What is "hoffmann"

Hoffmann is a German family name, and it may refer to:

• Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist
• Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), German poet
• Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986), physicist and biographer of Einstein
• Bruno Hoffmann (1913–1991), German glass harp player
• Charles F. Hoffmann (1838–1913), German-American topographer
• Christoph Hoffmann (1815–1885), German politician and Templer
• David Zvi Hoffmann (1843–1921), Austrian-Hungarian Orthodox Rabbi
• E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), German writer, eponym of The Tales of Hoffmann
• Ernst Hoffmann (conductor) (1899–1956), American symphony conductor
• Falk Hoffmann (born 1952), East German diver
• Felix Hoffmann (1868–1949), German chemist (aspirin)
• Felix Hoffmann (illustrator) (1911–1975), Swiss graphic designer and artist
• Francis Hoffmann (1822–1903), German-American clergyman, politician and writer
• François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), French playwright and critic
• Frank Hoffmann (born 1944), Louisiana state representative
• Frederic de Hoffmann (1924–1989), nuclear physicist
• Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742), German physicist and chemist at Halle
• Friedrich Albin Hoffmann (1843–1924), German internist
• Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868–1920), Swiss founder of chemical company
• Gaby Hoffmann (born 1982), American actress
• Geza von Hoffmann (1885–1921), Austrian-Hungarian eugenicist and writer
• Gleisi Hoffmann, Brazilian politician and lawyer
• Hans Hoffmann (painter) (c.1530–1592), German artist
• Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894)
• Heinrich Hoffmann (sport shooter) (1867–?)
• Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957)
• Heinrich Hoffmann (naval officer) (1910–1998), WWII German naval captain
• Heinrich Hoffmann (pilot) (1913–1941), WWII German flying ace
• Heinz Hoffmann (1910–1985), East German General and Defence Minister
• Hermann Hoffmann (1819–1891), German botanist and mycologist
• Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Formula One & Two racecar driver
• Jan Hoffmann (born 1955), German figure skater
• Jens Hoffmann (born 1974), writer and curator of exhibitions
• Joachim Hoffmann (1930–2002), German historian
• Johann Hoffmann (neurologist) (1857–1919), German neurologist
• Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805–1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist
• Johann Leonard Hoffmann (1710–1782), Dutch army surgeon and amateur geologist
• Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930), Bavarian politician and Minister-President
• John-Baptist Hoffmann (1857–1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar
• Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) (born 1970), German swimmer
• Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), Austrian architect and designer
• Jules A. Hoffmann (born 1941), Luxembourg-born French immunologist and Nobel laureate
• Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Czech violinist
• Karl Hoffmann (Swiss politician) (1820–1895)
• Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853–1909), German botanist
• Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (1895-1988), German admiral during World War II
• Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 1934), British Law Lord
• Luc Hoffmann (1923–2016), Swiss ornithologist, co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund
• Max Hoffmann (1869–1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I
• Melanie Hoffmann (born 1974), German footballer
• Nickel Hoffmann (1536-1592), German architect
• Oskar Hoffmann (painter) (1851–1912), Baltic-German artist from Estonia
• Oskar Hoffmann (author) (1866–1928), German science fiction author
• Philipp Hoffmann (1806–1889), German architect
• Ralph Hoffmann (1870–1932), American ornithologist
• Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1943), German choreographer
• Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate
• Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
• Rüdiger Hoffmann (born 1964), German cabarettist
• Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 1959), Polish triple jumper

Hoffmann was a bicycle manufacturer in Ratingen-Lintorf, Germany. Between 1948 and 1954 the company also manufactured motorcycles. It made a range of models using engines from 125cc to 250cc made by ILO, and the Gouverneur, which had a transversely-mounted 248 cc flat twin four-stroke engine designed by Richard Küchen, and shaft drive. The Gouverneur was developed into the MP 250-2 and finally, in 1953, the S 300 model.

From 1949 to 1954 Hoffmann also made at least 60,000 Vespa motor scooters under licence. A licensing dispute brought this to an end in 1954. At the same time Hoffmann also withdrew from making its own motorcycles, and had further legal problems with their microcar, the Auto-Kabine.