Hoffman

Hoffmann and Hofmann are German surnames (meaning man of the yard, court or peasant) which in American English or Eastern European languages are often rendered as Hoffman, Hofman, Hofmann and also Huffman and Gofman.

Hoffman

• Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989), social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s
• Al Hoffman (1902–1960), songwriter
• Alice Hoffman (born 1952), American author
• Andreas Hoffman, German Martial Artist
• Barbara Hoffman (born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Bill Hoffman (baseball) (1918–2004), professional baseball player
• Calvin Hoffman (died 1987), American theater press agent and writer
• Charles E. Hoffman (born 1949), Chief Executive Officer
• Carl von Hoffman (1889–1982), adventurer
• Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884), American author and poet
• David Zvi Hoffman (1843–1921), rabbi in Germany
• Doug Hoffman (born 1953), politician, congressional candidate
• Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), actor
• Edward J. Hoffman (1942–2004), professor and co-inventor of the PET scanner
• Elaine Hoffman-Watts, American klezmer drummer
• Glenn Hoffman (born 1958), former shortstop
• Guy Hoffman (born 1954), drummer and vocalist
• H. Lawrence Hoffman, illustrator
• Harold G. Hoffman (1896–1954), American politician and governor of New Jersey
• Jackie Hoffman (born 1960), American actress and stand-up comedian
• Jay Hoffman (rugby league) (born 1958), Australian rugby league footballer
• Jeffrey A. Hoffman (born 1944), astronaut
• Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Polish film director and screenwriter
• John Thompson Hoffman (1828–1888), governor of New York state and mayor of New York City
• Josh Hoffman (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
• Joshua Hoffman, American philosopher
• Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Sr. (1766–1837), New York State Attorney General 1795–1802
• Julius Hoffman (1895–1983), presiding judge in the Chicago Eight trial
• Lauren Hoffman (born 1977), American singer
• Lyman Hoffman (born 1950), member of the Alaska Senate
• Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), sculptor
• Mark González Hoffman (born 1984), Chilean footballer
• Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider
• Max Hoffman (1904–1981), Austrian-born importer of European automobiles into the United States
• Melchior Hoffman (c. 1490 – 1543), 16th-century German religious leader
• Michael Hoffman (American director) (born 1956), American movie director
• Michael A. Hoffman (1944–1990), American archaeologist
• Michael A. Hoffman II (born 1954), American historical revisionist author
• Nicholas von Hoffman (born 1929), American journalist
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American fantasy author
• Ogden Hoffman (1794–1856), New York State Attorney General 1854–1855
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (born 1967), actor
• Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), murder victim in botched drug sting
• Reid Hoffman (born 1967), American entrepreneur
• Richard A. Hoffman (born 1971), U.S. congressional candidate
• Robert Hoffman (disambiguation)
• Toni Hoffman, Australian of the Year Local Hero
• Trevor Hoffman (born 1967), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Steve Hoffman (disambiguation)
• Wilhelm Hoffman, German 6th Army soldier during World War II who chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad
• William Hoffman (U.S. Army) (1807–1884), Career officer who was in charge of POWs for the Union in the American Civil War

Hofman

• Adam Hofman (born 1980), Polish politician
• Bobby Hofman (1925–1994), Major League Baseball player
• David Hofman (1908–2003), member of the Universal House of Justice
• Jan Cornelis Hofman (1889–1966), also named Jean Hofman,, Dutch art painter
• René Hofman (born 1961), retired Dutch footballer
• Robin Hofman (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Solly Hofman (1882–1956), Major League Baseball outfield player
• Wlastimil Hofman (1881–1970), Polish painter

Hofmans

• David Hofmans (born 1943), horse trainer
• Greet Hofmans (1894–1968), faith healer and hand layer

