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Bruce Frederick Von Hoff (November 17, 1943 – September 11, 2012) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Oakland, California. [1] Von Hoff pitched in a total of thirteen games for the Houston Astros in the 1965 and 1967 seasons. He died at his home in Gulfport, Florida. [1]
Hoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: August Bernhard Carl Hoff (1886–1971), Lutheran pastor of Koonibba Mission in South Australia; Benjamin Hoff, American author whose works are influenced by Taoism
Hoff was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1938, the only child of James and Mary Hoff. [3] [4] She served as a member of the Coast Guard. [3] Hoff attended Washington University with support from a scholarship, graduating with a B.A. in 1960. [1] [4] She went on to earn a Master's of Science at Yale.
Hoff was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1960, and served one term, 1961 to 1963. [13] As a legislator, Hoff was a member of the "Young Turks," a bipartisan alliance of progressive and reform minded representatives and senators that included Republicans Franklin S. Billings Jr. and Ernest W. Gibson III. [14] Hoff in 2004
Ole P. Hoff (May 17, 1853 – March 18, 1924) was a Norwegian-American Republican politician and the first commissioner of labor in the U.S. state of Oregon.Hoff was the sole employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Inspector of Factories and Workshops (now the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries) when he was appointed commissioner after the bureau's creation by the state legislature ...
Dennis Leroy Hof (October 14, 1946 – October 16, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He owned seven legal brothels in Nevada, most notably the Moonlite BunnyRanch.
Frans van der Hoff (13 July 1939 – 13 February 2024), or Francisco VanderHoff Boersma as he is called in Latin America, was a Dutch missionary who, in collaboration with Nico Roozen and ecumenical development agency Solidaridad, launched Max Havelaar, the first Fairtrade label in 1988.
Syd Hoff (September 4, 1912 – May 12, 2004) was an American cartoonist and children's book author, best known for his classic early reader Danny and the Dinosaur.His cartoons appeared in a multitude of genres, including advertising commissions for such companies as Eveready Batteries, Jell-O, OK Used Cars, S.O.S Pads, Rambler, Ralston Cereal, and more.