Holst and von Holst are surnames. In Denmark and Norway they are of Medieval origin, meaning Holsatian (person from Holstein). They may refer to:

Holst

  • Alison Holst (born 1938), New Zealand food writer and television chef
  • Amalia Holst (1758–1829), German writer, intellectual, and feminist
  • Arne Holst (1904–1991), Norwegian bobsledder
  • Axel Holst (1860–1931), Norwegian professor of hygiene and bacteriology
  • Bodil Holst, Danish physicist
  • Carl Holst (born 1970), Danish politician
  • Christian Holst (born 1981), Danish/Faroese football player
  • Dagmar Holst (born 1942), German rower
  • Eduard Holst (1843–1899), Danish actor, dancer, playwright and composer
  • Elise Holst (1811–1891), Danish stage actress.
  • Erika Holst (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Ewout Holst (born 1978), Dutch swimmer
  • Frederik Holst, multiple people
  • Gilda Holst (1952–2024), Ecuadorian writer
  • Gilles Holst (1886–1968), Dutch physicist
  • Gustav Holst (1874–1934), English composer
  • Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), Danish author
  • Hans Faye Holst (1788–1843), Norwegian politician
  • Hans Holst, 17th century Danish woodcarver
  • Henning Holst (1891–1975), Danish field hockey player
  • Imogen Holst (1907–1984), British conductor, composer and writer, daughter of Gustav Holst
  • Johan Jørgen Holst (1937–1994), Norwegian politician
  • Johan Throne Holst (1868–1946), Norwegian industrialist and politician
  • Kai Holst (1913–1945), Norwegian resistance fighter and member of Milorg
  • Knut Holst, Norwegian Nordic skier
  • Lars Holst (1848–1915), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician
  • Per Holst (1939–2025), Danish film producer and director
  • Peter Theodor Holst (1843–1908), Norwegian politician
  • Poul Christian Holst (1776–1863), Norwegian government official
  • Spencer Holst (1926–2001), American writer and storyteller
  • Svea Holst (1901–1996), Swedish film actress
  • Theodor von Holst (1810–1844), English painter
  • Thomas Holst (born 1964), German serial killer
  • Timothy Holst (1947–2009), American ringmaster
  • Toke Holst (born 1981), Danish handballer
  • Waldemar Holst (1907–1975), German Korvettenkapitän

von Holst

  • Erich von Holst (1908–1962), German behavioral physiologist
  • Erik von Holst (1894–1962), Estonian/German ice yacht designer and sailor
  • Hermann Eduard von Holst (1841–1904), Estonian-German-American historian
  • Hermann V. von Holst (1874–1955), American architect
  • Johan Hübner von Holst (1881–1945), Swedish sport shooter

Other

  • Maria van der Holst-Blijlevens (born 1946), Dutch sprint canoer
  • Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922–2023), commander-in-chief of the Danish Air Force and European champion athlete
  • Jon Holst-Christensen (born 1968), Danish retired male badminton player
  • Joachim Holst-Jensen (1880–1963), Norwegian film actor
  • June Holst-Roness (1929–2008), mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

See also

  • Holst Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
  • Holst's frog
  • Holst Singers
  • 3590 Holst

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