Holdsworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Holdsworth (Yorkshire cricketer), 19th-century English cricketer Alan Holdsworth (born 1952), English musician and disability activist Allan Holdsworth (1946–2017), English guitarist and composer Andy Holdsworth (born 1984), English footballer Annie E. Holdsworth, English writer Arthur Howe Holdsworth (1780–1860), English merchant and politician B. G. Holdsworth (1892–1949), Indian civil servant Barbara Clarke Holdsworth (1929–1912), British author Bronwen Holdsworth (born 1943), New Zealand businesswoman Chris Holdsworth (born 1987), American mixed martial artist Dan Holdsworth (born 1974), British photographer Daniel Holdsworth (disambiguation), multiple people David Holdsworth (born 1968), English footballer and manager Dean Holdsworth (born 1968), English footballer and manager Edward Holdsworth (1684–1746), English classical scholar Edward Holdsworth Sugden (1854–1935), British Methodist minister Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962), English writer Frank Holdsworth (1872–1941), New Zealand cricketer Frank Wild Holdsworth (1904–1969), British orthopaedic surgeon Fred Holdsworth (born 1952), American baseball player Gary Holdsworth (born 1941), Australian sprinter Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843–1910), British admiral Herbert Holdsworth (1890–1949), British politician and businessman James B. Holdsworth (c. 1796 – 1859), Canadian merchant and politician Jeff Holdsworth (born 1963), American musician Jim Holdsworth (1850–1918), American baseball player John Holdsworth (referee), English rugby league referee John Holdsworth (priest) (born 1949), Welsh priest John Holdsworth (rugby union) (1884–?), Australian rugby union player Joseph Holdsworth (1789–1857), British politician Karen Holdsworth (1960–2013), British marathon runner Kelvin Holdsworth (born 1966), Scottish Episcopalian clergyman Lee Holdsworth (born 1983), Australian racing driver Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964), Australian academic and poet Michaela Denis, née Holdsworth (1914–2002), British filmmaker Paul Holdsworth (born 1970), Australian rules footballer Petrina Holdsworth (born 1952), English politician Philip Holdsworth (1851–1902), Australian poet and public servant R. L. Holdsworth (1899–1976), British academic and explorer Richard Holdsworth (1590–1649), English academic theologian Herbert Holdsworth Ross (1908–1978), British-Canadian entomologist Samantha Holdsworth, New Zealand medical physicist Ted Holdsworth (born 1984), Australian rules footballer Thomas Holdsworth Blake (1792–1849), American politician Trevor Holdsworth (1927–2010), English businessman Victoria Holdsworth (born 1944), English philanthropist Wayne Holdsworth (born 1968), Australian cricketer William Holdsworth (disambiguation), multiple people

See also Houldsworth