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
Frank L. Hoffman, vegan advocate and benefactor, Christian vegan minister
Glenn Hoffman (born 1958), former shortstop
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 Hoffman (disambiguation)
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

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

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