Huffman (surname)

Huffman is a German American surname likely derived from the German surnames Hoffmann and Hofmann, which in English are also spelled Hoffman and Hofman.

People

• Berl Huffman (1907–1990), American college sports coach
• Booker Huffman (born 1965), American professional wrestler better known as Booker T
• Cady Huffman
• Dave Huffman, former NFL player
• David Huffman, American actor
• David A. Huffman (creator of Huffman coding)
• Donald Huffman, American physicist
• Felicity Huffman (born 1962), American actress
• George Huffman (1862–1897), American businessman
• James W. Huffman, United States Senator from Ohio (1945–1946)
• Jared Huffman, United States Representative from California (2013–present)
• Jim Huffman, law professor and candidate for United States Senate from Oregon
• John W. Huffman, professor emeritus of organic chemistry at Clemson University who first synthesised many novel cannabinoids
• Kathy Rae Huffman, art curator for video art, new media art, online and interactive art, based in California, USA.
• Lash Huffman (born 1960), American professional wrestler better known as Stevie Ray; brother of Booker T
• Laton Alton Huffman (1854–1931) was an American photographer of Frontier and Native American life
• Maven Huffman (born 1976), American professional wrestler often known by his first name only
• Nate Huffman (1975–2015), American basketball player
• Robert Huffman
• Robert E. Huffman, American scientist and author
• Scott Huffman (born 1964), American pole-vaulting champion

Places

In the United States:

• Huffman Dam, near Fairborn, Ohio
• Huffman, Indiana
• Huffman, Texas
• Huffman, Virginia
• Huffman, West Virginia

Other uses

• Huffman Bros. Motor Co, 1920s Indiana-based car company
• Huffman coding, a data compression algorithm (Huffman tree) by David A. Huffman
• Huffy (also known as Huffman), refers to the company or the bicycle it manufactures