Hoover may refer to:

Music

Hoover (band) Hoover was an American post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. Formed in 1992, Hoover went on to produce some of the more intense music to appear on the Dischord Records label in the 1990s. Compared to Fugazi, Hoover was more experimental and ...

, an American post-hardcore band *

Hooverphonic Hooverphonic is a Belgian band that formed in October 1995. Though originally categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a singular genre, but rather encompass altern ...

, a Belgian band originally named Hoover *

Hoover (singer) Willis David Hoover was born in Jackson County, Missouri and raised in Lamoni, Iowa and Shenandoah, Iowa. After starting out as a coffee house folk singer as a teenager, Hoover moved to Nashville in the 1960s and became a songwriter. His songs ...

, Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in 1960s and '70s * "Hoover" (song), a 2016 song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean *

Hoover sound Hoover sound refers to a particular synthesizer sound in electronic music, commonly used in rave techno, hardcore techno, gabber, breakbeat hardcore, trance, hard house and hard NRG. Originally called the ''"Mentasm"'', the name that stuck was ...

, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music * Hoover (composer), Katherine Hoover an American contemporary classical music and chamber music composer.

People

Hoover (surname) Hoover is the Anglicized version of the German and Dutch surname ''Huber'', originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small farmer. Notable people with the surname include: * Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Ba ...

Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...

, 31st president of the United States **

J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation � ...

(1895–1972), first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) *

Hoover Orsi Hoover Orsi Pereira Martins (born May 16, 1978 in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul) is a Brazilian race car driver. He began his professional career in 1998 in the European Formula Renault series where he captured 4th place. He returned to Sout ...

(born 1978), Brazilian race car driver * Hoover J. Wright (1928–2003), American football and track and field coach

Places in the United States

Hoover, Alabama Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States. Hoover is the largest suburban city in Alabama and the 6th largest city in Alabama. The city had a population of 92,606 as of the 2020 US Census. Hoover ...

* Hoover, Indiana * Hoover, Missouri *

Hoover, Oklahoma Hoover is an unincorporated community located in Garvin County, Oklahoma along Oklahoma State Highway 7 State Highway 7 (abbreviated SH-7) is a highway in southern Oklahoma. This lengthy highway connects many towns in Oklahoma's "Little Dixie ...

* Hoover, South Dakota * Hoover, Texas *

Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on Se ...

, on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona *

Hoover Dam (Ohio) Hoover Dam, in Blendon Township, near Westerville, Ohio, dams the Big Walnut Creek to form the Hoover Memorial Reservoir. This reservoir is a major water source for the city of Columbus, Ohio. It holds of water and has a surface area of , o ...

, on the Big Walnut Creek *

Hoover Field Hoover Field was an early airport serving the city of Washington, D.C. It was constructed as a private airfield in 1925, but opened to public commercial use on July 16, 1926. It was located in Arlington, Virginia, near the intersection of the H ...

, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands *

Hoover Tower Hoover Tower is a structure on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. The tower houses the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, an archive collection founded by Herbert Hoover before he became President of the United Stat ...

, an structure on the campus of Stanford University

Schools

Hoover High School (disambiguation) Hoover High School may refer to: *Herbert Hoover High School (Fresno, California) *Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale), California *Herbert Hoover High School (San Diego, California) * Herbert Hoover High School (Iowa), in Des Moines, Iowa *Herbe ...

Hoover Elementary School (disambiguation) There are a number of elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the ...

Other uses

The Hoover Company The Hoover Company is a home appliance company founded in Ohio, United States. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom; and, mostly in the 20th century, it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the Ho ...

, a manufacturer of appliances, especially vacuum cleaners *

Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner, also known simply as a vacuum or a hoover, is a device that causes suction in order to remove dirt from floors, upholstery, draperies, and other surfaces. It is generally electrically driven. The dirt is collected by either a ...

, called by the generic term ''hoover'' in some countries *

D&B Hoovers D&B Hoovers was founded by Gary Hoover and Patrick Spain in 1990Solomon, Steve.The Dynamic Duo" '' Inc.''. October 15, 1997. Retrieved on April 7, 2014. as an American business research company that provided information on companies and industr ...

, a business information company based in Austin, Texas, US * ''Hoover'' (film), a 2000 American drama film *

Hoover (seal) Hoover ( – July 25, 1985) was a harbor seal who was able to imitate basic human speech. Cundy’s Harbor On May 5, 1971, Scottie Dunning discovered a tiny male harbor seal pup on the shore of Cundy's Harbor, Maine. After a failed attemp ...

, a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speech *

Hoover index The Hoover index, also known as the Robin Hood index or the Schutz index, is a measure of income inequality. It is equal to the percentage of the total population's income that would have to be redistributed to make all the incomes equal. i.e. Th ...

, Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure *

Lockheed S-3 Viking The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corporation. Because of its characteristic sound, it was nicknamed the "War Hoover" after th ...

, nicknamed Hoover *

Operation Hoover Operation Hoover was a 2007 Canadian-led offensive in the War in Afghanistan against the Taliban in the Kandahar Province district of Zhari. The aims of the operation were to root out as many as 300 suspected Afghan insurgents who had moved into ...

Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; abbreviated as Hoover) is an American public policy think tank and research institution that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and ...

, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by Herbert Hoover, later US president *

Hoover League The National Hoover for President League was established in the United States in 1928 and existed through the 1930s. The league was established in 1928 by the Republican National Committee. Soon after its creation it was disavowed by the Republica ...

, created by the Republican Party to campaign for the re-election of U.S. president Herbert Hoover

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