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 and also Huffman.
Hoffman
- Abbie Hoffman, social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s
- Al Hoffman, songwriter
- Alice Hoffman, American author
- Bill Hoffman, professional baseball player
- Charles E. Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer
- Carl von Hoffman, adventurer
- Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884), American author and poet
- David Zwi Hoffman (1843-1921), rabbi in Germany
- Dustin Hoffman, actor
- Edward J. Hoffman, professor and co-inventor of the PET scanner
- Harold G. Hoffman, American politician and governor of New Jersey
- H. Lawrence Hoffman, illustrator
- Heinrich Hofmann, a German painter
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman, astronaut
- Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director and screenwriter
- John T. Hoffman, governor of New York state and Mayor of New York City
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766-1837), New York State Attorney General 1795-1802
- Julius Hoffman, presiding judge in the Chicago Eight trial
- Kara & Shelby Hoffman, twin child actresses
- 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 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,American actor
- Toni Hoffman, Australian of the Year Local Hero
- Trevor Hoffman, Major League Baseball pitcher and all-time saves leader
- Steve Hoffman (businessman)
- Steve Hoffman, audio engineer from Los Angeles, California,
- Wilhelm Hoffman, German 6th Army soldier during WW2; chronicled the Battle of Stalingrad
Hofman(s)
Hoffmann
- Arthur Hoffmann, (1857-1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
- Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986) A physicist and biographer of Einstein
- Bruno Hoffmann, (1913-1991), German glass harp player
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer, eponym of Tales of Hoffmann
- Ernst Hoffmann (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
- Timothy Hoffmann (b. 1987), South African Oxford University Scholar and General Hero
- 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 (1809-1894), German author
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957), German photographer
- Ingo Hoffmann (b. 1953), Formula One & Two racecar driver
- Jens Hoffmann (b. 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 (born 1970), German swimmer
- Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect and designer
- Lord Hoffmann, British Law Lord
- Max Hoffmann (1869-1927) was a German officer and military strategist during World War I
- Roald Hoffmann (b. 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate.
- Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
- Zdzisław Hoffmann (b. 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
- Gert Hofmann (1931-1993), German writer
- Hans Hofmann, painter
- Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911), German painter
- Hofmann von Hofmannsthal
- 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
- Henner Hofmann, Director of Photography
- James Hofmann, professor
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