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 Hans Hoffmann (painter) (c.1530–1592), German artist 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)