Hopf (family name)
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
C.
- Carl Friedrich Hopf (1811-1892), German violin maker
- Caspar Hopf (1650–1711), Saxon violin maker
- Christel Hopf (1942–2008), German sociologist
D.
- Dieter Hopf (* 1936), German guitar maker; see Hopf (guitar maker)
- Diether Hopf (* 1933), German educator and university teacher
E.
- Eberhard Hopf (1902–1983), Austrian-American mathematician
- Eduard Hopf (master builder) (1856–1931), Swiss engineer, master builder, local and art historian and museum founder
- Eduard Hopf (1901–1973), German painter
- Erkki Hopf (* 1964), German actor
- Ernst Hopf (1862–1948), Mayor of Eberswalde from 1895 to 1928
- Eugen Hopf (1827–?), Member of the Württemberg state parliament
F.
- Franz Hopf (1807–1877), German politician, Protestant pastor and member of the state parliament
- Fred Hopf (1875–1943), Swiss painter
- Friedrich Hopf (master builder) (1818–1887), Swiss master builder
- Friedrich Hopf (Mayor) (1834–1912), second mayor of Arnstadt in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1871–1907)
- Friedrich Eugen Hopf (1870–1944), German dermatologist and politician ( Pan-German Association , DNVP )
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf (1910–1982), German mission director
- Fritz Hopf (1907–1999), German engineer, entrepreneur and patron
G
- Georg Leonhard Hopf (1799–1844), German brewer
- Georg Hopf (1940 / 1941–1985), German journalist and television presenter
- Gertraud Hopf (1920–2008), Austrian opera singer (soprano)
- Gustav Hopf (insurance manager) (1808–1872), German insurance salesman
- Gustav Hopf (dermatologist) (1900–1979), German dermatologist and medical officer
H
- Hannes Hopf (1968–2007), German neodadaist and poet
- Hanns Christian Hopf (1934–2013), neurophysiologist
- Hans Hopf (1916–1993), German hero tenor
- Hans Hopf (psychoanalyst) (* 1942), German analytical child and adolescent psychotherapist
- Heinrich Hopf (1869–1929), German politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Friedrich Hopf (1754–1825), publicist, manufacturer and freemason in Brno
- Heinz Hopf (1894–1971), German-Swiss mathematician
- Helmuth Hopf (1932–1990), German music teacher and university professor
- Henning Hopf (* 1940), German chemist
- Herbert Hopf (* 1939/1940), German high jumper, sports scientist and university professor
- Heribert Hopf (* 1936), German writer
- Hermann Hopf (cellist) (1871–?), German cellist
- Hermann Hopf (physician) (1874–1930), Swiss radiologist, founder of the Swiss Radiological Society
I.
- Immanuel Hopf (1838–1924), German physician; published medical and anthropological fairy tales under the pseudonym Philander; see Ludwig Hopf (physician)
J
- Johann Hopf (1826–1886), conductor and composer
- Johann Samuel Hopf (1784–1830), Swiss educator
- Johannes Hopf (* 1987), Swedish football goalkeeper
- Josef Hopf (1894–1993), German mechanic and race director
- Judith Hopf (* 1969), German artist
- Julius Hopf (1839–1886), German lawyer and politician
K
- Karl Hopf (1832–1873), German historian and Byzantinist
- Karl Hopf (serial killer) (1863-1914), German fencing master and serial killer
L.
- Lothar Hopf , German Nordic combined athlete
- Ludwig Hopf (physician) (1838-1924), German physician and writer
- Ludwig Hopf (mathematician) (1884–1939), German mathematician and physicist
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
R.
- Richard Hopf (1898–1988), German toy manufacturer
- Rinaldo Hopf (* 1955), German artist and photographer
V
- Volkmar Hopf (1906–1997), lawyer under National Socialism and President of the Federal Audit Office
W.
- Wilhelm Hopf (architect) (1849–1922), Swiss architect, museum founder and curator
- Wilhelm Hopf (librarian) (1876–1962), German librarian
- Wilhelm Hopf (publisher) (* 1949), German publisher and founder of the publishing house
Y
- Yvonne Hopf , German swimmer and Paralympian
See also:
- Hopff
- Hopf (guitar maker) , German musical instrument maker
- Publishing house Peter Hopf