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 (1635–1706), a Swiss theologian, historian and compiler of the Lexicon Universale
 * John Beck Hofmann (born 1969), Hollywood screenwriter and director
 * 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