Hoffman is a surname of
German and
Jewish origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In
English and other European languages, including
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
and
Dutch, the name can also be spelled
Hoffmann,
Hofmann,
Hofman,
Huffman,
Hofmans Hofmans is a Dutch-language surname and a variant of Hofman. It may refer to:
*David Hofmans (born 1943), American horse-trainer
*Greet Hofmans (1894–1968), Dutch faith-healer
*Gunther Hofmans (born 1967), Belgian footballer
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People with the surname
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Aaron Hoffman (1880–1944), American writer, director and comedian
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Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponen ...
(1936–1989), American social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s
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Abraham Hoffman (1938–2015), Israeli basketball player
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Al Hoffman
Al Hoffman (September 25, 1902 – July 21, 1960) was an American song composer. He was a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, usually co-writing with others and responsible for number-one hits through each decade, many of wh ...
(1902–1960), Russian-born American songwriter
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Alan Hoffman (born 1982), American entrepreneur
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Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist and discoverer of LSD
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Alex Hoffman-Ellis (born 1989), American football player
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Alice Hoffman (born 1952), American author
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Anthony Hoffman
Anthony Hoffman (December 5, 1764 – ?) was an American politician from New York (state), New York.
Early life
He was born on April 14, 1766, the son of Col. Martinus Hoffman and Tryntje (Benson) Hoffman. He graduated from Kings College (now Co ...
(1739–1790), New York politician
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Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (1876–1966), American magazine editor
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August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) German organic chemist
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Barbara Hoffman (born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Beate Hofmann (born 1963), German Lutheran bishop
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Ben Hoffman (born 1974), American comedian and writer
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Ben Hoffman (triathlete) (born 1983), American triathlete
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Benjamin Hoffman (1864–1922), American lawyer, politician, and judge
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Benzion Hoffman best known by the pen name Zivion, Yiddish writer, journalist, and political activist
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Bern Hoffman (1913–1979), American film and television actor
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Bernard Hoffman (1913–1979), American photographer
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Biff Hoffman (1904–1954), American football player
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Bill Hoffman (disambiguation), several people
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Brock Hoffman (born 1998), American football player
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Calvin Hoffman
Calvin Hoffman (1906 – February 1986), born Leo Hochman in Brooklyn, NY, was an American theater critic, press agent and writer who popularized in his 1955 book ''The Man Who Was Shakespeare'' the Marlovian theory that playwright Christopher Mar ...
(died 1987), American theater press agent and writer
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Camille Hoffman
Camille Hoffman is a painter and mixed-media installation artist, living and working in New York, NY. Using everyday materials and drawing from Philippine weaving and Jewish folk traditions, Hoffman combines personal narrative and historical critiq ...
(born 1987), American artist
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Carl von Hoffman (1889–1982), Russian adventurer
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Carl Henry Hoffman (1896–1980), Pennsylvania politician
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Charles Hoffman (1911–1972), American screenwriter and film producer
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Charles E. Hoffman
Charles "Charlie" E. Hoffman (born January 27, 1949) is an American business executive, having served two publicly traded companies as CEO for over 10 years. As of September 2013, he is the dean of the College of Business Administration at the Uni ...
(born 1949), American business executive and college dean
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Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884), American author, poet and editor
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Charlotta Hoffman (1807–1877) Swedish actress
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Christopher Hoffman (born 1981), Zimbabwean actor and voice artist
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Clare Hoffman (1875–1967), American politician
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Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013), American poet, essayist, and academic
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Danny Hoffman (1880–1922), American baseball player
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David Hoffman (disambiguation) David Hoffman may refer to:
* David Hoffman (jurist) (1784–1854), American jurist
* David Alan Hoffman (born 1947), American attorney
* David Allen Hoffman, American mathematician
* David E. Hoffman (born 1953), American writer and journalist
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Darleane C. Hoffman (born 1926), American nuclear chemist
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Donald D. Hoffman (born 1955), American cognitive psychologist and popular science author
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Dorothea Hoffman Dorothea Hoffman (died 1710), was Swedish milliner and hatmaker.
She was the daughter of the Elder (administrative title) Fischer of the hatmaker's guild in Norrköping. She married the hatmaker Mårten Hoffman (d. 1702) in Stockholm, with whom sh ...
(died 1710), Swedish hat maker
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Dorothy Hoffman
Dorothy M. Hoffman (September 12, 1915 – December 13, 1996) was an American chemical engineer. In 1974 she became the first woman to be elected President of American Vacuum Society and the first woman to serve as president of any scientific ...
