Hofmann (surname)

Hofmann is a German surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 79.8% of all known bearers of the surname Hofmann were residents of Germany (frequency 1:504), 6.5% of the United States (1:27,902), 4.6% of Switzerland (1:900), 4.2% of Austria (1:1,008) and 1.1% of Brazil (1:94,857).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:504) in the following states:

1. Hesse (1:242)
2. Bavaria (1:243)
3. Saxony (1:243)
4. Thuringia (1:253)

People

• Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist, "father" of LSD
• Andreas Hofmann (athlete) (born 1991), German athlete
• Andreas Joseph Hofmann (1752–1849), German philosopher and revolutionary
• Armin Hofmann (1920–2020), Swiss designer
• August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), German chemist
• Beate Hofmann (born 1963), German Lutheran bishop
• Charles Hofmann (1763–1823), Dutch musician and composer
• Eduard von Hofmann (1837–1897), Austrian physician and forensic pathologist
• Elise Hofmann (1889–1955), Austrian paleobotanist
• Ernst Hofmann (1880–1945), German film actor
• Fred Hofmann (1894–1964), American baseball player and coach
• 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
• Hans J. Hofmann (1936–2010), German-born Canadian paleontologist
• Harald Hofmann (born 1973), Austrian rower
• Heinrich Hofmann (painter) (1824–1911), German painter
• Heinrich Hofmann (composer) (1842–1902), German composer and pianist
• Henner Hofmann (born 1950), director of photography
• Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
• Augustin Emil Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1815–1881), Austrian industrialist
• Hugo Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist
• Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1759–1849), Austrian merchant
• Horst Hofmann (1919–1978), German U-boat officer
• John Beck Hofmann (born 1969), Hollywood screenwriter and director
• Josef Hofmann (1876–1957), Polish-American pianist, composer and inventor
• Joseph Ehrenfried Hofmann (1900–1973), German historian of mathematics
• Karl Andreas Hofmann (1870–1940), German inorganic chemist
• Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann (1921–1945), German Luftwaffe ace
• Klaus Hofmann (born 1939), German musicologist
• Klaus H. Hofmann (1911-1995), Swiss/American biochemist
• Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793), Austrian classical composer
• Leopold Hofmann (footballer) (1905–1976), Austrian footballer
• Ludwig Hofmann (1900–1935), German footballer
• Ludwig von Hofmann (1861–1945), German painter
• Mark Hofmann (born 1954), U.S. murderer and forger, antagonistic former LDS
• Markus Hofmann (born 1975), German memory trainer, keynote speaker and author
• Max Hofmann (born 1974), a German journalist and moderator
• Maximilian Hofmann (born 1993), Austrian footballer
• Michael Hofmann (born 1957), German poet and translator
• Michel-Rostislav Hofmann (1915–1975), Franco-Russian translator, writer and musicologist
• Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931–2020), Muslim German diplomat and author
• Nico Hofmann (born 1959), German film director and film producer
• Olivia Hofmann (born 1992), Austrian sport shooter
• Ottmar Hofmann (1835–1900), German entomologist
• Otto Hofmann (1896–1982), Nazi official
• Pavel Hofmann (born 1938), Czech rower
• Peter Hofmann (1944–2010), German tenor
• Richard Hofmann (composer) (1844–1918), German composer
• Richie Hofmann (born 1987), American poet
• Rudolf Hofmann (1895–1970), German General of World War II
• Steffen Hofmann (born 1980), German footballer
• Thomas Hofmann (born 1968), German food chemist and academic administrator
• Vlastimil Hofmann (1881–1970), birth name of Polish artist Wlastimil Hofman
• William Hofmann (1924–1995), illustrator