League receiver N Nancy Holmes (born 1959), Canadian poet and educator Nick Holmes (disambiguation) O Obadiah Holmes (1610–1682), early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister Oliver Holmes (rugby league) (born 1992), Canadian rugby player Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894), poet and essayist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935), justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Oscar Holmes (1916–2001), first African-American Naval Aviator and air traffic controller P Paul Holmes (disambiguation) Pehr G. Holmes (1881–1952), US Representative from Massachusetts Percy Holmes (1886–1971), English cricketer Pete or Peter Holmes (disambiguation) Philip Holmes (born 1945), American engineering professor Phillips Holmes (1907–1942), American film actor Priest Holmes (born 1973), American football player R Ray Holmes (1914–2005), British Second World War fighter pilot Rand Holmes, (1942–2002), Canadian comic artist Reggie Holmes (born 1987), American basketball player Richard Holmes (disambiguation) Richaun Holmes (born 1993), American basketball player Robert Holmes (disambiguation) Ruth Bradley Holmes (1924–2021), American linguist, educator, and polyglot S Samuel Jackson Holmes (1868–1964), American zoologist Santonio Holmes (born 1984), American footballer and Super Bowl XLIII MVP Sharon Holmes (1950–2015), Canadian artist nee Sharon Christian Simon Hugh Holmes (1831–1919), Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt (1878–1961), British politician Steve Holmes (actor) (born 1961), Romanian-born German pornographic film actor Susan Holmes (disambiguation) T Taylor Holmes (1878–1959), American stage actor Terry Holmes (born 1957), former Welsh international rugby union player Theophilus H. Holmes (1804–1880), Confederate Civil War lieutenant general Thomas Holmes (disambiguation) Tim Holmes (artist) (born 1955), American sculptor, filmmaker and musician Tim Holmes (actor) (born 1967), American actor Timothy Holmes (1825–1907), English surgeon Tina Holmes (born 1973), American television and film actress Tom Holmes (born 1979), contemporary American artist Tom Holmes (born 1930s), current chairman of the far-right British political party the National Front Tommy Holmes (1917–2008), American baseball player V Valentine Holmes (born 1995), Australian-born American football player and rugby player Valerie Susan Holmes (born 1946), English beauty pageant contestant Victoria Holmes, English novelist W William Holmes (Australian general) (1862–1917), Australian Army Major General during World War I William Holmes (British general) William Edgar Holmes (1895–1918), English soldier and VC recipient William Holmes (1779–1851), British politician William Holmes (British Army officer) (1892–1969), British general during the Second World War William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), American anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director William Henry Holmes (musician) (1812–1885), English musician Fictional characters Enola Holmes (character), sister of Sherlock Holmes created by Nancy Springer