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* Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist * Alexander Hoffmann (born 1975), German politician *

Arthur Hoffmann (politician) Arthur Hoffmann (19 June 1857, in St. Gallen – 23 July 1927, in St. Gallen) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1917). Hoffmann was the son of Karl Hoffmann (1820–1895), who declined his election to the S ...

(1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council *

Asa Hoffmann Asa Hoffmann (born February 25, 1943) is a FIDE Master in chess, chess teacher and author from the United States of America. He is known as "the sparring partner of champions". His peak regular USCF rating is 2471, his peak quick rating is 2515 ...

(born 1943), American chess player *

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben August Heinrich Hoffmann (, calling himself von Fallersleben, after his hometown; 2 April 179819 January 1874) was a German poet. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, an ...

(1798–1874), German poet

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Banesh Hoffmann Banesh Hoffmann (6 September 1906 – 5 August 1986) was a British mathematician and physicist known for his association with Albert Einstein. Life Banesh Hoffmann was born in Richmond, Surrey, on 6 September 1906. He studied mathematics and ...

(1906–1986), American mathematician and physicist, biographer of Einstein *

Baptist Hoffmann Johann Baptist Hoffmann (9 July 18635 July 1937) was a German operatic baritone and voice teacher. A long-term member of the Staatsoper Berlin, Berlin Court Opera, he performed leading roles in Europe, such as Verdi's Rigoletto and Wagner's Dut ...

(1863–1937), German operatic baritone and voice teacher * Bettina Hoffmann (born 1960), German politician *

Bruno Hoffmann Bruno Hoffmann (15 September 191311 April 1991) was a German glass harpist. Hoffmann is widely acknowledged as the virtuoso who reanimated contemporary interest in the glass harp and glass harmonica. Bruno Hoffmann was born in Stuttgart, Germ ...

(1913–1991), German glass harp player

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Charles F. Hoffmann Charles Frederick Hoffmann (February 29, 1838 – June 20, 1913) was a German-American topographer working in California U.S. from 1860 to 1880. Life Hoffmann was born in Frankfurt, Germany on February 29, 1838. After receiving an education in ...

(1838–1913), German-American topographer *

Christoph Hoffmann Gottlob Christoph Jonathan Hoffmann (December 2, 1815 – December 8, 1885) was born in Leonberg in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. His parents were Beate Baumann (1774-1852) and Gottlieb Wilhelm Hoffmann (1771-1846), who was chairman of ...

(1815–1885), German politician and Templer *

(born 1957), German politician

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* David Hoffmann (disambiguation)

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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 ...

(Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), German writer, eponym of ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' *

Erich Hoffmann Erich Hoffmann (25 April 1868 – 8 May 1959) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Witzmitz, Pomerania. He studied medicine at the Berlin Military Academy, and was later a professor at the Universities of Halle and Bonn. Hoffmann ...

(1868–1959), German dermatologist *

Ernst Hoffmann (conductor) Ernst Heinrich Hoffmann (June 18, 1899–January 3, 1956) was an American conductor who served as the music director of the Houston Symphony for eleven years. Hoffmann was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a violinist in the Bost ...

(1899–1956), American symphony conductor

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Falk Hoffmann Falk Hoffmann (born 29 August 1952 in Chemnitz) is a retired diver from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the men's 10 m platform event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He competed in three consecut ...

(born 1952), East German diver *

Felix Hoffmann Felix Hoffmann (21 January 1868 – 8 February 1946) was a German chemist notable for re-synthesising diamorphine (independently from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name ...

(1868–1949), German chemist (aspirin) *

Felix Hoffmann (basketball) Felix Hoffmann (born 11 July 1989) is a German professional basketball player for s.Oliver Würzburg of the German League Basketball Bundesliga The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) ( English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship r ...

(born 1989), German basketball player *

Felix Hoffmann (illustrator) Felix Hoffmann (born 18 April 1911 in Aarau; died 16 June 1975) was a Swiss graphic designer, illustrator and stained glass artist. He created countless illustrations for children's books, illustrations from literature (including the only one o ...

