Holt Rast (born October 10, 1917 in Portsmouth, Virginia) was an American former football player and entrepreneur who founded Rast Construction. Rast served in the U.S Army from 1942 to 1946 and was later elected to serve in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1958 to 1966. He was appointed by Governor George Wallace to assist with the development of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 and founded Rast Construction in 1975.