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The name '''Hoover''' may refer to: '''Hoover''' may refer to:
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⚫ ==Music==
* ], an American post-hardcore band
* ], a Belgian band originally named Hoover
* ], Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in 1960s and '70s
* ], a 2016 song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean
⚫ * ], a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
* ], Katherine Hoover an American contemporary classical music and chamber music composer.


'''People''': == People ==
* ]
*], 31st President of the United States, mining engineer
*], chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years ** ], 31st president of the United States
*], wife of President Herbert Hoover ** ] (1895–1972), first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
*], an Ohio politician * ] (born 1978), Brazilian race car driver
*], legendary airshow and test pilot, author * ] (1928–2003), American football and track and field coach
*], a fullback for the Carolina Panthers
*], a U.S. baseball player who acquired the nickname "the human vacuum cleaner" and then "Hoover"
*], inventor of the computerized telephone switching system
*], leader of the Gangster Disciples street gang


==Places in the United States==
'''Places''':
*] * ], the 6th largest city in Alabama
*], originally named ''Boulder Dam'' * ]
*], a dam on the Big Walnut Creek * ]
* ]
⚫ *], Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands
* ]
⚫ *], a 285-foot structure on the campus of Stanford University
⚫ * ]
* ], on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona
* ], on the Big Walnut Creek
⚫ * ], Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands
⚫ * ], an {{convert|285|ft|m|adj=on|order=flip}} structure on the campus of Stanford University


==Schools==
'''Companies''':
* ]
*], a former division of the Whirlpool Corporation sold to Techtronic Industries (famous for their vacuums)
* ]
⚫ *], a business information company that is owned by Dun & Bradstreet
⚫ *], a public policy think tank at Stanford University
*], A designer and manufacturer of interior and safety products for the airline industry (eg. Seats, lifevests, liferafts, etc.), based in Miami, Florida.


==Other uses==
⚫ '''Music''':
*], a post-hardcore band * ], a manufacturer of appliances, especially vacuum cleaners
* ], called by the generic term ''hoover'' in some countries
*Original name of the music group now known as ]
** Also ] named after the vacuum cleaner, meaning to suck in or inhale
⚫ *], a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
⚫ * ], a business information company based in Austin, Texas, US

* ], a 2000 American drama film
'''Other''':
* ], a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speech
*Any ], although originally a particular brand of The Hoover Company
*], a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speech * ], Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure
* ], nicknamed Hoover
*Hoover Index: Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure, also known as ]
⚫ * ]
⚫ * ], a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by Herbert Hoover, later US president
* ], created by the Republican Party to campaign for the re-election of U.S. president Herbert Hoover


==See also== ==See also==
* ], in London, England originally a Hoover Company factory<!--]-->
* ]
* ]

{{disambig}} * {{in title}}
* ]

* ], a German surname (Anglicized form is '''Hoover''')
]


{{disambiguation|geo|given name}}
⚫ ]
⚫ ]
]
]

Latest revision as of 21:32, 18 November 2024

Hoover may refer to:

Music

  • Hoover (band), an American post-hardcore band
  • Hooverphonic, a Belgian band originally named Hoover
  • Hoover (singer), Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in 1960s and '70s
  • "Hoover" (song), a 2016 song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean
  • Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
  • Hoover (composer), Katherine Hoover an American contemporary classical music and chamber music composer.

People

Places in the United States

Schools

Other uses

See also

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