Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters
Holly Golightly 1958 Breakfast at Tiffany's 
Holly Cleary 2001 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Holly 1969 Holly Holy
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Holly Flax 2005 The Office
Holly Cleary 2008 True Blood
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
2 hurricanes
Hurricane Holly 1969
Hurricane Holly 1976
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 physics
(physics) Arthur Compton (middle name Holly) 1927
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
7 actors, 1 presenter
Michelle Phillips (a.k.a. Holly) 1944-
Holly Woodlawn 1946-2015
Holly Hunter 1958-
Holly Robinson Peete 1964-
Holly Marie Combs 1973-
Holly Willoughby 1981-
Holly Valance 1983-
Holliday Grainger (a.k.a. Holly) 1988-
Notable Musicians:
3 singers
Michelle Phillips (a.k.a. Holly) 1944-
Holly Valance 1983-
Skylar Grey (a.k.a. Holly) 1986-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Arthur Compton (middle name Holly) 1892-1962
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze
(bronze) Holly Lincoln-Smith 2012 water polo
(bronze) Holly Bradshaw 2020 pole vault
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Holly Hunter 1994 The Piano
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Michelle Phillips (a.k.a. Holly) 1998 The Mamas & the Papas