Hoover

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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
• Abusive hoovering, technique used by abusers to re-engage a disengaged victim

See also

• Hoover Building, in London, England originally a Hoover Company factory
• Hover (disambiguation)
• Huber, a German surname (Anglicized form is Hoover)