Hofstadter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Hofstadter Albert Hofstadter (March 28, 1910 – January 26, 1989) was an American philosopher. Life and career Hofstadter taught at Columbia University (1950–67), the University of California at Santa Cruz (1968–75) and the New School for Social ...

(1910–1989), American philosopher * Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945), American professor, author of ''Gödel, Escher, Bach'' *

Richard Hofstadter Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916October 24, 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Rejecting his earlier historic ...

(1916–1970), American historian *

Robert Hofstadter Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist. He was the joint winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Rudolf Mössbauer) "for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nucle ...

(1915–1990), American Nobel Prize-winner in physics *

Samuel H. Hofstadter Samuel Harold Hofstadter (July 22, 1894 – July 10, 1970) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on July 22, 1894, in Kraków, then located in Austria-Hungary, now the second largest city in Poland. He was the son ...

(1894–1970), New York politician and judge Fictional characters: * Beverly Hofstadter, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', mother of Leonard *

Leonard Hofstadter Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, Ph.D., is a fictional character portrayed by Johnny Galecki in the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory.'' Leonard is an experimental physicist, who shares an apartment with colleague and best friend Dr. Sheldon Cooper. ...

, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'' * Penny Hofstadter, a character in the television series ''The Big Bang Theory'', wife of Leonard

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