Famous People with Name Holm

Ste Van Holm            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Ste Van Holm: is a Danish musician and video artist living in North Zealand, Denmark. He has currently released four albums, all of which are available on iTunes. Each album is performed within a new genre, as Ste van Holm sees it as the artist's most important task to win new terrain. A reviewer described Ste van Holm's works "genre dogmatic". However, all his four albums are contemporary. Ste van Holm began playing guitar in his early teens and through his high school years he played in a lot of different bands. When Ste van Holm could afford to build a small home studio, he dropped out of the bands he played in, and focused instead on studio production. With very few exceptions, Ste van Holm has not played live since the late-nineties. He has worked as live sound engineer for Danish band Entakt for whom he also mixed the album 'Kun en elektrisk summen fra en neonreklame der skulle have forestillet solen'.

Hans Peter Holm            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Hans Peter Holm: was a Danish naval officer who commanded vessels of the Dano-Norwegian Navy in several actions. He commanded several naval vessels during the Gunboat War. His most important action occurred in 1812 at the Battle of Lyngør when a British squadron, led by the British ship-of-the-line HMS Dictator (1783), destroyed his vessel, HDMS Najaden. Holm sustained wounds in the battle but survived, only to drown in an accident shortly afterwards. As a Junior Lieutenant, he saw service in the Norske Løve, and in Havfruen with the home squadron. In 1793-1794 he was serving on board the brig HDMS Lougen on its cruise to the Danish West Indies. After further spells in home waters on board HDMS Fredericksværn (then acting as a cadet training ship), and HDMS Cronborg, he was aboard HDMS Najaden in the Mediterranean under the leadership of Steen Andersen Bille during the Danish attack on Tripoli.

Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm: was a Danish artist and engraver who is remembered for his finely detailed topographical paintings and drawings of Copenhagen and surroundings. He sometimes produced skeleton drawings which he later coloured with watercolour. His subjects were taken mainly from the streets and squares of Copenhagen, comprising castles and churches, the stock exchange, the university, as well as views of the city from vantage points such as Rundetårn. In addition, he produced a series of works covering the surrounding countryside, for example the collection Sjællands yndigste Egne (1826-28). Many of his plates appeared in magazines such as Magazin for Ungdommen (1839-40), its successor Cosmorama (1840-43), and Nyt Magazin for Natur og Menneskekundskab (1848). He also illustrated prospectuses for the Royal Procelain Factory, especially in regard to designs for tea and coffee cups. Despite Holm's high rate of productivity, he constantly suffered from lack of money, which frequently drove him to drink. The resulting vicious circle encouraged him to sell his works at low prices which explains how he was given the nickname: Fattigholm or "Poor Holm". Holm's many small works continue to be of considerable value. The are of great topographical and cultural interest as they provide one of the best representations of Golden Age Copenhagen, both in terms of the city as a whole and its individual buildings, including life in the streets. In addition, thanks to their high technical quality and his sense of colour, his watercolours are of high artistic quality.

Harry Holm            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Harry Holm: was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Danish team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event in 1920.

Knud Olaf Holm            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Knud Olaf Holm: was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics. At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was a member of the Danish gymnastics team, which won the silver medal in the team, Swedish system event.