Hoffmann’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

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Hoffmann is a German surname.

Geographical Distribution

As of 2014, 74.3% of all known bearers of the surname Hoffmann were residents of Germany (frequency 1:292), 6.6% of Brazil (1:8,398), 6.3% of the United States (1:15,493), 1.7% of Austria (1:1,328), 1.7% of Poland (1:5,972), 1.2% of Luxembourg (1:125), 1.0% of Australia (1:6,487) and 1.0% of South Africa (1:15,136).

In Luxembourg, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:125) in the following cantons:

  • 1. Echternach (1:50)
  • 2. Remich (1:58)
  • 3. Mersch (1:75)
  • 4. Diekirch (1:82)
  • 5. Redange (1:85)
  • 6. Grevenmacher (1:97)

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:292) in the following states:

  • 1. Saarland (1:132)
  • 2. Brandenburg (1:167)
  • 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:180)
  • 4. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:181)
  • 5. Thuringia (1:182)
  • 6. Berlin (1:189)
  • 7. Saxony (1:256)

People

A

  • Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist
  • 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), physicist and biographer of Einstein
  • 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

D

  • David Zvi Hoffmann (1843–1921), Austrian-Hungarian Orthodox Rabbi

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
  • François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), French playwright and critic
  • Frank Hoffmann (born 1944), Louisiana state representative
  • Frederic de Hoffmann (1924–1989), 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,
  • Gleisi Hoffmann, Brazilian politician and lawyer

H

  • Hans Hoffmann (painter) (c.1530–1592), German artist
  • Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894)
  • Heinrich Hoffmann (sport shooter) (1867–?)
  • Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957)
  • 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), Formula One & Two racecar driver

J

  • Jan Hoffmann (born 1955), German figure skater
  • Jens Hoffmann (born 1974), 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, 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

  • Max Hoffmann (1869–1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I
  • Melanie Hoffmann (born 1974), German footballer

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

P

  • Philipp Hoffmann (1806–1889), German architect

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

Z

  • Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 1959), Polish triple jumper

Other uses

  • Hoffmann (motorcycle) a defunct German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer
  • Hoffmann (automobile) a three-wheeled car considered by some to be the worst car ever made
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