Hoffmann

• Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), German poet
• Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986), physicist and biographer of Einstein
• Bruno Hoffmann (1913–1991), German glass harp player
• E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), German writer, eponym of The Tales of Hoffmann
• Ernst Hoffmann (conductor) (1899–1956), American symphony conductor
• Falk Hoffmann (born 1952), East German diver
• Felix Hoffmann (1868–1949), German chemist (aspirin)
• Felix Hoffmann (artist) (1911–1975), Swiss graphic designer and artist (de)
• François Benoît Hoffmann (1760–1828), French playwright and critic
• Frank Hoffmann (born 1944), Louisiana state representative
• Frederic de Hoffmann (1924–1989), nuclear physicist
• Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742), German physicist and chemist at Halle
• Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868–1920), Swiss founder of chemical company
• Gaby Hoffmann (born 1982), American actress
• Gleisi Hoffmann, Brazilian politician and lawyer
• Heinrich Hoffmann (1885–1957), German photographer
• Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894), German author
• Heinz Hoffmann (1910–1985), East German General and Defence Minister
• Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Formula One & Two racecar driver
• Jan Hoffmann (born 1955), German figure skater
• Jens Hoffmann (born 1974), writer and curator of exhibitions
• Joachim Hoffmann (1930–2002), German historian
• Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805–1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist
• John-Baptist Hoffmann (1857–1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar
• Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) (born 1970), German swimmer
• Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), Austrian architect and designer
• Jules A. Hoffmann (born 1941), Luxembourg-born French immunologist and Nobel laureate
• Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Czech violinist
• Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 1934), British Law Lord
• Max Hoffmann (1869–1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I
• Melanie Hoffmann (born 1974), German footballer
• Ralph Hoffmann (1870–1932), American ornithologist
• Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate
• Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
• Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 1959), Polish triple jumper

Hofmann

• Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist, "father" of LSD
• Andreas Joseph Hofmann (1752–1849), German philosopher and revolutionary
• Armin Hofmann (born 1920), Swiss designer
• August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), German chemist
• Fritz Hofmann (chemist) (1866–1956), German chemist
• Fritz Hofmann (athlete) (1871–1927), German athlete
• Gert Hofmann (1931–1993), German writer
• Gunther O. Hofmann (born 1957), a German surgeon, physicist and university teacher
• Hans Hofmann (1880–1966), German-born American painter
• Heinrich Hofmann (1824–1911), German painter
• Henner Hofmann (born 1950), director of photography
• Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
  • Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist
  • Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1759–1849), Austrian merchant
• John Beck Hofmann (born 1969), Hollywood screenwriter and director
• Józef Hofmann (1876–1957), Polish pianist and composer
• Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793), Austrian classical composer
• Ludwig von Hofmann (1861–1945), German artist
• Mark Hofmann (born 1954), U.S. murderer and forger, antagonistic former LDS
• Markus Hofmann (born 1975), German memory trainer, keynote speaker and author
• Michael Hofmann (born 1957), German poet and translator
• Murad Wilfried Hofmann (born 1931), Muslim German diplomat and author
• Otto Hofmann (1896–1982), Nazi official
• Peter Hofmann (1944–2010), German tenor
• William Hofmann, illustrator

Places

In the United States:

• Hoffman, Illinois (village)
• Hoffman Estates, Illinois (village)
• Hoffman, Minnesota (city)
• Hoffman, North Carolina (town)
• Hoffman, Oklahoma (town)
• Hoffman Island, near Staten Island, New York

Animals

• Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth, a species of sloth from Central and South America
• Hoffmann's Titi
• Hoffmann's Woodpecker, a resident breeding bird from southern Honduras south to Costa Rica
• Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper, a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily
• Hoffmann's Pika, a species of mammal in the Ochotonidae family
• Hoffmann's Rat, a species of rodent in the family Muridae

Artistic works

• Hoffman (film), 1970 comedy film by Alvin Rakoff starring Peter Sellers
• The Tales of Hoffmann, 1881 opera by Jacques Offenbach
• The Tales of Hoffmann (film), 1951 film
• "Lost Keys" (Blame Hofmann), song by Tool
• The Tragedy of Hoffmann, or a Revenge for a Father (played 1602; printed 1631) by Henry Chettle

Other

• Hoffman Television, a manufacturer of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s
• Hoffman (Cleveland automobile)
• Hoffman (Detroit automobile)
• Hoffmann (motorcycle), a former German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer
• Hoffmann–La Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company
• Hoffmann's anodyne, a drug used as a painkiller or hypnotic
• Hoffmann's sign, a reflex in the hand
• Hofmann elimination, a process where an amine is reacted to create a tertiary amine and an alkene
• Hofmann rearrangement, the organic reaction of a primary amide to a primary amine with one fewer carbon atom
• Hofmann voltameter, a piece of chemistry apparatus sometimes used to collect hydrogen and oxygen gas created in the electrolysis of water