(1911–1975), Swiss graphic designer and artist *

Francis Hoffmann Francis Arnold Hoffmann (June 5, 1822 – January 23, 1903) was a Lutheran clergyman, politician, banker and writer. He was born in Westphalia, Prussia, the son of Fredrick and Wilhelmina (Groppe) Hoffmann. In 1840 he emigrated to the Unit ...

(1822–1903), German-American clergyman, politician and writer *

Frederic de Hoffmann Frederic de Hoffmann (July 8, 1924 in Vienna, Austria – October 4, 1989 in La Jolla) was a nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. He came to the United States of America in 1941 and graduated from Harvard University in 1945 (he als ...

(1924–1989), Austrian-American nuclear physicist *

Friedrich Hoffmann Friedrich Hoffmann or Hofmann (19 February 1660 – 12 November 1742) was a German physician and chemist. He is also sometimes known in English as Frederick Hoffmann. Life His family had been connected with medicine for 200 years before him. Bo ...

(1660–1742), German physician and chemist at Halle *

Friedrich Albin Hoffmann Friedrich Albin Hoffmann (13 November 1843, Ruhrort – 13 November 1924, Leipzig) was a German internist. He studied medicine in Würzburg, Tübingen and Berlin, and after graduation (1868), he became an assistant to Friedrich Theodor von Fr ...

(1843–1924), German internist *

Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, later Fritz Hoffmann-von der Mühll (1868 1920), was a Swiss businessman who founded the pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co. Early life Hoffmann was born in Basel, Switzerland (french: link=no, Bâle) o ...

(1868–1920), Swiss founder of chemical company

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Gaby Hoffmann Gabrielle Mary Antonia HoffmannStated on '' Finding Your Roots'', November 21, 2017 (born January 8, 1982) is an American actress. She initially found success as a child actress, appearing in ''Field of Dreams,'' ''Uncle Buck,'' and ''Sleeple ...

(born 1982), American actress *

Geza von Hoffmann Geza von Hoffmann (1885–1921)Turda, Marius, and Paul Weindling. "Blood and Homeland": Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940. Budapest: Central European UP, 2007. pp. 1 Print. was a prominent Austrian-Hungarian ...

(1885–1921), Austrian-Hungarian eugenicist and writer *

Georg Franz Hoffmann Georg Franz Hoffmann was a German botanist and lichenologist. He was born on 13 January 1760 in Marktbreit, Germany, and died on 17 March 1826 in Moscow, Russia. Professional career After graduating from the University of Erlangen in 1786, he w ...

(1760–1826), German botanist and lichenologist, *

Gleisi Hoffmann Gleisi Helena Hoffmann ( or ; born 6 September 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. She was the Chief of Staff of Brazil from 8 June 2011 to 2 February 2014, during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff. Following her tenure as Chief of Staff, ...

, Brazilian politician and lawyer

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Hans Hoffmann (painter) Hans Hoffmann (c. 1530 in Nuremberg – 1591/92 in Prague) was a German painter and draftsman. A leading representative of the Dürer Renaissance, he specialised in watercolor and gouache nature studies, many of them copied from or based on D ...

(c.1530–1592), German artist *

Heinrich Hoffmann (author) Heinrich Hoffmann (June 13, 1809 – September 20, 1894) was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including ''Der Struwwelpeter'', an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving. Early life and education Hoffmann was born ...

(1809–1894), German psychiatrist and author * Heinrich Hoffmann (sport shooter) (1867–?), German sports shooter *

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), German photographer * Heinrich Hoffmann (pilot) (1913–1941), World War II German flying ace *

Heinz Hoffmann Heinz Hoffmann (28 November 1910 – 2 December 1985) was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and since 2 October 1973 member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Uni ...

(1910–1985), East German General and Defence Minister *

Hermann Hoffmann Heinrich Karl (or Carl) Hermann Hoffmann (; April 1819 – 26 October 1891) was a German botanist and mycologist born in Rödelheim. Career He studied medicine at the University of Giessen, and in 1839 furthered his education in Berlin as a st ...

(1819–1891), German botanist and mycologist *

Hilmar Hoffmann Hilmar Hoffmann (25 August 1925 – 1 June 2018) was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in Fr ...

