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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
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Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
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 Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
, the name can also be spelled
Hoffmann Hoffmann is a German language, German surname. People A *Albert Hoffmann (horticulturist), Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist *Alexander Hoffmann (politician), Alexander Hoffmann (born 1975), German politician *Arthur Hoffmann ...
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Hofmann 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 and Dutch, the name can also be spelle ...
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Hofman Hofman is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname. In the Netherlands, exactly 10,000 people carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium, 1707 people were named Hofman in 1998.Huffman,
Hofmans Hofmans is a Dutch-language surname and a variant of Hofman Hofman is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname. In the Netherlands, exactly 10,000 people carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium, 1707 people were named Hofman in 1998.
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People with the surname


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Aaron Hoffman Aaron Hoffman (October 30, 1880, in St. Louis, Missouri – May 27, 1924) was an American writer and lyricist, whose work was in wide use among vaudeville comedians. He wrote material for numerous performers, including Lew Dockstader and Weber and ...
(1880–1944), American writer, director and comedian *
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 *
Abraham Hoffman Abraham Hoffman (אברהם הופמן; October 2, 1938 - April 26, 2015) was an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team. B ...
(1938–2015), Israeli basketball player *
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 * Alan Hoffman (born 1982), American entrepreneur *
Albert Hofmann Albert Hofmann (11 January 1906 – 29 April 2008) was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesiz ...
(1906–2008), Swiss chemist and discoverer of LSD *
Alex Hoffman-Ellis Alex Hoffman-Ellis (born August 14, 1989) is a former American professional Canadian football linebacker. After playing college football for the Washington State Cougars, he was signed in 2012 by the St. Louis Rams of the National Football Leag ...
(born 1989), American football player *
Alice Hoffman Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel ''Practical Magic'', which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of ...
(born 1952), American author * Anthony Hoffman (1739–1790), New York politician *
Arthur Sullivant Hoffman Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (September 28, 1876 – March 15, 1966) was an American magazine editor. Hoffman is best known for editing the acclaimed pulp magazine ''Adventure'' from 1912 to 1927, Bleiler, Richard. "A History of Adventure Magazine", in ...
(1876–1966), American magazine editor *
August Wilhelm von Hofmann August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 18185 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the g ...
(1818-1892) German organic chemist


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Barbara Hoffman Barbara Hoffman (born January 18, 1931) is a former infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6" .68 m/small>, 133 lb. 0 k/small>, she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Bellev ...
(born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player *
Beate Hofmann Beate Hofmann (born October 15, 1963 in Bad Tölz) is a German Lutheran bishop. Life Hofmann studied Lutheran theology at ''Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel'' in Bielefeld, Heidelberg University, Northwestern University, University of Hamburg, and ...
(born 1963), German Lutheran bishop *
Ben Hoffman Benjamin Isaac Hoffman (born December 13, 1974), is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. Hoffman is well known by his country musician alter ego Wheeler Walker, Jr., as whom he has released four albums of country music rife with pr ...
(born 1974), American comedian and writer *
Ben Hoffman (triathlete) Ben Hoffman (born August 22, 1983) is an American professional triathlete from Grand Junction, Colorado who races in long distance, non-drafting triathlon events. In 2014 he placed second at the Ironman World Championship. Career Hoffman grew up ...
(born 1983), American triathlete *
Benjamin Hoffman Benjamin Hoffman (April 15, 1864 – May 20, 1922) was a Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. Life Hoffman was born on April 15, 1864 in New York City, New York, the son of David L. Hoffman and Babette Heilman. His paren ...
(1864–1922), American lawyer, politician, and judge *
Benzion Hoffman Benzion Hoffman (; 1 May 1874 – 14 October 1954), best known by the pen name Zivion (, ''Tsivyen''), was a Yiddish writer, journalist, and political activist. Biography Hoffman was born in the village of Krug, near Boysk, in the Courland Gover ...
best known by the pen name Zivion, Yiddish writer, journalist, and political activist *
Bern Hoffman Benjamin Bernard Hoffman (February 17, 1913 – December 15, 1979) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing "Earthquake McGoon" in ''Li'l Abner'', both in the Broadway play and in the 1959 film. ...
(1913–1979), American film and television actor *
Bernard Hoffman Bernard Hoffman (1913–1979) was an American photographer and documentary photographer. The bulk of his photographic journalism was done during the first 18 years of the revamped ''Life'' magazine, starting in 1936. During this time he produ ...
(1913–1979), American photographer *
Biff Hoffman Clifford Ellsworth "Biff" Hoffman (1904 – January 29, 1954) was an American football player. Early life Hoffman attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California, and then went on to attend Stanford University. Track and field At Stanfor ...
(1904–1954), American football player * Bill Hoffman (disambiguation), several people * Brock Hoffman (born 1998), American football player


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* Calvin Hoffman (died 1987), American theater press agent and writer * Camille Hoffman (born 1987), American artist * Carl von Hoffman (1889–1982), Russian adventurer * Carl Henry Hoffman (1896–1980), Pennsylvania politician * Charles Hoffman (screenwriter), Charles Hoffman (1911–1972), American screenwriter and film producer * Charles E. Hoffman (born 1949), American business executive and college dean * Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884), American author, poet and editor * Charlotta Hoffman (1807–1877) Swedish actress * Christopher Hoffman (born 1981), Zimbabwean actor and voice artist * Clare Hoffman (1875–1967), American politician


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* Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013), American poet, essayist, and academic * Danny Hoffman (1880–1922), American baseball player *David Hoffman (disambiguation), several people * Darleane C. Hoffman (born 1926), American nuclear chemist * Donald D. Hoffman (born 1955), American cognitive psychologist and popular science author * Dorothea Hoffman (died 1710), Swedish hat maker * Dorothy Hoffman (1915–1996), American engineer * Doug Hoffman (born 1953), politician, congressional candidate * Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), American actor and film director * Dutch Hoffman (1904–1962), American baseball player


