Imhoff or Imhof is a
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surname. Imhoff means "Im Garten wohnen Wir" which translates to "In the garden we live" in English. Notable people with the surname include:
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Imhoff family
The Imhoff, Imhof or Im Hof family is a noble patrician family that belonged to the wealthy trading dynasties and ruling oligarchy in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg during its ''Golden Age'' in the Renaissance. The ''Imhoff Trading Company'' w ...
, one of the oldest patrician families in the German city of Nuremberg
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Berthold Imhoff
Count Berthold von Imhoff (January 14, 1868 – December 14, 1939), was an artist known for his religious murals and paintings. Born in Germany in 1868, Imhoff immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Reading, Pennsylvania ...
(1868–1939), German-Canadian painter
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Daniel Imhof (born 1977), Canadian footballer
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Darrall Imhoff
Darrall Tucker Imhoff (October 11, 1938 – June 30, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for six teams from 1960 to 1972. He made an NBA All-Star team, an ...
(1938-2017), American former professional basketball player
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Dominic Imhof (born 1982), Canadian footballer, brother of Daniel Imhof
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Eduard Imhof
Eduard Imhof (25 January 1895 – 27 April 1986) was a professor of cartography at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, from 1925 to 1965. His fame, which extends far beyond the Institute of Technology, stems from his relief shadi ...
(1895–1986), Swiss professor of cartography
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Facundo Imhoff
Facundo Imhoff (born ) is an Argentine male volleyball player. He was part of the Argentina men's national volleyball team. On club level he played for Lindaren Volley Amriswil.
In August 2019, he publicly came out
Coming out of the close ...
(born 1989), Argentine volleball player
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Floris van Imhoff
Floris van Imhoff (born 21 January 1964, Wassenaar) is a former Dutch curler.
Now coaching the Praxis Hammerheads, he has curled in 12 European Curling Championships. He skipped the Dutch team four times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2003). On top of 12 ye ...
(born 1964), Dutch curler
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Fritz Imhoff
Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962).
Selected filmography
* '' Daughter of the Regi ...
(1891–1961), Austrian actor
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Gary Imhoff
Gary Lee Imhoff is an American actor. He was a teacher at Milton Katselas' Beverly Hills Playhouse. Imhoff teaches The Professional Artists Workshop and The Musical Artists Workshop at The Whitmore-Lindley Theatre in North Hollywood, California. ...
(born 1952), American actor
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Guillermo Imhoff (born 1982), Argentine footballer
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Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff
Gustaaf Willem, Baron van Imhoff (8 August 1705 – 1 November 1750) was a Dutch colonial administrator for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He served as Governor of Ceylon from 1736 to 1740 and as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies fr ...
(1705–1750), governor of Ceylon and then the Dutch East Indies for the Dutch East India Company
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Hans Imhoff Hans Imhoff (March 12, 1922 – December 21, 2007) was a German chocolate producer and founder of the Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum (Imhoff Chocolate Museum) in Cologne, Germany. (1922–2007), German industrialist and businessman
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Hans Walter Imhoff (1886–1971), Swiss footballer
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Joseph Imhoff (1871–1955), American painter
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Juan José Imhoff
Juan José Imhoff (born 11 May 1988 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing and fullback.
Club career
He played for Duendes Rugby Club, from 2009 to 2011, in the Nacional de Clubes, which he won ...
(born 1988), Argentine rugby player
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Karl Imhoff
Karl Imhoff (7 April 1876 in Mannheim – 28 September 1965) was a German civil engineer, author, and a pioneer of wastewater treatment used throughout the world.
Action
Karl Imhoff was the driving force in the development and invention of th ...
(1876–1965), German engineer and inventor of the
Imhoff tank
The Imhoff tank, named for German engineer Karl Imhoff (1876–1965), is a chamber suitable for the reception and processing of sewage. It may be used for the clarification of sewage by simple settling and sedimentation, along with anaerobic dige ...
for sewage processing
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Laura van Imhoff, Dutch curler and coach
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Lawrence E. Imhoff
Lawrence E. Imhoff (December 28, 1895 – April 18, 1988) was a soldier, lawyer, and a four-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio. He served in United States Congress , Congress from 1933 to 1939 and agai ...
(1895–1988), soldier, lawyer, and four-term U.S. Representative from Ohio
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Martin Imhof (born 1949), American football player who played defensive end in the National Football League
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Maximus von Imhof
Maximus Ritter von Imhof (26 July 1758 – 11 April 1817), born at Reisbach, in Bavaria, was a German physicist. He taught in the monastery in Munich from 1786 to 1791.Catholic Encyclopedia article See also
*List of Roman Catholic scientist-cleri ...
(1758–1817), German physicist
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Roger Imhof
Frederick Roger Imhof (August 15, 1875 – April 15, 1958) was an American film actor, vaudeville, burlesque and circus performer, sketch writer, and songwriter.
Early years
Imhof was born in Rock Island, Illinois on April 15, 1875 to Nicholas ...
(1875–1958), American actor and vaudeville and burlesque performer
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Sigmund von Imhoff (1881–1967), Generalmajor in the German military during the Second World War
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