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.
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