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* E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror * Edward George Hoffman (1877–1931), American politician * Edward J. Hoffman (1942–2004), American professor, co-inventor of the PET scanner * Elaine Hoffman Watts (1932–2017), American klezmer drummer * Elisha Hoffman (1839–1929), American hymn composer * Elmer J. Hoffman (1899–1976), American politician * Emily Hoffman (1876-1927), American socialite * Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann (1801–1871), Russian geologist and mineralogist * Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1829–1902), American clergyman


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* F. Burrall Hoffman (1882–1980), American architect * Fabian Hoffman (1917–1980), American football player * François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), French playwright and critic * Frederick Ludwig Hoffman (1865–1946), American statistician


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* Gene L. Hoffman (1932–2007), American educator and politician * George H. Hoffman (1838–1922), South Dakota politician * Glenn Hoffman (born 1958), American baseball player, coach, and manager * Grace Hoffman (1921–2008), American operatic mezzo-soprano and academic teacher * Gregory Hofmann (born 1992), Swiss ice hockey player


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* H. Lawrence Hoffman (1911–1977), American illustrator * Harold G. Hoffman (1896–1954), American politician and governor of New Jersey * Heinrich Hoffman (1836–1894), American Civil War Corporal in the Union Army * Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957), Hitler's personal photographer and Nazi politician * Henry William Hoffman (1825–1895), American politician


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* Irwin Hoffman (1924–2018), North American and Latin American Conductor *Izzy Hoffman (1875–1942), American baseball player


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* Jack Hoffman (born 2005), American pediatric cancer patient * Jack Hoffman (American football) (1930–2001), American football player * Jackie Hoffman (born 1960), American actress and stand-up comedian * Jacob Hoffman (rabbi), Jacob Hoffman (1881–1956), Hungarian rabbi * Jacob Hoffman (musician) (died 1974), American xylophone player * 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 * Jason Hoffman (born 1989), Australian football (soccer) player * Jay Hoffman (rugby league) (born 1958), Australian rugby league footballer * Jean Hoffman (water polo) (1893–?), Belgian water polo player * Jeff Hoffman (born 1993), American baseball player * Jeffrey A. Hoffman (born 1944), American astronaut * Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Polish film director and screenwriter * John Hoffman (filmmaker) (1904–1980), Hungarian-American filmmaker * John T. Hoffman (1828–1888), governor of New York state and mayor of New York City * Josef Hofmann (1876–1954), Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor * Josef Anton Hofmann (1924–2010), London-born American audio engineer, son of Josef Hofmann * Josh Hoffman (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player * Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837), New York State Attorney General 1795–1802 * Josias Philip Hoffman (1807–1879), Boer politician and first President of the Orange Free State * Julius Hoffman (1895–1983), presiding judge in the Chicago Eight trial


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* Karla Hoffman, American operations researcher * Katherine B. Hoffman (1914–2020), American chemist and academic administrator *Klaus H. Hofmann (1911–1995), American chemist * Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845), Polish writer and translator


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* Larry Hoffman (baseball), Larry Hoffman (1878–1948), American baseball player * Lauren Hoffman (born 1977), American singer * Lyman Hoffman (born 1950), member of the Alaska Senate


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* Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), American sculptor and author * Mani Hoffman (born 1975), French singer and songwriter * Manny Hoffman (1937–2013), American politician and businessman * Marc Hoffman (born 1961), American composer * Mark González, Mark González Hoffman (born 1984), Chilean footballer * Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider * Matthew Hoffman (murderer) (born 1980), American triple murderer * Max Hoffman (1904–1981), Austrian-born importer of European automobiles into the United States * Melchior Hoffman (c. 1490 – 1543), 16th-century German religious leader * Michael Hoffman (director) (born 1956), American movie director * Michael A. Hoffman (1944–1990), American archaeologist * Michael A. Hoffman II (born 1954), American Holocaust denier * Mike Hoffman (ice hockey, born 1989), Mike Hoffman (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player * Myer Hoffman (1902–1959), English-born Irish cricketer * Myn M. Hoffman (1883–1951), American military nurse


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* Nadine Hoffman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player * Nanna Hoffman (1846–1920), Swedish entrepreneur * Nicholas von Hoffman (1929–2018), American journalist * Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American fantasy author * Noah Hoffman (born 1989), American Olympic skier


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* Ogden Hoffman (1794–1856), New York State Attorney General 1854–1855 * Ogden Hoffman Jr. (1822–1891), American federal judge * Otto Hoffman (1879–1944), American film actor


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* Paul Hoffman (basketball) (1925–1998), American basketball player * Paul G. Hoffman (1891–1974), American automobile company executive * Philip Hoffman (disambiguation), several people


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* Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), American student, murder victim in botched drug sting * Reid Hoffman (born 1967), American entrepreneur * Richard Hoffman (disambiguation), several people * Rick Hoffman, American actor * Robert Hoffman (disambiguation), several people


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* Samuel Hoffman (1903–1967), American thereminist * Steve Hoffman (disambiguation), several people


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* Tex Hoffman (1893–1947), American baseball player * Thom Hoffman (born 1957), Dutch actor and photographer * Toni Hoffman, Australian nurse and whistleblower * Trevor Hoffman (born 1967), Major League Baseball pitcher * Tristan Hoffman (born 1970), Dutch road racing cyclist


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* William Hoffman (disambiguation), several people {{surname German-language surnames Occupational surnames Yiddish-language surnames Jewish surnames