Hoffman

Hoffmann and Hofmann in their origins may be German or Jewish surnames, or both. They mean (steward, one who manages the property of another) which in American English or Eastern European languages, like Yiddish, are often rendered as Hoffman, Hofman, Hofmann and also Huffman and Gofman. Hofman and Hofmans are the equivalent Dutch surnames.

Hoffman

Aaron Hoffman (1880–1944), American writer, director and comedian
Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989), social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s
Al Hoffman (1902–1960), Russian-born American songwriter
Alan Hoffman (born 1982), American entrepreneur
Alice Hoffman (born 1952), American author
Anna Hoffman-Uddgren (1868–1947), Swedish actress, cabaret singer and film director
Anthony Hoffman (1739–1790), New York politician
Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (1876–1966), American magazine editor
Barbara Hoffman (born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Bernard Hoffman (1913–1979), American photographer
Biff Hoffman (1904–1954), American football player
Bill Hoffman (baseball) (1918–2004), professional baseball player
Calvin Hoffman (died 1987), American theater press agent and writer
Carl von Hoffman (1889–1982), adventurer
Carl Henry Hoffman (1896–1980), Pennsylvania politician
Charles Hoffman (1911–1972), American screenwriter and film producer
Charles E. Hoffman (born 1949), Chief Executive Officer
Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884), American author, poet and editor
Clare Hoffman (1875–1967), American politician
Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013), American poet, essayist, and academic
Danny Hoffman (1880–1922), American baseball player
David Zvi Hoffman (1843–1921), rabbi in Germany
Doug Hoffman (born 1953), politician, congressional candidate
Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), actor
Dutch Hoffman (1904–1962), American baseball player
Edward George Hoffman (1877–1931), American politician
Edward J. Hoffman (1942–2004), professor and co-inventor of the PET scanner
Elaine Hoffman-Watts, American klezmer drummer
Elisha Hoffman (1839–1929), American hymn composer
Elmer J. Hoffman (1899–1976), American politician
Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1829–1902), American clergyman
F. Burrall Hoffman (1882–1980), American architect
Frederick Ludwig Hoffman (1865–1946), American statistician
George H. Hoffman (1838–1922), South Dakota politician
Glenn Hoffman (born 1958), former shortstop
H. Lawrence Hoffman, 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
Henry William Hoffman (1825–1895), American politician
Izzy Hoffman (1875–1942), American baseball player
Jack Hoffman (born 2006), pediatric cancer patient
Jack Hoffman (American football) (1930-2001), American football player
Jackie Hoffman (born 1960), American actress and stand-up comedian
Jacob Hoffman (1881–1956), Hungarian rabbi
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 (1893–?), Belgian water polo player
Jeffrey A. Hoffman (born 1944), astronaut
Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Polish film director and screenwriter
John Hoffman (filmmaker) (1904–1980), Hungarian-American filmmaker
John Thompson Hoffman (1828–1888), governor of New York state and mayor of New York City
Josh Hoffman (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
Joshua Hoffman, American philosopher
Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Sr. (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
Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845), Polish writer and translator
Larry Hoffman (1878–1948), American baseball player
Lauren Hoffman (born 1977), American singer
Lyman Hoffman (born 1950), member of the Alaska Senate
Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), American sculptor and author
Mani Hoffman (born 1975), French singer and songwriter
Marc Hoffman (born 1961), American composer
Mark González Hoffman (born 1984), Chilean footballer
Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider
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 (American director) (born 1956), American movie director
Michael A. Hoffman (1944–1990), American archaeologist
Michael A. Hoffman II (born 1954), American historical revisionist author
Myer Hoffman (1902–1959), English-born Irish cricketer
Myn M. Hoffman (1883–1951), American military nurse
Nicholas von Hoffman (born 1929), American journalist
Nina Kiriki Hoffman (born 1955), American fantasy author
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
Paul Hoffman (basketball) (1925–1998), American basketball player
Paul G. Hoffman (1891–1974), American automobile company executive
Philip Hoffman (1878–1959), British trade unionist and politician
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014), American actor and director
Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), murder victim in botched drug sting
Reid Hoffman (born 1967), American entrepreneur
Richard Hoffman (disambiguation)
Robert Hoffman (disambiguation)
Samuel Hoffman (1903–1967), American thereminist
Tex Hoffman (1893–1947), American baseball player
Thom Hoffman (born 1957), Dutch actor and photographer
Toni Hoffman, Australian of the Year Local Hero
Trevor Hoffman (born 1967), Major League Baseball pitcher
Tristan Hoffman (born 1970), Dutch road racing cyclist
Steve Hoffman (disambiguation)
Wilhelm Hoffman, German 6th Army soldier during World War II who chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad
William Hoffman (1807–1884), officer in charge of POWs for the Union in the American Civil War

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Hofmans

David Hofmans (born 1943), horse trainer
Greet Hofmans (1894–1968), faith healer and hand layer

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Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist, "father" of LSD
Andreas Joseph Hofmann (1752–1849), German philosopher and revolutionary
Armin Hofmann (born 1920), Swiss designer
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), German chemist
Charles Hofmann (1763–1823), Dutch musician and composer
Eduard von Hofmann (1837–1897), Austrian physician and forensic pathologist
Ernst Hofmann (1880–1945), German film actor
Fred Hofmann (1894–1964), American baseball player and coach
Fritz Hofmann (chemist) (1866–1956), German chemist
Fritz Hofmann (athlete) (1871–1927), German athlete
Gert Hofmann (1931–1993), German writer
Gunther O. Hofmann (born 1957), a German surgeon, physicist and university teacher
Hans Hofmann (1880–1966), German-born American painter
Hans J. Hofmann (1936–2010), German-born Canadian paleontologist
Heinrich Hofmann (painter) (1824–1911), German painter
Heinrich Hofmann (composer) (1842–1902), German composer and pianist
Henner Hofmann (born 1950), director of photography
Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
- Augustin Emil Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1815–1881), Austrian industrialist
- Hugo Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist
- Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1759–1849), Austrian merchant
Horst Hofmann (1919–1978), German U-boat officer
John Beck Hofmann (born 1969), Hollywood screenwriter and director
Josef Hofmann (1876–1957), Polish-American pianist, composer and inventor
Joseph Ehrenfried Hofmann (1900–1973), German historian of mathematics
Karl Andreas Hofmann (1870–1940), German inorganic chemist
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann (1921–1945), German Luftwaffe ace
Klaus Hofmann (born 1939), German musicologist
Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793), Austrian classical composer
Leopold Hofmann (1905–1976), Austrian footballer
Ludwig Hofmann (1900–1935), German footballer
Ludwig von Hofmann (1861–1945), German painter
Mark Hofmann (born 1954), U.S. murderer and forger, antagonistic former LDS
Markus Hofmann (born 1975), German memory trainer, keynote speaker and author
Maximilian Hofmann (born 1993), Austrian footballer
Michael Hofmann (born 1957), German poet and translator
Murad Wilfried Hofmann (born 1931), Muslim German diplomat and author
Ottmar Hofmann (1835–1900), German entomologist
Otto Hofmann (1896–1982), Nazi official
Peter Hofmann (1944–2010), German tenor
Richard Hofmann (1844–1918), German composer
Rudolf Hofmann (1895–1970), German General of World War II
William Hofmann, illustrator

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