Hofstadter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Hofstadter
Albert Hofstadter (March 28, 1910 – January 26, 1989) was an American philosopher.
Life and career
Hofstadter taught at Columbia University (1950–67), the University of California at Santa Cruz (1968–75) and the New School for Social ...
(1910–1989), American philosopher
* Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945), American professor, author of ''Gödel, Escher, Bach''
* Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970), American historian
* Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990), American Nobel Prize-winner in physics
* Samuel H. Hofstadter (1894–1970), New York politician and judge
Fictional characters:
* Beverly Hofstadter, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', mother of Leonard
* Leonard Hofstadter, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory''
* Penny Hofstadter, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', wife of Leonard
See also
* Hofstadter's butterfly, a fractal
* Hofstadter Committee, a joint legislative investigating committee in New York 1931–1932
* Hofstadter's law, "It always takes longer than you expect ..."
* Hofstadter-Moebius loop, a condition that affected HAL 9000, a fictional computer
* Hofstadter points, in triangle geometry
* Hofstadter sequence, an integer sequence
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Surnames of Jewish origin
