawyer in Texas; he wrote science fiction as a hobby. Two of his stories, ...

(1921–1977), American science fiction writer * Harry Hollis (1913–1982), Welsh footballer * Joe Hollis, American football and baseball coach *

John Hollis John Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was a British actor of TV and film. He is known for his uncredited appearance as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the ''James Bond'' film '' For Your Eyes Only'', as well as for his appearances in the ...

, British actor *

Lee Hollis Lee James Hollis (born 27 March 1986 in Lanark, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, and is known to have most recently play for Scottish Amateur side Benburb now goalie coach of lowland league side Cumbernauld Colts. ...

, Scottish footballer * Linda Hollis (born 1951), American historian *

Mark Hollis (English musician) Mark David Hollis (4 January 1955 – February 2019) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band ...

(1955–2019), British musician *

Martin Hollis (video game designer) Martin Hollis is a British video game designer best known for directing and producing the critically acclaimed Nintendo 64 first-person shooter '' GoldenEye 007''. In 2000, he founded Zoonami, a video game development company based in Cambridge. ...

, game designer *

Martin Hollis (philosopher) James Martin Hollis (14 March 1938 – 27 February 1998) was an English rationalist philosopher. Writing for ''The Independent'', Tim O'Hagan, an Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia argued that central to Hollis's rationalism was ...

(1938–1998), English philosopher *

Mary Cal Hollis Mary Cal Hollis is an American activist. She was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, representing the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA) with running mate Eric Chester. Hollis and Chester al ...

, American political candidate *

Mick Hollis Mick Hollis (born 14 November 1949) is an English footballer, who played as a forward in the Football League for Barrow, Chester, Stockport County and Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of Letter (alphabet), ...

, English footballer *

Mike Hollis Michael Shane Hollis (born May 22, 1972) is most recently an American football placekicker for the Jacksonville Sharks of the National Arena League. He formerly played in the National Football League from 1994-2003, leading the NFL in scoring (19 ...

, American football kicker * Patrice Hollis, Playboy Playmate for September 2007 *

Patricia Hollis Patricia Lesley Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, PC, DL (née Wells; 24 May 1941 – 13 October 2018) was an historian and Labour member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Biography Early life and education Hollis was educated a ...

(1941–2018), British politician * Roger Hollis, British director of MI5 *

Sam Hollis Sam Hollis (1866 – 17 April 1942) was an English football trainer and manager. Born in Nottingham as Samuel Woodroffe Moore, he had comparatively little football experience, having previously worked in the local registry and as a landlord i ...

, British football manager * Stanley Elton Hollis, British Army officer and World War II Victoria Cross recipient *

Thomas Hollis (disambiguation) Thomas Hollis may refer to: * Thomas Hollis (1659-1731), English merchant, benefactor of Harvard College, donator of the first town bible to Holliston, Massachusetts, which was named for him. * Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), English author and politica ...

, the name of several benefactors to Harvard University *

Tommy Hollis Tommy Janor Hollis (March 22, 1954 – September 9, 2001) was an American film, television, and stage actor. A native of Jacksonville, Texas, his first major film appearance was in ''Ghostbusters'' as the mayor's aide (1984). He played Earl Littl ...

, American actor

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Hollis Caswell Hollis Leland Caswell (October 22, 1901 – November 22, 1988) was an American educator who became an authority on curriculum planning in schools. He directed surveys of curriculum practices in several school systems, and wrote several books on th ...

, American educator *

Hollis Cline Hollis T. Cline is an American neuroscientist and the Director of the Dorris Neuroscience Center at the Scripps Research Institute in California. Her research focuses on the impact of sensory experience on brain development and plasticity. Cline ...

, American neuroscientist * Hollis Frampton, experimental filmmaker *

Hollis French Hollis S. French II (born October 11, 1958) is an American attorney, businessman and politician. He served in the Alaska Senate from 2003 to 2015. He was minority leader from January 2014 until he left office. During this time, French authored a ...

, American politician *

Hollis Robbins Hollis Robbins (born 1963) is an American academic and essayist; Robbins currently serves as Dean of Humanities at University of Utah. Her scholarship focuses on African-American literature. Education and early career Robbins was born and raised ...

, American academic *

Hollis Thompson Keith Hollis Thompson II (born April 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball who last played for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. He played college basketball for Georgetown University. He also played for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Orl ...

, professional basketball player * Hollis Thurston, better known as Sloppy Thurston, American professional baseball pitcher *

Hollis (singer) Hollis Wong-Wear, known mononymously as Hollis, is an American singer-songwriter and creative producer. She is best known for featuring on "White Walls", a song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, which also featured Schoolboy Q. Hollis is also a spo ...

, given name Hollis Wong-Wear

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