Hoffman - wikipedia Hoffman For other uses, see Hoffman ( disambiguation ). Look up Hoffman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hoffmann or Hofmann is a surname of German origin. The original meaning in medieval times was `` steward, i.e. one who manages the property of another ''. In English and other European languages, including Yiddish and Dutch, the name is also spelt Hoffman, Hofman, Huffman, Gofman or Hofmans. Contents 1 Hoffman 2 Hofman 3 Hofmans 4 Hoffmann 5 Hofmann 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 Alex Hoffman - Ellis ( born 1989 ), American football player Alan Hoffman ( born 1982 ), American entrepreneur Alice Hoffman ( born 1952 ), American author Anthony Hoffman ( 1739 -- 1790 ), New York politician Arthur Sullivant Hoffman ( 1876 -- 1966 ), American magazine editor August Wilhelm von Hofmann ( 1818 - 1892 ), German chemist Barbara Hoffman ( born 1931 ), All - American Girls Professional Baseball League player Ben Hoffman ( born 1974 ), American comedian and writer Ben Hoffman ( triathlete ) ( born 1983 ), American triathlete Bernard Hoffman ( 1913 -- 1979 ), American photographer Biff Hoffman ( 1904 -- 1954 ), American football player Bill Hoffman ( disambiguation ), multiple people including 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 Dorothy Hoffman ( 1915 -- 1996 ), American engineer 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 Gene Hoffman ( born 1975 ), American businessman and activist Gene L. Hoffman ( 1932 - 2007 ), American educator and politician George H. Hoffman ( 1838 -- 1922 ), South Dakota politician Géza Hoffman ( born 1936 ), Hungarian actor and comedian 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 T. Hoffman ( 1828 -- 1888 ), governor of New York state and mayor of New York City Josh Hoffman ( born 1988 ), Australian Rugby League player Josiah Ogden Hoffman ( 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 ( director ) ( born 1956 ), American movie director Michael A. Hoffman ( 1944 -- 1990 ), American archaeologist Michael A. Hoffman II ( born 1954 ), American Holocaust denier Myer Hoffman ( 1902 -- 1959 ), English - born Irish cricketer Myn M. Hoffman ( 1883 -- 1951 ), American military nurse Nadine Hoffman, All - American Girls Professional Baseball League player Nicholas von Hoffman ( born 1929 ), American journalist Nina Kiriki Hoffman ( born 1955 ), American fantasy author Noah Hoffman ( born 1989 ), American Olympic skier 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 ) Roald Hoffmann ( born Roald Safran, 1937 ), American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ; poet and playwright 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 ( disambiguation ), multiple people including William Hoffman ( United States Army ) ( 1807 -- 1884 ), officer in charge of POWs for the Union in the American Civil War Hofman Main article : Hofman Hofmans David Hofmans ( born 1943 ), horse trainer Greet Hofmans ( 1894 -- 1968 ), faith healer and hand layer Hoffmann Main article : Hoffmann Hofmann Albert Hofmann ( 1906 -- 2008 ), Swiss chemist, `` father '' of LSD Andreas Hofmann ( born 1991 ), German athlete 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 Elise Hofmann ( 1889 -- 1955 ), Austrian paleobotanist 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 Max Hofmann ( born ( 1974 ), a German journalist and moderator Maximilian Hofmann ( born 1993 ), Austrian footballer Michael Hofmann ( born 1957 ), German poet and translator Michel - Rostislav Hofmann ( 1915 -- 1975 ), Franco - Russian translator, writer and musicologist 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 Steffen Hofmann, German footballer Vlastimil Hofmann ( 1881 - 1970 ), birth name of Polish artist Wlastimil Hofman William Hofmann, illustrator Surnames associated with the occupations of farmer / ploughman / peasant etc. Germanic Farmer, Plowman, Cotter, Cotterill, Bond Bauer, Ackerman, Pachter, Hüfner, Hoffman Boer ( De Boer ) Bonde, Farman Romance Laboureur, Labourier, Fermier, Contadino, Campagnaro Slavic Zemedelski, Sedlak Semitic Fellah Bartholomew Other Georgios Gonidec, Merour This page lists people with the surname Hoffman. 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Question: where does the last name hoffman come from
Answer: German