(1915–1996), American engineer
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Doug Hoffman
Douglas L. Hoffman (born 1953) is an American businessman, accountant and former congressional candidate. He was the Conservative Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2009 special election for New York's 23rd congressional ...
(born 1953), politician, congressional candidate
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Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), American actor and film director
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Dutch Hoffman
Clarence Casper "Dutch" Hoffman (January 28, 1904 – December 6, 1962) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1929. (1904–1962), American baseball player
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E. T. A. Hoffmann
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. Penrith Goff, "E.T.A. Hoffmann" in E ...
(1776–1822), Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror
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Edward George Hoffman
Edward George Hoffman (October 1, 1877 – February 11, 1931) was a Democratic National Committee member from Indiana from 1916 to 1920.
Biography
He died on February 11, 1931, when he fell from his horse.
References
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(1877–1931), American politician
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Edward J. Hoffman
Edward Joseph Hoffman (January 1, 1942 – July 1, 2004) helped invent the first human PET scanner, a commonly used whole-body scanning procedure for detecting diseases like cancer. Hoffman, with Michel Ter-Pogossian and Michael E. Phelps, deve ...
(1942–2004), American professor, co-inventor of the PET scanner
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Elaine Hoffman Watts (1932–2017), American klezmer drummer
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Elisha Hoffman (1839–1929), American hymn composer
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Elmer J. Hoffman (1899–1976), American politician
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Emily Hoffman (1876-1927), American socialite
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Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann
Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann ( rus, Эрнст Ка́рлович Го́фман, Ernst Karlovich Hofmann, 8 January 1801 – 23 May 1871) was a Russians, Russian geologist, geographer, explorer, and lecturer. He was a geologist who accompanied Otto ...
(1801–1871), Russian geologist and mineralogist
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Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1829–1902), American clergyman
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F. Burrall Hoffman (1882–1980), American architect
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Fabian Hoffman (1917–1980), American football player
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François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), French playwright and critic
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Frederick Ludwig Hoffman
Frederick Ludwig Hoffman (May 2, 1865 Varel, Germany - February 23, 1946, San Diego, California) was an American statistician who showed great foresight on some public health issues, but his work in some areas was biased by his scientific racist v ...
(1865–1946), American statistician
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Gene L. Hoffman
Gene L. Hoffman (September 26, 1932 – December 28, 2007) was an American educator and politician.
Born on a farm near Canton, Illinois, Hoffman served in the United States Army. He received his bachelor's degree from Illinois State Universit ...
(1932–2007), American educator and politician
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George H. Hoffman
George Harrison Hoffman (January 21, 1838August 31, 1922) was the second Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1891 to 1893.
Life
George Hoffman was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania. In 1844 he moved with his parents to DeKalb County, Ind ...
(1838–1922), South Dakota politician
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Glenn Hoffman
Glenn Edward Hoffman (born July 7, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager. Hoffman had a nine-year playing career in the Majors, and was manager of the 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers for the last 88 games of ...
(born 1958), American baseball player, coach, and manager
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Grace Hoffman
Grace Hoffman (born Goldie Hoffman; January 14, 1921July 26, 2008) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano and academic teacher. Based at the Staatsoper Stuttgart from 1955 to 1992, she performed roles such as Verdi's Azucena and Eboli at leadi ...
(1921–2008), American operatic mezzo-soprano and academic teacher
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Gregory Hofmann
Gregory may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Gregory (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Gregory (surname), a surname
Places Australia
*Gregory, Queensland, a town in the Shire of ...
(born 1992), Swiss ice hockey player
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H. Lawrence Hoffman
H. Lawrence Hoffman (23 October 1911 – 20 January 1977) was a commercial book jacket designer, illustrator,calligrapher and painter who worked in New York City. He illustrated book covers for over 25 publishing companies, including Alfred A Knopf ...
(1911–1977), American illustrator
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Harold G. Hoffman
Harold Giles Hoffman (February 7, 1896 – June 4, 1954) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 41st governor of New Jersey from 1935 to 1938. He also served two terms representing in the United States House of Re ...
(1896–1954), American politician and governor of New Jersey
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Heinrich Hoffman (1836–1894), American Civil War Corporal in the Union Army
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Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)
Heinrich Hoffmann (12 September 188515 December 1957) was Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle. Hoffmann's photographs were a significant part of Hitler's propag ...
