Hoffmann

Not to be confused with Hoffman.

Hoffmann is a German surname.

People

A

• Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist
• Alexander Hoffmann (born 1975), German politician
• Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
• Asa Hoffmann (born 1943), American chess player
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), German poet

B

• Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986), American mathematician and physicist, biographer of Einstein
• Baptist Hoffmann (1863–1937), German operatic baritone and voice teacher
• Bettina Hoffmann (born 1960), German politician
• Bruno Hoffmann (1913–1991), German glass harp player

C

• Charles F. Hoffmann (1838–1913), German-American topographer
• Christoph Hoffmann (1815–1885), German politician and Templer
• Christoph Hoffmann (born 1957), German politician

D

• David Hoffmann (disambiguation)

E

• E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), German writer, eponym of The Tales of Hoffmann
• Erich Hoffmann (1868–1959), German dermatologist
• Ernst Hoffmann (conductor) (1899–1956), American symphony conductor

F

• Falk Hoffmann (born 1952), East German diver
• Felix Hoffmann (1868–1949), German chemist (aspirin)
• Felix Hoffmann (basketball) (born 1989), German basketball player
• Felix Hoffmann (illustrator) (1911–1975), Swiss graphic designer and artist
• Francis Hoffmann (1822–1903), German-American clergyman, politician and writer
• Frederic de Hoffmann (1924–1989), Austrian-American nuclear physicist
• Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742), German physician and chemist at Halle
• Friedrich Albin Hoffmann (1843–1924), German internist
• Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868–1920), Swiss founder of chemical company

G

• Gaby Hoffmann (born 1982), American actress
• Geza von Hoffmann (1885–1921), Austrian-Hungarian eugenicist and writer
• Georg Franz Hoffmann (1760–1826), German botanist and lichenologist
• Gerhard Hoffmann (pilot) (1919–1945), World War II German flying ace
• Gleisi Hoffmann, Brazilian politician and lawyer

H

• Hanna Hoffmann (1858–1917), Danish sculptor and silversmith
• Hans Hoffmann (painter) (c.1530–1592), German artist
• Héctor Omar Hoffmann (1949–2020), Argentine singer-songwriter artistically known as Sergio Denis
• Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894), German psychiatrist and author
• Heinrich Hoffmann (sport shooter) (1867–?), German sports shooter
• Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957), German photographer
• Heinrich Hoffmann (pilot) (1913–1941), World War II German flying ace
• Heinz Hoffmann (1910–1985), East German General and Defence Minister
• Hermann Hoffmann (1819–1891), German botanist and mycologist
• Hilmar Hoffmann (1925–2018), German film festival director, cultural politician, director of Goethe-Institute, writer

I

• Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Brazilian Formula One & Two racecar driver

J

• James Hoffmann (born 1979), English barista, businessman and online influencer
• Jan Hoffmann (born 1955), German figure skater
• Jens Hoffmann (born 1974), Costa Rican writer and curator of exhibitions
• Joachim Hoffmann (1930–2002), German historian
• Johann Hoffmann (neurologist) (1857–1919), German neurologist
• Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805–1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist
• Johann Leonard Hoffmann (1710–1782), Dutch army surgeon and amateur geologist
• Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930), Bavarian politician and Minister-President
• John-Baptist Hoffmann (1857–1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar
• Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) (born 1970), German swimmer
• Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), Austrian architect and designer
• Jules A. Hoffmann (born 1941), Luxembourg-born French immunologist and Nobel laureate

K

• Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Czech violinist
• Karl Hoffmann (Swiss politician) (1820–1895)
• Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853–1909), German botanist
• Karol Hoffmann (born 1989), Polish athlete
• Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (1895–1988), German admiral during World War II

L

• Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 1934), British Law Lord
• Luc Hoffmann (1923–2016), Swiss ornithologist, co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund

M

• Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider
• Max Hoffmann (1869–1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I
• Melanie Hoffmann (born 1974), German footballer
• Mike Hoffmann (1953/1954–2021), American musician and record producer
• Marcin Hoffmann (born 1972), Polish professor of chemistry at Adam Mickiewicz University

N

• Nickel Hoffmann (1536–1592), German architect

O

• Oskar Hoffmann (painter) (1851–1912), Baltic-German artist from Estonia
• Oskar Hoffmann (author) (1866–1928), German science fiction author
• Oswald Hoffmann (1913-2005), American clergyman and Lutheran broadcaster

P

• Paul Hoffmann, pseudonym of composer Montague Ewing (1890–1957)
• Philipp Hoffmann (1806–1889), German architect
• Professor Hoffmann (1839–1919), pseudonym for Angelo Lewis, English barrister, magician and writer

R

• Ralph Hoffmann (1870–1932), American ornithologist
• Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1943), German choreographer
• Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate
• Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
• Rüdiger Hoffmann (born 1964), German cabarettist

T

• Thorsten Hoffmann (born 1961), German politician

Z

• Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 1959), Polish triple jumper

Other uses

• Hoffmann (motorcycle), defunct German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer
• Hoffmann (automobile), German three-wheeled car
• Mount Hoffmann

See also

• Hoffman
• Hofman
• Hofmann
• Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (author abbreviation: Hoffmanns., 1766–1849), a German botanist and entomologist