List of Famous people with last name Hofmann

Mark Hofmann

First Name Mark
Last Name Hofmann
Born on December 7, 1954 (age 69)

Mark William Hofmann is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished forgers in history, Hofmann is especially noted for his creation of documents related to the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. When his schemes began to unravel, he constructed bombs to murder two people in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Albert Hofmann

First Name Albert
Last Name Hofmann
Born on January 11, 1906
Died on April 29, 2008 (aged 102)
Born in Switzerland, Aargau

Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known best for being the first known person to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann was also the first person to isolate, synthesize, and name the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin. He authored more than 100 scientific articles and numerous books, including LSD: Mein Sorgenkind. In 2007, he shared first place with Tim Berners-Lee in a list of the 100 greatest living geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

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Louis Hofmann

First Name Louis
Last Name Hofmann
Born on June 3, 1997 (age 26)

Louis Hofmann is a German actor who first gained attention as the lead in the 2011 German film Tom Sawyer and won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a teenage German prisoner of war in the 2015 Danish film Land of Mine. He is also known for his role in the 2017 German Netflix Original series Dark.

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Jonas Hofmann

First Name Jonas
Last Name Hofmann
Born on July 14, 1992 (age 31)
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Jonas Hofmann is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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Peter Hofmann

First Name Peter
Last Name Hofmann
Born on August 12, 1944
Died on November 30, 2010 (aged 66)

Peter Hofmann was a German tenor who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock, pop, and musical theatre. He first rose to prominence as a heldentenor at the Bayreuth festival's Jahrhundertring in 1976, where he drew critical acclaim for his performance of Siegmund in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. He was active as one of the world's leading Wagnerian tenors over the next decade, performing roles like Lohengrin, Parsifal, Siegfried, and Tristan at major opera houses and festivals internationally.

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Andreas Hofmann

First Name Andreas
Last Name Hofmann
Born on December 16, 1991 (age 32)
Height 195 cm | 6'5

Andreas Emil Hofmann is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best of 92.06 m ranks him eighth on the overall list.

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August Wilhelm von Hofmann

First Name August
Last Name Hofmann
Born on April 8, 1818
Died on May 5, 1892 (aged 74)
Born in Germany, Hesse

August Wilhelm von Hofmann was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracting benzene and toluene and converting them into nitro compounds and amines. Hofmann's discoveries include formaldehyde, hydrazobenzene, the isonitriles, and allyl alcohol. He prepared three ethylamines and tetraethylammonium compounds and established their structural relationship to ammonia.

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Corinne Hofmann

First Name Corinne
Born on June 4, 1960 (age 63)
Born in Switzerland, Thurgau

Corinne Hofmann is a German born author living in Switzerland, most famous for her multi-million selling memoir Die weisse Massai .

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Murad Wilfried Hofmann

First Name Murad
Last Name Hofmann
Born on July 6, 1931
Died on January 13, 2020 (aged 88)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Murad Wilfried Hofmann was a German diplomat and author. He wrote several books on Islam, including Journey to Makkah (ISBN 0-915957-85-X) and Islam: The Alternative (ISBN 0-915957-71-X). Many of his books and essays focused on Islam's place in the West and, after 11 September, in particular, in the United States. He was one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding.

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Britta Hofmann

First Name Britta
Born on February 25, 1980 (age 44)

Britta Hofmann is a German journalist and television presenter.

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