Hoover (surname)

Hoover is the Anglicized version of the German and Dutch surname Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small farmer. 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
  • Stevin Hoover (born 1948), former Boston-based investment manager
  • William Henry "Boss" Hoover (1849–1932), founder of The Hoover Company
For other uses, see Hoover (disambiguation).
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