(1925–2018), German film festival director, cultural politician, director of Goethe-Institute, writer

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Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann (born February 28, 1953) is a Brazilian retired racing driver from São Paulo. He is most well known for winning the Brazilian Stock Car Championship 12 times (1980, 1985, 1989-1994, 1996-1998 and 2002). He also participated in si ...

(born 1953), Brazilian Formula One & Two racecar driver

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James Hoffmann James Alexander Hoffmann (born 11 December 1979) is an English barista, YouTuber, entrepreneur, coffee consultant, and author. Hoffmann first came to prominence after winning the World Barista Championship in 2007 and has since been credited as ...

(born 1979), English barista, businessman and online influencer *

Jan Hoffmann Jan Hoffmann (born 26 October 1955) is a German figure skater who represented East Germany in competition. A four-time Olympian, he is the 1980 Olympic silver medalist, the 1974 & 1980 World Champion, and a four-time (1974, 1977–1979) Eur ...

(born 1955), German figure skater *

Jens Hoffmann Jens Hoffmann Mesén (born 1974 in San José, Costa Rica) is a writer, editor, educator, and exhibition maker. His work has attempted to expand the definition and context of exhibition making. From 2003 to 2007 Hoffmann was director of exhibiti ...

(born 1974), Costa Rican writer and curator of exhibitions *

Joachim Hoffmann Joachim Hoffmann (1 December 1930 – 8 February 2002) was a German historian who was the academic director of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office. Life Joachim Hoffmann was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, in 1930. In t ...

(1930–2002), German historian *

Johann Hoffmann (neurologist) Johann Hoffmann (28 March 1857 – 1 November 1919) was a German neurologist born in Hahnheim. He is remembered for describing Hoffmann's reflex and Werdnig–Hoffmann disease (now spinal muscular atrophy type 1). He was educated at Worms a ...

(1857–1919), German neurologist * Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805–1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist *

Johann Leonard Hoffmann Johann Leonard Hoffmann (1710–1782) was a Maastricht army surgeon and amateur geologist who collected fossils from the local Mount Saint Peter. He is known for fossils named after him, and was one of the three people contacted on the discovery o ...

(1710–1782), Dutch army surgeon and amateur geologist * Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930), Bavarian politician and Minister-President *

John-Baptist Hoffmann Johannes Baptist Hoffman (21 June 1857 – 19 November 1928), anglicized John-Baptist Hoffmann, was a German Jesuit linguist and missionary to the Mundas in India. Early life and training Hoffman was born in Wallendorf, Germany. After completing ...

(1857–1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar *

Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) Jörg Hoffmann (born 29 January 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting ...

(born 1970), German swimmer *

Josef Hoffmann Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrian- Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte. His most famous architectural work is the Stoclet P ...

(1870–1956), Austrian architect and designer *

Jules A. Hoffmann Jules A. Hoffmann (; born 2 August 1941) is a Luxembourg-born French biologist. During his youth, growing up in Luxembourg, he developed a strong interest in insects under the influence of his father, Jos Hoffmann. This eventually resulted in the y ...

(born 1941), Luxembourg-born French immunologist and Nobel laureate

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Karel Hoffmann Karel Hoffmann (12 December 1872, in Prague – 30 March 1936, in Prague) was a Czech violinist and music pedagogue, a founding member and first violinist of the Bohemian Quartet. In 1926–1927, he was appointed the rector of the Prague Conserva ...

(1872–1936), Czech violinist *

Karl Hoffmann (Swiss politician) Karl Jakob Hoffmann (2 February 1820, in St. Gallen – 18 December 1895, in St. Gallen) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party and President of the Swiss Council of States (1877/1878 and 1889/1890). After studying law in Bern, Jena ...

(1820–1895) *

Karl August Otto Hoffmann Karl August Otto Hoffmann (25 October 1853 in Beeskow – 11 September 1909) was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of ''Sertum plantarum madagascariensium'', the genus '' Hoffmanniella'' in the family Asteraceae was ...

