# Hofmann (surname)

Hofmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist, "father" of LSD
* Andreas Hofmann (athlete) (born 1991), German athlete
* Andreas Joseph Hofmann (1752–1849), German philosopher and revolutionary
* Armin Hofmann (1920–2020), Swiss designer
* August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), German chemist
* Beate Hofmann (born 1963), German Lutheran bishop
* 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
* Harald Hofmann (born 1973), Austrian rower
* 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
* Johann Jacob Hofmann [fr; de] (1635–1706), a Swiss theologian, historian and compiler of the Lexicon Universale
* John Beck Hofmann (born 1969), Hollywood screenwriter and director
* Jonas Hofmann (born 1992), German footballer
* 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
* Klaus H. Hofmann (1911–1995), Swiss/American biochemist
* Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793), Austrian classical composer
* Leopold Hofmann (footballer) (1905–1976), Austrian footballer
* Ludwig Hofmann (footballer) (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 (1931–2020), Muslim German diplomat and author
* Nico Hofmann (born 1959), German film director and film producer
* Olivia Hofmann (born 1992), Austrian sport shooter
* Ottmar Hofmann (1835–1900), German entomologist
* Otto Hofmann (1896–1982), Nazi SS general and convicted war criminal
* Pavel Hofmann (born 1938), Czech rower
* Peter Hofmann (1944–2010), German tenor
* Richard Hofmann (composer) (1844–1918), German composer
* Richie Hofmann (born 1987), American poet
* Rudolf Hofmann (1895–1970), German General of World War II
* Steffen Hofmann (born 1980), German footballer
* Thomas Hofmann (born 1968), German food chemist and academic administrator
* Vlastimil Hofmann (1881–1970), birth name of Polish artist Wlastimil Hofman
* William Hofmann (1924–1995), illustrator