Holub is a Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Belarusian surname. It means pigeon or dove. It is a cognate of Gołąb and Golub. Notable people with the surname include:Beata Holub, Polish high jumper Dick Holub, American basketball player and coach Emil Holub, Czech doctor, explorer, cartographer, and ethnographer in Africa E. J. Holub, American football player Eva Holubová, Czech actress Jan Holub (disambiguation), multiple people Josef Ludwig Holub, botanist Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Polish sprinter Miloslava Holubová, Czech tennis player Miroslav Holub, Czech poet and immunologist Petra Holubová, Czech tennis player Radim Holub, Czech football player Renate Holub, political philosopher and social theorist Robert C. Holub, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Vicki Hollub, American businesswoman, CEO of Occidental Petroleum