(1853–1909), German botanist * Karol Hoffmann (born 1989), Polish athlete *

Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (26 August 1895 – 19 May 1988) was a senior naval commander in the German Navy ('' Kriegsmarine'') during World War II, who commanded the battleship . He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Career Hof ...

(1895–1988), German admiral during World War II

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Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann Leonard Hubert "Lennie" Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 8 May 1934) is a retired senior South African–British judge. He served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1995 to 2009. Well known for his lively decisions and willingness to break w ...

(born 1934), British Law Lord *

Luc Hoffmann Luc or LUC may refer to: Places * Luc, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune * Luc, Lozère, France, a commune * Le Luc, France, a commune * Luč, Baranja, Croatia, a settlement People and fictional characters * Luc (given name) * Luc (surn ...

(1923–2016), Swiss ornithologist, co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund

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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 *

Max Hoffmann Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann (25 January 1869 – 8 July 1927) was a German military strategist. As a staff officer at the beginning of World War I, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the 8th Army, soon promoted Chief of Staff. Hoffmann, along w ...

(1869–1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I * Melanie Hoffmann (born 1974), German footballer * Mike Hoffmann (1953/1954–2021), American musician and record producer * Marcin Hoffmann (born 1972), Polish professor of chemistry at Adam Mickiewicz University

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* Nickel Hoffmann (1536–1592), German architect

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Oskar Hoffmann (painter) Oskar Georg Adolf Hoffmann (Russian: Оскар Адольфович Гофман; 5 February 1851, (Dorpat (Tartu) – 3 March 1912, Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German painter from Estonia. He was best known for his landscapes and colorful de ...

(1851–1912), Baltic-German artist from Estonia *

Oskar Hoffmann (author) Oskar Hoffmann (October 29, 1866 in Gotha – December 21, 1928 in Wiesbaden) was a German author of science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagin ...

(1866–1928), German science fiction author

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* Philipp Hoffmann (1806–1889), German architect *

Professor Hoffmann Professor Hoffmann (1839–1919) was the pseudonym of Angelo John Lewis, an English-born barrister and writer who has been described as "the most prolific and influential magic author and translator until modern times."

(1839–1919}, pseudonym for Angelo Lewis, English barrister, magician and writer

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Ralph Hoffmann Ralph Hoffmann (November 30, 1870 – July 21, 1932) was an American natural history teacher, ornithologist, and botanist. He was the author of the first true bird field guide. Early life Ralph Hoffmann was born on November 30, 1870, at Stockbr ...

(1870–1932), American ornithologist *

Reinhild Hoffmann Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1 November 1943 in Sorau) is a German choreographer and dancer who is an important innovator in Tanztheater, along with Pina Bausch and Susanne Linke.Walther, Suzanne. ''Dance of Death: Kurt Jooss and the Weimar Years''. Har ...

(born 1943), German choreographer *

Roald Hoffmann Roald Hoffmann (born Roald Safran; July 18, 1937) is a Polish Americans, Polish-American theoretical chemistry, theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has also published plays and poetry. He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes P ...

(born 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate * Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral *

Rüdiger Hoffmann Rüdiger Hoffmann (born March 30, 1964, in Paderborn) is a German comedian. Life Hoffmann works as comedian on German television. Comedian Works by Hoffmann * 1995: Der Hauptgewinner * 1997: Es ist furchtbar aber es geht (with Jürgen Beck ...

(born 1964), German cabarettist

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Thorsten Hoffmann Thorsten Hoffmann (born 5 February 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) from Dortmund. From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag. Career In 1980, Hoffmann joined the police service. Two years later, h ...

(born 1961), German politician

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Zdzisław Hoffmann Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 27 August 1959) is a retired triple jumper from Poland. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships, for which he was named Polish Sportspersonality of the Year at the end of ...

(born 1959), Polish triple jumper

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Hoffmann (motorcycle) Hoffmann was a bicycle manufacturer in Ratingen-Lintorf, Germany. Between 1948 and 1954 the company also manufactured motorcycles. It made a range of models using engines from 125cc to 250cc made by ILO, and the Gouverneur, which had a transversel ...

, defunct German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer * Hoffmann (automobile), German three-wheeled car

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