Holyoake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Francis Holyoake Francis Holyoake (1567 – 13 November 1653) was an English cleric and lexicographer. Life Holyoake was born at Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire. About 1582 he studied as a commoner at The Queen's College, Oxford, though it does not appear that he to ...

(1567–1653), British lexicographer *

George Holyoake George Jacob Holyoake (13 April 1817 – 22 January 1906) was an English secularist, co-operator and newspaper editor. He coined the terms secularism in 1851 and "jingoism" in 1878. He edited a secularist paper, the ''Reasoner'', from 1846 to Ju ...

(1817–1906), English secularist and co-operator *

Henry Holyoake Henry Holyoake (1657–1731) was a headmaster of Rugby School for more than forty years in the 17th and 18th centuries. Life Holyoake was probably born in Warwickshire in 1657, the son of Thomas Holyoake and Anne his wife, and the grandson of Fr ...

(1657–1731), headmaster of Rugby School *

Holly Holyoake Holly Holyoake (born 31 December 1988) is a Welsh classical music singer from Duffryn, Newport. A soprano, she has been likened to fellow Welsh performer Katherine Jenkins. Her career is following a similar path to Jenkins and she has performe ...

, Welsh classical music singer *Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake (1904–1983), New Zealand politician *

Ronald Holyoake Ronald Hubert Holyoake (17 February 1894 – 8 November 1966) was an English first-class cricketer who played three games for Worcestershire late in the 1924 season. His highest score of 22 was made in the second of these, against Nottingh ...

(1894–1966), English cricketer *

Thomas Holyoake Thomas Holyoake (1616? – 10 June 1675) was an English royalist soldier, physician, clergyman and lexicographer. Life He was the only son of Francis Holyoake and Judith. Born at Stoneythorpe, Warwickshire, he attended Coventry grammar school; e ...

(1616?–1675), Church of England cleric

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