Hoffman
Hoffmann and Hofmann are German surnames (meaning man of the yard, court) which in American English or Eastern European languages are often rendered as Hoffman, Hofman and also Huffman.
Hoffman
- Abbie Hoffman, social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s
- Al Hoffman, songwriter
- Alice Hoffman, American author
- Bill Hoffman, professional baseball player
- Charles E. Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer
- Carl von Hoffman, adventurer
- Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884), American author and poet
- David Zwi Hoffman (1843-1921), rabbi in Germany
- Dustin Hoffman, actor
- Edward J. Hoffman, professor and co-inventor of the PET scanner
- Harold G. Hoffman, American politician and governor of New Jersey
- H. Lawrence Hoffman, illustrator
- Heinrich Hofmann, a a German painter
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman, astronaut
- Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director and screenwriter
- John T. Hoffman, governor of New York state and Mayor of New York City
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766-1837), New York State Attorney General 1795-1802
- Julius Hoffman, presiding judge in the Chicago Eight trial
- Kara & Shelby Hoffman, twin child actresses
- Malvina Hoffman, sculptor
- Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
- Max Hoffman, Austrian-born importer of European automobiles into the United States
- Melchior Hoffman, 16th-century German religious leader
- Michael Hoffman, American movie director
- Michael A. Hoffman (1944 - 1990), American archaeologist
- Michael A. Hoffman II (born 1954), American historical revisionist author
- Nicholas von Hoffman, American journalist
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman,American fantasy author
- Ogden Hoffman (1794-1856), New York State Attorney General 1854-1855
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
- Reid Hoffman, American entrepreneur
- Richard A. Hoffman, U.S. Congressional candidate
- Toni Hoffman, Australian of the Year Local Hero
- Trevor Hoffman, Major League Baseball pitcher and all-time saves leader
- Steve Hoffman (businessman)
- Steve Hoffman, audio engineer from Los Angeles, California,
- Wilhelm Hoffman, German 6th Army soldier during WW2; chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad
Hofman(s)
- Adam Hofman (b. 1980), Polish politician
- David Hofman (1908-2003), member of the Universal House of Justice
- René Hofman (b. 1961), retired Dutch footballer
- Robin Hofman (b. 1986), Dutch footballer
- Solly Hofman (1882-1956), Major League Baseball outfield player
- Wlastimil Hofman (1881-1970), Polish painter
- Greet Hofmans (1894-1968)
- David Hofmans, horse trainer
Hoffmann
- Arthur Hoffmann, (1857-1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
- Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986) A physicist and biographer of Einstein
- Bruno Hoffmann, (1913-1991), German glass harp player
- E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer, eponym of Tales of Hoffmann
- Ernst Hoffmann (1899?-1956), American symphony conductor
- Falk Hoffmann (born 1952), East German diver
- Felix Hoffmann (1868-1946), German chemist (Aspirin)
- François Benoît Hoffmann (1760-1828), French playwright and critic
- Friedrich Hoffmann (1660-1742), German physicist and chemist at Halle
- Fritz Hoffmann (1871-1927) German athlete
- Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868-1920) Swiss founder of chemical company
- Gaby Hoffmann (b. 1982), American actress
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894), German author
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957), German photographer
- Ingo Hoffmann (b. 1953), Formula One & Two racecar driver
- Jens Hoffmann (b. 1974), writer and curator of exhibitions
- Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805-1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist
- John-Baptist Hoffmann (1857-1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar
- Jörg Hoffmann (born 1970), German swimmer
- Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect and designer
- Lord Hoffmann, British Law Lord
- Max Hoffmann (1869-1927) was a German officer and military strategist during World War I
- Roald Hoffmann (b. 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate.
- Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
- Zdzisław Hoffmann (b. 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, Swiss designer
- August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist
- Gert Hofmann (1931-1993), German writer
- Hans Hofmann, painter
- Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911), German painter
- Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal
- John Beck Hofmann, 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
- Michael Hofmann (born 1957), German poet and translator
- Murad Wilfried Hofmann (born 1931), Muslim German diplomat and author
- Otto Hofmann, Nazi official
- Peter Hofmann, (born 1944), 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
Animals
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
- Hoffmann's Titi
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker
- Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper
- Hoffmann's Pika
- Hoffmann's Rat
Other
- Hoffmann's anodyne, a drug used as a painkiller or hypnotic.
- Hofmann voltameter, a piece of chemistry apparatus sometimes used to collect hydrogen and oxygen gas created in the electrolysis of water.
- Hoffman (film) a novel and screenplay by Ernest Gebler and a 1970 comedy film by Alvin Rakoff starring Peter Sellers as Benjamin Hoffman.
- Hoffmann-La Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company
- Tales of Hoffmann, an 1881 opera
- The Tales of Hoffmann (film), a 1951 film
- Hoffmann, a former German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer.
- Hoffman Television, a manufacturer of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Hofmann elimination
- Hofmann rearrangement
- Hoffmann's sign, a reflex in the hand
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hoffman". Image Credit.