(1885–1957), Hitler's personal photographer and Nazi politician
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Henry William Hoffman
Henry William Hoffman (November 10, 1825 – July 28, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Hoffman attended the public schools and Allegany County Academy. He graduated from Jefferson College (now Washing ...
(1825–1895), American politician
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Irwin Hoffman (1924–2018), North American and Latin American Conductor
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Izzy Hoffman (1875–1942), American baseball player
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Jack Hoffman
Jack Hoffman (born September 26, 2005), from Atkinson, Nebraska, is a current high school football player and pediatric brain cancer patient. In 2012, between his first and second brain surgeries, he was introduced to Rex Burkhead, then a foot ...
(born 2005), American pediatric cancer patient
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Jack Hoffman (American football)
Jack Howard Hoffman (March 11, 1930 – December 13, 2001) was an American football defensive end who played five seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 1952 N ...
(1930–2001), American football player
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Jackie Hoffman (born 1960), American actress and stand-up comedian
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Jacob Hoffman (1881–1956), Hungarian rabbi
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Jacob Hoffman (musician) (died 1974), American xylophone player
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Jan Hoffmann (born 1955), German figure skater
* Janice Hoffman, birth name of
Janice H. Levin (1913–2001), philanthropist and art collector from New York City
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Jason Hoffman (born 1989), Australian football (soccer) player
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Jay Hoffman (rugby league) (born 1958), Australian rugby league footballer
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Jean Hoffman (water polo)
Jean Hoffman (born 29 September 1893, date of death unknown) was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olymp ...
(1893–?), Belgian water polo player
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Jeff Hoffman
Jeffrey Robert Hoffman (born January 8, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played for the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds. Hoffman played college baseball at East Carolina University.
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(born 1993), American baseball player
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Jeffrey A. Hoffman
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (born November 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT.
Hoffman made five flights as a Space Shuttle astronaut, including the first mission to repair th ...
(born 1944), American astronaut
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Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Polish film director and screenwriter
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John Hoffman (filmmaker) (1904–1980), Hungarian-American filmmaker
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John T. Hoffman
John Thompson Hoffman (January 10, 1828March 24, 1888) was the 23rd governor of New York (1869–72). He was also recorder of New York City (1861–65) and the 78th mayor of New York City (1866–68). Connections to the Tweed Ring ...
(1828–1888), governor of New York state and mayor of New York City
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Josef Hofmann (1876–1954), Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor
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Josef Anton Hofmann
Josef Anton Hofmann (July 22, 1924 – November 12, 2010) was a London-born American audio engineer and speaker-system designer. He is known for Hofmann’s Iron Law, and was a son of pianist Josef Hofmann.
Biography
Hofmann was born in London ...
(1924–2010), London-born American audio engineer, son of Josef Hofmann
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Josh Hoffman (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
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Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837), New York State Attorney General 1795–1802
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Josias Philip Hoffman (1807–1879), Boer politician and first President of the Orange Free State
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Julius Hoffman
Julius Jennings Hoffman (July 7, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He presided over the Chicago Seven ...
(1895–1983), presiding judge in the Chicago Eight trial
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Karla Hoffman, American operations researcher
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Katherine B. Hoffman (1914–2020), American chemist and academic administrator
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Klaus H. Hofmann
Klaus H. Hofmann (February 21, 1911 – December 25, 1995) was an American biological chemist and medical researcher.
The New York Times called Hofmann an "expert on synthesis of body compounds". His career was highlighted by synthesis of a prot ...
(1911–1995), American chemist
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Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845), Polish writer and translator
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Larry Hoffman (1878–1948), American baseball player
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Lauren Hoffman (born 1977), American singer
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Lyman Hoffman (born 1950), member of the Alaska Senate
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Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), American sculptor and author
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Mani Hoffman (born 1975), French singer and songwriter
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Manny Hoffman
Manny Hoffman (February 22, 1937 – February 27, 2013) was an American businessman and politician.
Hoffman was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Hirsch High School. He went to Northwestern University, Purdue University and to ...
(1937–2013), American politician and businessman
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Marc Hoffman (born 1961), American composer
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Mark González Hoffman (born 1984), Chilean footballer
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Mat Hoffman
Mat Hoffman (born January 9, 1972) is an American BMX rider who is considered one of the best vert ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and runs the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes based out of ...
