Holding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Billy Holding (1907-1986), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s for Cumberland, Warrington, Rochdale Hornets Clyde Holding (1931–2011), Australian politician Eddie Holding (1930–2014), English footballer and manager Michael Holding (born 1954), Jamaican former cricketer Robert Holding (1926-2013), American businessman Rob Holding (born 1995), English footballer