Hoover

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  • Years Active: 1960s

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Biography Wikipedia

Wikipedia:

Hoover is a surname: Hoover is a variant spelling of the German Huber, a status name for a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.

Hoover may refer to:

People

Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st President of the United StatesBob Hoover, airshow and test pilot, authorBrad Hoover, American football fullbackDave Hoover, American comic book artist and animatorDave Hoover, American football coachDick Hoover (1925–1981), American Major League Baseball playerDick Hoover (1929–2009), American professional bowlerErna Schneider Hoover, inventor of the computerized telephone switching systemHerbert Hoover, Jr. (1903-1969), the son of President of Herbert Hoover; a successful engineer and businessmanJ. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), longest-reigning head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (48 years)John Howard Hoover, U.S. Navy Admiral who served in World War II.Larry Hoover, leader of the Gangster Disciples street gangLou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert HooverM. Herbert Hoover, American politician (who is not related to the 31st President of the United States)Margaret Hoover, conservative feminist political commentatorPaul Hoover (born 1946), American poetPaul Hoover (born 1976), American Major League Baseball catcherStevin Hoover, former Boston-based investment managerWillis Hoover, country and western performer active in the 1960s and 1970s

Fictional characters

Robert Hoover, fictional character from the movie Animal HouseElizabeth Hoover (Miss Hoover), fictional school teacher from the US TV series The SimpsonsWalter Hoover, fictional character in James Curtis's novel They Drive by Night, and played by Ernest Thesiger in the 1938 film adaptation.

Places

Hoover, AlabamaHoover, IndianaThe Hoover Building in West London, originally a Hoover Company factoryHoover Dam, originally named Boulder DamHoover Dam (Ohio), a dam on the Big Walnut CreekHoover Field, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now standsHoover Tower, a 285-foot structure on the campus of Stanford University

Companies

Hoover Air League, aircraft businessThe Hoover Company, vacuum cleaner manufacturer and floor care companyHoover's, Inc., a business information company based in Austin TX, now owned by Dun & BradstreetHoover Institution, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by the 31st President of the United States

Music

Hoover (band), a post-hardcore bandHoover, original name of the music group now known as HooverphonicWillis Hoover, a Country Western performer active in 1960s and 70sHoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music

Other

A genericised trademark for any vacuum cleanerHoover (seal), a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speechHoover index, Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure

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