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| * ] (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player | |||
| * ] (1922–2016), airshow and test pilot, author | * ] (1922–2016), airshow and test pilot, author | ||
| * ] (born 1976), American football fullback | * ] (born 1976), American football fullback | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 20 April 2017
Hoover may refer to:
Places
United States
- Hoover, Alabama
- Hoover, Indiana
- Hoover, Missouri
- Hoover, South Dakota
- Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona
- Hoover Dam (Ohio), on the Big Walnut Creek
- Hoover Field, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands
- Hoover Tower, a 285-foot structure on the campus of Stanford University
Organizations
Companies
- The Hoover Company, a US manufacturer of appliances, especially vacuum cleaners
- Hoover's, a business information company based in Austin, Texas, US
Other organizations
- Hoover Institution, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by Herbert Hoover, later US President
- Hoover League, created by the Republican Party to campaign for the re-election of U.S. President Herbert Hoover
Music
- Hoover (band), an American post-hardcore band
- Hoover (singer), Willis Hoover, a Country Western performer active in 1960s and 70s
- Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
- Hooverphonic, a Belgian band originally named Hoover
People
- Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Bob Hoover (1922–2016), airshow and test pilot, author
- Brad Hoover (born 1976), American football fullback
- Dave Hoover (1955–2011), American comic book artist and animator
- Dave Hoover (football coach), American football coach
- Dick Hoover (baseball) (1925–1981), American Major League Baseball player
- Dick Hoover (1929–2009), American professional bowler
- Erna Schneider Hoover (born 1926), inventor of the computerized telephone switching system
- Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st President of the United States
- Herbert Hoover, Jr. (1903–1969), the son of President Herbert Hoover; a successful engineer and businessman
- J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), longest-serving head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- John Hoover (baseball) (1962–2014), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- John Howard Hoover (1887–1970), U.S. Navy Admiral who served in World War II
- Lamar Hoover (1887–1944), American college sports coach
- Larry Hoover (born 1950), leader of the Gangster Disciples street gang
- Lou Henry Hoover (1874–1944), wife of President Herbert Hoover
- M. Herbert Hoover (died 1952), American politician (who is not related to the 31st President of the United States)
- Margaret Hoover (born 1977), American political consultant and commentator, great-granddaughter of the former President
- Paul Hoover (born 1946), American poet
- Paul Hoover (baseball) (born 1976), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Robert Francis Hoover (1913–1970), botanist; See Brodiaea appendiculata
- Stevin Hoover (born 1948), former Boston-based investment manager
- Hoover (singer), country and western performer active in the 1960s and 1970s
Fictional characters
- Robert Hoover, from the movie Animal House
- Elizabeth Hoover (Miss Hoover), fictional school teacher from the US TV series The Simpsons; See List of recurring The Simpsons characters
- Walter Hoover, in James Curtis's novel They Drive by Night
- Walter Hoover, played by Ernest Thesiger in the film adaptation They Drive by Night
- Dwayne Hoover, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Breakfast of Champions
- Bertolt Hoover, in Hajime Isayama's Manga/Anime Attack on Titan
Other uses
- Vacuum cleaner (hoover is a genericized trademark)
- Hoover (seal), a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speech
- Hoover index, Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure
- Lockheed S-3 Viking, nicknamed Hoover
See also
- Hoover Building, in London, England originally a Hoover Company factory
- Hover (disambiguation)
- Huber, a German surname (Anglicized form is Hoover)
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