Von Hippel is a German surname and may refer to: Arthur von Hippel (physician) (1841–1916), a German ophthalmologist Robert von Hippel (1866–1951), a German criminal lawyer, his son Arthur R. von Hippel (1898–2003), a German-American physicist, grandson of Arthur von Hippel and nephew of Eugen von Hippel Eric von Hippel (born 1941), an American economist, son of Arthur R. von Hippel Frank N. von Hippel, an American nuclear physicist, son of Arthur R. von Hippel Eugen von Hippel (1867–1939), a German ophthalmologist, his son (discoverer of Von Hippel–Lindau disease) Karin von Hippel Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder (1741–1796), a German satirist Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Younger (1775–1843), a Prussian statesman, his nephew Theodor von Hippel, a German army and intelligence officer during World War II