Holden (given name)
Holden is the given name of:
People
- Holden Bowler, American athlete, singer and businessman
- Holden Furber, American historian and professor
- Holden Karnofsky, American nonprofit executive
- Holden Powell, American baseball player
- Holden C. Richardson, pioneer in U.S. naval aviation
- Holden Roberto, founder and leader of the National Liberation Front of Angola
- Holden Staes, American football player
- Holden Thorp, American chemist, inventor, musician, professor, and entrepreneur
- Holden Trent, American soccer player
Fictional characters
- Holden Carver, the main character in the DC Comics/Wildstorm comic book series Sleeper
- Holden Caulfield, the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye
- Holden Ford, a main character in the TV series Mindhunter
- Holden Matthews, the main character in the TV series Beyond
- Holden McNeil, played by Ben Affleck in three films: Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
- Holden Snyder, from the soap opera As the World Turns
- Holden, aka Space Cop, the main character of the 2016 science-fiction action comedy film Space Cop
- Judge Holden, Fictional 19th-century American scalp-hunter from the novel, Blood Meridian