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Hoover is a surname, an Anglicized form of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.
Hoover may refer to:
People
- Bob Hoover, airshow and test pilot, author
- Brad Hoover, American football fullback
- Dave Hoover, American comic book artist and animator
- Dave Hoover, American football coach
- Dick Hoover (1925–1981), American Major League Baseball player
- Dick Hoover (1929–2009), American professional bowler
- Erna Schneider Hoover, inventor of the computerized telephone switching system
- 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
- J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), longest-serving head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- John Hoover (born 1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- John Howard Hoover, U.S. Navy Admiral who served in World War II
- Lamar Hoover (1887–1944), American college sports coach
- Larry Hoover, leader of the Gangster Disciples street gang
- Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover
- M. Herbert Hoover, American politician (who is not related to the 31st President of the United States)
- Margaret Hoover, American political consultant and commentator, great-granddaughter of the former President
- Paul Hoover (born 1946), American poet
- Paul Hoover (born 1976), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Robert Francis Hoover (1913-1970), botanist
- Stevin Hoover, former Boston-based investment manager
- Willis Hoover, country and western performer active in the 1960s and 1970s
Fictional characters
- Robert Hoover, fictional character from the movie Animal House
- Elizabeth Hoover (Miss Hoover), fictional school teacher from the US TV series The Simpsons
- Walter Hoover, fictional character in James Curtis's novel They Drive by Night, played by Ernest Thesiger in the 1938 film adaptation.
- Dwayne Hoover, fictional character in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Breakfast of Champions.
- Bertolt Hoover, fictional character in Hajime Isayama's Manga/Anime Attack on Titan.
Places
- Hoover, Alabama
- Hoover, Indiana
- Hoover, South Dakota
- The Hoover Building in West London, originally a Hoover Company factory
- Hoover Dam, originally named Boulder Dam
- Hoover Dam (Ohio), a dam on the Big Walnut Creek
- Hoover Field, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands
- Hoover Tower, a 285-foot structure on the campus of Stanford University
Companies
- Hoover Air League, an aircraft business
- The Hoover Company, a U.S. manufacturer of appliances, especially vacuum cleaners
- Hoover's, Inc., a business information company based in Austin, Texas
- Hoover Institution, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by Herbert Hoover, later US President
Music
- Hoover (band), a post-hardcore band
- Willis Hoover, a Country Western performer active in 1960s and 70s
- Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
- The original name of Hooverphonic
Other
- a genericised trademark for any vacuum cleaner
- Hoover (seal), a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speech
- Hoover index, Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure
- a nickname for the Lockheed S-3 Viking
See also
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