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== Notable people == <!-- Note: · Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. · The article must mention how they are associated with Holderness, whether born, raised, or residing. · The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited. · Alphabetical by last name please. · All others will be deleted. --> * [[George Butler (filmmaker)|George Butler]] (1943–2021), documentary filmmaker (''[[Pumping Iron]]'', ''[[The Endurance]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=George Butler|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/filmmaker-george-butlet-alive-despite-obituary-on-charlie-rose/|publisher=2014 FOX News Network, LLC.|access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> * [[Moses Cheney]] (1793–1875), abolitionist, conductor on [[Underground Railroad]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Metcalf|first=Henry Harrison and McClintock, John Norris|title=The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress, Volume 3|date=1879|publisher=J.N. McClintock|page=65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cxYAAAAMAAJ&q=Moses+Cheney+holderness+nh&pg=PA65}}</ref> * [[Oren B. Cheney]] (1816–1903), founder of [[Bates College]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Oren B. Cheney|url=http://www.bates.edu/150-years/bates-greats/oren-b-cheney/|publisher=Bates College|access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> * [[Arthur Livermore]] (1766–1853), US congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000362|title= LIVERMORE, Arthur, (1766 - 1853)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= January 14, 2014}}</ref> * [[Samuel Livermore]] (1732–1803), US senator<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000364 |title= LIVERMORE, Samuel, (1732 - 1803)|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= February 21, 2014}}</ref> * [[Hercules Mooney]] (1715–1800), officer in the [[Continental Army]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hercules Mooney|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/o/Jaime-A-Mooney/GENE1-0001.html|publisher=2009 Ancestry.com|access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> * [[Lorenzo L. Shaw]] (1828–1907), mill owner<ref name=Aldredge>''Yarmouth Revisited'', Amy Aldredge (2013) {{isbn|0738599034}}</ref> * [[May Rogers Webster]] (1873–1938), naturalist, founded Lost River Conservation Camp near her summer home in Holderness<ref name="True">Dan True, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rYklU3J5xEsC&dq=May+Webster+hummingbird&pg=PA82 ''Hummingbirds of North America: Attracting, Feeding, and Photographing''] (University of New Mexico Press 1995): 82-83. {{ISBN|9780826315724}}</ref> * [[James H. Wolff]] (1847–1913), lawyer, war veteran, civil rights activist<ref name="The Bay State Banner-2015">{{Cite web |last=Neal |first=Anthony W. |date=January 14, 2015 |title=James Harris Wolff: Civil War veteran, prominent Boston attorney |url=https://baystatebanner.com/2015/01/14/james-harris-wolff-civil-war-veteran-prominent-boston-attorney/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=[[The Bay State Banner]] |issn=1946-6730}}</ref>
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