Holiday is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Holiday (born 1996), basketball player
- Billie Holiday (1915–1959), American singer
- Bob Holiday (1932–2017), played Superman in the 1966 Broadway musical
- Carlyle Holiday (born 1981), American football wide receiver
- Clarence Holiday (1898–1937), American musician and the probable father of singer, Billie Holiday
- Eugene Holiday (born 1962), first Governor of Sint Maarten
- Fredrick William Holiday (1920–1979), British journalist, angler, cryptozoologist, and wildlife specialist
- Harry Holiday (1924–1999), world record holder in the backstroke in the 1940s and a president of steelmaker American Rolling Mill Co. (Armco)
- Henry Holiday (1839–1927), English artist
- Hope Holiday (born 1938), born in New York, NY
- J. Holiday (born 1982), American R&B singer-songwriter
- Joe Holiday (1925–2016), American jazz saxophonist born in Sicily
- Johnny Holiday (1912–2009), American actor
- Jrue Holiday (born 1990), basketball player; husband of Lauren
- Justin Holiday (born 1989), basketball player
- Lauren Holiday (born 1987), soccer player
- Philip Holiday (born 1970), professional junior middleweight boxer
- Tasha Holiday, R&B singer who was signed to MCA Records in the 1990s
- Tony Holiday (1951–1990), German pop singer and songwriter