Hopf (family name)

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Hopf is a variant of the family name Höpfner .

origin of the name

In the Middle Ages, a Hopfner worked as a hop farmer , hop trader or had something to do with hops in some other way.

frequency

In the variant Hopf, the name occurs predominantly in Central Germany and is one of the family names that occur more frequently than average.

Name bearer

A.

  • Adolf Hopf (1923–2011), German neurologist, psychiatrist and university professor
  • Albert Hopf (1815–1885), German caricaturist and satirist
  • Alice Lightner Hopf (1904–1988), American writer
  • Andreas Hopf (pseudonyms Anette Kleine, Felizitas Schnurre, Winnie Wedel ; 1940–2000), German publisher and writer
  • Angela Hopf (actually Margrit-Angela Hopf-von Denffer , called Maxie ; * 1941), German painter, author, publisher, cartoonist and illustrator
  • Anton Hopf (1910–1994), German orthopedist and university professor

B.

  • Beate Hopf (* 1943/1944), German television assistant

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G

H

I.

  • Immanuel Hopf (1838–1924), German physician; published medical and anthropological fairy tales under the pseudonym Philander; see Ludwig Hopf (physician)

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M.

  • Martin Hopf (* 1969), German physicist, didactician and university professor
  • Max Hopf (1902–1980), Swiss doctor and writer
  • Michaela Hopf (* 1979), German educational scientist and university lecturer

O

  • Otto Hopf (1855–1927), Swiss pastor and dialect researcher

P

  • Paul Hopf (1875–1939), Lord Mayor of the City of Elberfeld
  • Pepi Hopf (* 1970), Austrian cabaret artist
  • Peter Hopf (1937–2004), German painter, head of the cultural office and art collector
  • Philipp Heinrich Hopf (1747–1804), German mathematician, physicist and high school principal

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V

  • Volkmar Hopf (1906–1997), lawyer under National Socialism and President of the Federal Audit Office

W.

Y


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