- Irish inventor in the U.S.
- New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1949–57.
- the Netherlands.
- a medieval county and province on the North Sea, corresponding to the modern North and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands.
- a city in W Michigan.
- Textiles.
- a cotton cloth treated to produce an opaque finish, as for window shades.
- Holland finish.
- a coarse linen cloth, used esp for furnishing
- another name for the Netherlands
- a county of the Holy Roman Empire, corresponding to the present-day North and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands
- an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- Henry. 1745–1806, British neoclassical architect. His work includes Brooks's Club (1776) and Carlton House (1783), both in London
- Sir Sidney George. 1893–1961, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1949–57)