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Hoffmann and Hofmann are German surnames (meaning man of the yard, court) which in American English or Eastern European languages are often rendered as Hoffman, Hofman, Hofmann and also Huffman and Gofman.

Hoffman

• Abbie Hoffman, social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s
• Al Hoffman, songwriter
• Alice Hoffman, American author
• Bill Hoffman, professional baseball player
• Bryan Hoffman, Huey Crew Chief, US Army
• Charles E. Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer
• Carl von Hoffman, adventurer
• Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884), American author and poet
• C.W. Hoffman (born 1960), Custom furniture design and builder
• David Zvi Hoffman (1843-1921), rabbi in Germany
• Doug Hoffman (born 1953), politician, congressional candidate
• Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), actor
• Edward J. Hoffman, professor and co-inventor of the PET scanner
• Elaine Hoffman-Watts, American klezmer drummer
• H. Lawrence Hoffman, illustrator
• Harold G. Hoffman, American politician and governor of New Jersey
• Jay Hoffman (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
• Jeffrey A. Hoffman, astronaut
• Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director and screenwriter
• John Thompson Hoffman, governor of New York state and mayor of New York City
• Joshua Hoffman, American philosopher
• Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Sr. (1766-1837), New York State Attorney General 1795-1802
• Julius Hoffman, presiding judge in the Chicago Eight trial
• Kara and Shelby Hoffman, twin child actresses
• Lauren Hoffman, American singer
• Malvina Hoffman, sculptor
• Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
• Max Hoffman, Austrian-born importer of European automobiles into the United States
• Melchior Hoffman, 16th-century German religious leader
• Michael Hoffman (American director), American movie director
• Michael A. Hoffman (1944 - 1990), American archaeologist
• Michael A. Hoffman II (born 1954), American historical revisionist author
• Nicholas von Hoffman, American journalist
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American fantasy author
• Ogden Hoffman (1794-1856), New York State Attorney General 1854-1855
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
• Rachel Hoffman, murder victim in botched drug sting
• Reid Hoffman, American entrepreneur
• Richard A. Hoffman, U.S. congressional candidate
• Robert Hoffman, several people
• Toni Hoffman, Australian of the Year Local Hero
• Trevor Hoffman, Major League Baseball pitcher and all-time saves leader
• Steve Hoffman, audio engineer from Los Angeles, California
• Steve Hoffman (businessman)
• Wilhelm Hoffman, German 6th Army soldier during WW2; chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad

Hofman(s)

• Adam Hofman (born 1980), Polish politician
• David Hofman (1908-2003), member of the Universal House of Justice
• Jan Cornelis Hofman, also named Jean Hofman, (1889-1966), Dutch art painter
• René Hofman (born 1961), retired Dutch footballer
• Robin Hofman (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Solly Hofman (1882-1956), Major League Baseball outfield player
• Wlastimil Hofman (1881-1970), Polish painter
• David Hofmans, horse trainer
• Greet Hofmans (1894-1968)

Hoffmann

• Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857-1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, a German poet.
• Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986) A physicist and biographer of Einstein
• Bruno Hoffmann, (1913-1991), German glass harp player
• E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), German writer, eponym of The Tales of Hoffmann
• Ernst Hoffmann (conductor) (1899?-1956), American symphony conductor
• Falk Hoffmann (born 1952), East German diver
• Felix Hoffmann (1868-1946), German chemist (aspirin)
• François Benoît Hoffmann (1760-1828), French playwright and critic
• Friedrich Hoffmann (1660-1742), German physicist and chemist at Halle
• Fritz Hoffmann (1871-1927) German athlete
• Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868-1920) Swiss founder of chemical company
• Gaby Hoffmann (b. 1982), American actress
• Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957), German photographer
• Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809-1894), German author
• Heinz Hoffmann (1910-1985), East German General and Defence Minister
• Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Formula One & Two racecar driver
• Jens Hoffmann (born 1974), writer and curator of exhibitions
• Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805-1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist
• John-Baptist Hoffmann (1857-1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar
• Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) (born 1970), German swimmer
• Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect and designer
• Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Czech violinist
• Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, British Law Lord
• Max Hoffmann (1869-1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I
• Ralph Hoffmann (1870-1932), American ornithologist
• Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate
• Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
• Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 1959), Polish triple jumper

Hofmann

• Albert Hofmann (1906-2008), Swiss chemist, "father" of LSD
• Andreas Joseph Hofmann (1752-1849), German philosopher and revolutionary
• Armin Hofmann, Swiss designer
• August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist
• Fritz Hofmann (1866-1956), German chemist
• Gert Hofmann (1931-1993), German writer
• Hans Hofmann (1880–1966), German-born American painter
• Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911), German painter
• Henner Hofmann, director of photography
• Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
  • Hugo von Hofmannsthal
  • Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal
• Joachim Hoffmann (1930–2002), German historian
• John Beck Hofmann, Hollywood screenwriter and director
• Józef Hofmann (1876-1957), Polish pianist and composer
• Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793), Austrian classical composer
• Ludwig von Hofmann (1861-1945), German artist
• Mark Hofmann (born 1954), U.S. murderer and forger, antagonistic former LDS
• Michael Hofmann (born 1957), German poet and translator
• Murad Wilfried Hofmann (born 1931), Muslim German diplomat and author
• Otto Hofmann, Nazi official
• Peter Hofmann (born 1944), German tenor
• William Hofmann, illustrator

Places

In the United States:

• Hoffman, Illinois (village)
• Hoffman Estates, Illinois (village)
• Hoffman, Minnesota (city)
• Hoffman, North Carolina (town)
• Hoffman, Oklahoma (town)
• Hoffman Island, near Staten Island, New York

Animals

• Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
• Hoffmann's Titi
• Hoffmann's Woodpecker
• Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper
• Hoffmann's Pika
• Hoffmann's Rat

Artistic works

• Hoffman (film), 1970 comedy film by Alvin Rakoff starring Peter Sellers
• The Tales of Hoffmann, 1881 opera by Jacques Offenbach
• The Tales of Hoffmann (film), 1951 film
• "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)", song by Tool

Other

• Hoffman Television, a manufacturer of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s
• Hoffmann (motorcycle), a former German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer
• Hoffmann–La Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company
• Hoffmann's anodyne, or Compound spirit of ether, a drug used as a painkiller or hypnotic
• Hoffmann's sign, a reflex in the hand
• American Hofmann Corporation, designer and manufacturer of precision balancing machines and systems
• Hofmann elimination
• Hofmann rearrangement
• Hofmann voltameter, a piece of chemistry apparatus sometimes used to collect hydrogen and oxygen gas created in the electrolysis of water

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a steward on a farm or estate, from German hof(f) ‘manorfarm’, ‘courtyard’ + Mann ‘man’. Originally, this was a status name for a farmer who owned his own land as opposed to holding it by rent or feudal obligation, but the name soon came to denote the manager or steward of a manor farm, in which sense it is extremely frequent throughout central and eastern Europe; also among Jews, since many Jews held managerial positions on non-Jewish estates.

Proper noun

Hoffman

1. A surname.

From Wikispecies

Abraham Carel Hoffman, herpetologist