Holliday is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name Holliday or Hollyday include:

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Charles O. Holliday Charles Otis "Chad" Holliday, Jr. (born March 9, 1948) is an American businessman, former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, former chairman of Bank of America, former chief executive officer and a former director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Com ...

(born 1948), American businessman *

Christopher Hollyday Christopher Hollyday is a jazz alto saxophonist. Biography Hollyday began playing the saxophone at the age of nine.Jarvey, Paul (June 21, 1990) "Hollyday Races onto Jazz Stage at Early Age". ''Telegram & Gazette''. p. D1. He grew up in a musical fa ...

, jazz alto saxophonist * Cyrus K. Holliday (1826–1900), co-founder of Topeka, Kansas *

D. Van Holliday Dale Vance Holliday (May 29, 1940 – February 4, 2010) was an American physicist and acoustician. Born in Ennis, Texas, Holliday attended the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated with a B.S. and M.A. in Physics and did extensive the ...

(1940–2010), American physicist *

David Holliday David Holliday (August 4, 1937March 26, 1999) was an American Broadway actor and television voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Virgil Tracy, pilot of '' Thunderbird 2'', in the first series (26 episodes) of '' Thunderbirds'' (1965&n ...

(1937–1999), American singer/actor & voice actor * Doc Holliday (announcer), American radio personality *

Doc Holliday John Henry Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887), better known as Doc Holliday, was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. A close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp, Holliday is best known for his role in the event ...

(1851–1887), American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist *

Frank Holliday Frank Holliday (born 1957, North Carolina) is an American painter who became known in the New York City art world in the 1970s and 1980s. He is often associated with the East Village scene and associated with Club 57. His early career as an a ...

(born 1957), American painter * Fred Holliday (disambiguation) *

Frederick W. M. Holliday Frederick William Mackey Holliday (February 22, 1828May 29, 1899) was a member of the Confederate Congress as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He also became the List of governors of Virginia, 3 ...

(1828–1899), Governor of Virginia from 1878 to 1882 * George Holliday (disambiguation) *

Guy T. O. Hollyday Guy T. O. Hollyday (1893–1991) was an American proponent of urban housing renewal. Hollyday graduated from Boys' Latin School of Maryland in 1910 and Johns Hopkins University in 1914. Prior to World War I, he served as the assistant secreta ...

(1893–1991), American businessman, head of the Federal Housing Administration from 1953 to 1954 * J. S. Holliday (1924–2006), American historian and author of major book on the California Gold Rush * James Holliday (politician) (1818–1851), American lawyer *

Jennifer Holliday Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American actress and singer. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as ''Dreamgirls'' (1981–83), ''Your Arms Too Short to Box with God'' (1980–1981) and later became a su ...

(born 1960), American singer * Jessie Holliday (1884–1915), English artist * John Holliday (pioneer), early American pioneer of Western Virginia (modern West Virginia) *

Johnny Holliday John Holliday Bobbitt (born October 15, 1937), known professionally as Johnny Holliday, is an American radio and television sportscaster and a former Top 40 radio disc jockey. He has maintained a long association with the University of Maryland ...

(born 1937), American radio and TV sportscaster *

Josh Holliday Joshua S. Holliday (born September 14, 1976) is an American college baseball coach and former professional player in Minor League Baseball. Currently the head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team, he was hired to this position p ...

, American college baseball coach *

Judy Holliday Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer.Obituary ''Variety'', June 9, 1965, p. 71. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and music ...

(1921–1965), American actress *

Leonard Holliday :''Note: dates are given using the New Style calendar.'' Sir Leonard Holliday (also spelled Hollyday and Halliday) (c. 1550 – 9 January 1612) was a founder of the East India Company, and a Lord Mayor of London. Life He was born, perhaps ci ...

(c. 1550 – 1612), Lord Mayor of London *

Sister Mary Melanie Holliday Sister Mary Melanie Holliday (born Martha Ann "Mattie" Holliday; December 14, 1850 - April 19, 1939) was an American Catholic nun. As a member of the Sisters of Mercy, she served as Mother Superior at the Convent and Academy of St. Vincent de P ...

(1850-1939), American Catholic nun *

Matt Holliday Matthew Thomas Holliday (born January 15, 1980) is an American professional baseball coach and former left fielder who is the bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB from 2004 to 2018 for the ...

(born 1980), American baseball player *

Michael Holliday Norman Alexander Milne, known professionally as Michael Holliday (26 November 1924 – 29 October 1963) was a British singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He had a number of chart hits in the UK, including two number one si ...

(1924–1963), British singer *

Polly Holliday Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937) is a retired American actress who has appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom '' Alice'', which ...

(born 1937), American actress *

Robert Holliday Robert Kelvin "Bob" Holliday (February 11, 1933 – February 28, 2014) was an American politician. Born in Logan, West Virginia, Holliday went to the West Virginia University, the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, and Marshall Un ...

, American politician *

Robert Cortes Holliday Robert Cortes Holliday (July 18, 1880 – January 1, 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. Biography He was born on July 18, 1880, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and moved to New York to study at the Art Students' League and worked b ...

, American writer and book editor *

Robin Holliday Robin Holliday (6 November 1932 – 9 April 2014) was a British molecular biologist. Holliday described a mechanism of DNA-strand exchange that attempted to explain gene-conversion events that occur during meiosis in fungi. That model first pro ...

(born 1932), English geneticist * Sie Holliday (died 2006), American radio broadcaster *

Tess Holliday Ryann Maegen Hoven, known professionally as Tess Holliday and formerly known as Tess Munster (born July 5, 1985), is an American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist based in Los Angeles. Early life Holliday was born and raised in Lau ...

(born 1985), American plus-size model (professional name) *

Trindon Holliday Trindon Jerard Holliday (born April 27, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver and return specialist. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football at LSU. At 5'5", Hollid ...

(born 1986), American football player *

Vonnie Holliday Dimetry Giovonni "Vonnie" Holliday (born December 11, 1975) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers 19th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college footbal ...

(born 1975), American football player *

Captain Will Hollyday Will Hollyday (died 22 December 1697) was Captain of the Ragged Regiment of the Black Guards. He eventually resigned his commission and resorted to being a highwayman, for which he was executed Capital punishment, also known as the deat ...

(died 1697), English military captain and highwayman

Given name

Holliday Grainger Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series ''Roger and the Rottentrolls'', Luc ...

(born 1988), British actress *

Holliday Bickerstaffe Kendall Holliday Bickerstaff(e) Kendall (2 August 1844 – 10 March 1919), was a Primitive Methodist Minister, President of the Conference (1901).Leary, W. "Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits", (1990), p. 121, hb or sb E ...

(1844–1919), Primitive Methodist minister

Fictional characters

* Luke Holliday, a character in the Netflix series ''

13 Reasons Why ''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...

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