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:

• Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Andrea Hoover (born 1992), American basketball 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
• 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

• 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

• Hoover (disambiguation)

References

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.