Hoover (surname)

For other uses, see Hoover (disambiguation).

Hoover is the Anglicized version of the German and Dutch surname Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

* Richard Bachynsky Hoover Screenwriter Executive producer Bitter Harvest feature film 2017
* Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Bob Hoover (1922–2016), airshow and test pilot, author
* Brad Hoover (born 1976), American football fullback
* Charles Franklin Hoover (1865–1927), American physician
* Colleen Hoover (born 1979), American author
* Dave Hoover (1955–2011), American comic book artist and animator
* Dave Hoover (American football), American football coach
* Dick Hoover (baseball) (1925–1981), American Major League Baseball player
* Dick Hoover (1929–2009), American professional bowler
* Dorothy Haines Hoover (1904–1995), Canadian artist
* Erna Schneider Hoover (born 1926), inventor of the computerized telephone switching system
* Helen Hoover, American nature writer
* Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States
* Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903–1969), the son of President Herbert Hoover; a successful engineer and businessman
* Herb Hoover (1912–1952), American test pilot
* J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), longest-serving head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
* John Hoover (baseball) (1962-2014), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* John H. Hoover (1887–1970), U.S. Navy Admiral who served in World War II
* Katherine Hoover (1937–2018), US composer and flutist
* Lamar Hoover (1887–1944), American college sports coach
* Larry Hoover (born 1950), leader of the Gangster Disciples street gang
* Lou Henry Hoover (1874–1944), wife of President Herbert Hoover
* M. Herbert Hoover (died 1952), American politician (who is not related to the 31st president of the United States)
* Margaret Hoover (born 1977), American political consultant and commentator, great-granddaughter of the former president
* Natalie Hoover (born 1989), voice actress
* Nathan Hoover (born 1997), American basketball player
* Paul Hoover (poet) (born 1946), American poet
* Paul Hoover (baseball) (born 1976), American Major League Baseball catcher
* Quinton Kyle Hoover (born 1996), American YouTuber, known for the channel Quinton Reviews
* Robert Francis Hoover (1913–1970), botanist; see Brodiaea appendiculata[3]
* Stevin Hoover (born 1948), former Boston-based investment manager
* William Henry "Boss" Hoover (1849–1932), founder of The Hoover Company

## Characters

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* Robert Hoover, from the movie Animal House
* Elizabeth Hoover (Miss Hoover), fictional school teacher from the US TV series The Simpsons; See List of recurring The Simpsons characters
* Walter Hoover, in James Curtis's novel They Drive by Night
* Walter Hoover, played by Ernest Thesiger in the film adaptation They Drive by Night
* Dwayne Hoover, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Breakfast of Champions
* Bertolt Hoover (also spelled as Bertholdt Hoover), in Hajime Isayama's Manga/Anime Attack on Titan
* Hoover, an agent of the Grail in Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's comic series Preacher

## See also

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* Hoover (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 200\. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
2. ^ Powell, Kimberley. "Hoover: Surname Meaning and Origin". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
3. ^ "Robert Francis Hoover Biography". JSTOR. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

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