List of Famous people with last name Holst

Imogen Clare Holst was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and festival administrator. The only child of the composer Gustav Holst, she is particularly known for her educational work at Dartington Hall in the 1940s, and for her 20 years as joint artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. In addition to composing music, she wrote composer biographies, much educational material, and several books on the life and works of her father.

Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. The subsequent inspiration of the English folksong revival of the early 20th century, and the example of such rising modern composers as Maurice Ravel, led Holst to develop and refine an individual style.

Thomas Holst is a German serial killer who became known as the Heidemörder.

Matthias Holst is a German footballer who currently plays for Rödemisser SV.

Emil Holst is a Danish badminton player.

Hanne-Vibeke Holst is an author. She has an education as a journalist and has worked on the Danish newspapers Berlingske Tidende and Søndags B.T.

Theodor Richard Edward von Holst was a nineteenth-century British literary painter.

Kirsten Johanne Holst Høybye was a Danish author, best remembered for her book Min ven Thomas (1987).

Johan Jørgen Holst was a Norwegian politician representing Labour, best known for his involvement with the Oslo Accords.

Poul Christian Holst was a Norwegian government official who held several positions in the period 1814–1848. Holst led negotiations over debt with Denmark in 1817, after the dissolution of the union between the two countries in 1814.