(born 1972), American BMX rider
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Matthew Hoffman (murderer) (born 1980), American triple murderer
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Max Hoffman (1904–1981), Austrian-born importer of European automobiles into the United States
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Melchior Hoffman (c. 1490 – 1543), 16th-century German religious leader
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Michael Hoffman (director) (born 1956), American movie director
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Michael A. Hoffman (1944–1990), American archaeologist
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Michael A. Hoffman II (born 1954), American Holocaust denier
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Mike Hoffman (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
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Myer Hoffman
Myer Hoffman (21 July 1902 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England – 14 October 1959 in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique) was an English-born Irish cricketer
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field ...
(1902–1959), English-born Irish cricketer
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Myn M. Hoffman
Myn M. Hoffman (1883-1951) was the fourth Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps.
Early life
Hoffman was born in Bradford, Illinois on May 12, 1883. After several years as an educator, she attended St. Joseph's Hospital Training ...
(1883–1951), American military nurse
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Nadine Hoffman
Nadine Hoffman was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.
Nadine Hoffman played in two games for the Peoria Redwings club in the 1946 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season, 1946 season. She went hitless in fou ...
, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Nanna Hoffman (1846–1920), Swedish entrepreneur
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Nicholas von Hoffman (1929–2018), American journalist
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Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American fantasy author
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Noah Hoffman (born 1989), American Olympic skier
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Ogden Hoffman
Ogden Hoffman (October 13, 1794 – May 1, 1856) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Life
Ogden Hoffman was born on October 13, 1794, the son of New York Attorney General Jos ...
(1794–1856), New York State Attorney General 1854–1855
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Ogden Hoffman Jr.
Ogden Hoffman Jr. (October 16, 1822 - August 9, 1891) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of California, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United S ...
(1822–1891), American federal judge
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Otto Hoffman (1879–1944), American film actor
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Paul Hoffman (basketball)
Paul James Hoffman (May 5, 1925 – November 12, 1998) was an American professional basketball player.
High school and college career
Hoffman, a 6'2" guard/forward, attended Jasper High School in Jasper, Indiana from 1939 to 1943; his coach was ...
(1925–1998), American basketball player
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Paul G. Hoffman
Paul Gray Hoffman (April 26, 1891October 8, 1974) was an American automobile company executive, statesman, and global development aid administrator. He was the first administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration, where he led the imp ...
(1891–1974), American automobile company executive
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Philip Hoffman (disambiguation), several people
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Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), American student, murder victim in botched drug sting
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Reid Hoffman (born 1967), American entrepreneur
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Richard Hoffman (disambiguation) Richard Hof(f)man(n) may refer to:
* Richard Hoffman (composer) (1831–1909), English-born American pianist and composer
* Richard Hofmann (composer) (1844–1918), German composer and pedagogue who worked in Leipzig
* Richard H. Hoffmann (1887 ...
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Rick Hoffman, American actor
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Robert Hoffman (disambiguation) Robert or Bob Hoffman may refer to:
* Robert A. Hoffmann, retired United States Air Force Brigadier General
* Robert Hoffman (actor) (born 1980), American actor
* Bob Hoffman (basketball) (born 1957), American basketball coach
* Robert Hoffman (bu ...
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Samuel Hoffman (1903–1967), American thereminist
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Steve Hoffman (disambiguation) Steve or Steven Hoffman may refer to:
* Steve Hoffman (American football), American football player and coach
*Steve Hoffman (audio engineer), audio and mastering engineer.
* Steven Hoffman (Australian footballer), former Australian rules footballe ...
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Tex Hoffman (1893–1947), American baseball player
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Thom Hoffman
Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion (born 3 March 1957), known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer.Note: parts of this article have been translated from the Dutch version of this page.
Biography
Hoffman acts mainly i ...
(born 1957), Dutch actor and photographer
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Toni Hoffman
Toni Ellen Hoffman (born 9 July 1957)''Who's Who in Australia'', ConnectWeb. is a senior nurse who was made a Member of the Order of Australia and awarded the 2006 Australian of the Year Local Hero Award. She took on the role of whistleblower in ...
, Australian nurse and whistleblower
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Trevor Hoffman (born 1967), Major League Baseball pitcher
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Tristan Hoffman (born 1970), Dutch road racing cyclist
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William Hoffman (disambiguation) William Hoffman may refer to:
* William Hoffman (author) (1925–2009), American novelist
* William M. Hoffman (1939–2017), American playwright
* Bill Hoffman (baseball) (1918–2004), American baseball player
* Billy Hoffman (singer), American ...
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