Hoover may refer to:
Music
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Hoover (band), an American post-hardcore band
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Hooverphonic, a Belgian band originally named Hoover
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Hoover (singer), Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in 1960s and '70s
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"Hoover" (song), a 2016 song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean
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Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound used in electronic music
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Hoover (composer), Katherine Hoover an American contemporary classical music and chamber music composer.
People
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Hoover (surname)
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...
, 31st president of the United States
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J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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Hoover Orsi (born 1978), Brazilian race car driver
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Hoover J. Wright (1928–2003), American football and track and field coach
Places in the United States
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Hoover, Alabama
Hoover is a city in the Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson and Shelby County, Alabama, Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States. Hoover is the largest suburban city in Alabama and the sixth largest city in Alabama. The populati ...
, the 6th largest city in Alabama
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Hoover, Indiana
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Hoover, Missouri
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Hoover, Oklahoma
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Hoover, South Dakota
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Hoover, Texas
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Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona
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Hoover Dam (Ohio), on the Big Walnut Creek
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Hoover Field, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands
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Hoover Tower, an structure on the campus of Stanford University
Schools
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Hoover High School (disambiguation) Hoover High School may refer to:
*Herbert Hoover High School (Fresno, California)
*Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale), California
*Herbert Hoover High School (San Diego, California)
*Herbert Hoover High School (Iowa), in Des Moines, Iowa
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Hoover Elementary School (disambiguation)
Other uses
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The Hoover Company, a manufacturer of appliances, especially vacuum cleaners
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Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner, also known simply as a vacuum, is a device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets, hard floors, and other surfaces.
The dirt is collected into a dust bag or a plastic bin. ...
, called by the generic term ''hoover'' in some countries
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an idiomatic verb named after the vacuum cleaner, meaning to suck in or inhale
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D&B Hoovers, a business information company based in Austin, Texas, US
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''Hoover'' (film), a 2000 American drama film
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Hoover (seal), a harbor seal that learned to imitate basic human speech
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Hoover index, Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure
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Lockheed S-3 Viking, nicknamed Hoover
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Operation Hoover
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Hoover Institution, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by Herbert Hoover, later US president
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Hoover League, created by the Republican Party to campaign for the re-election of U.S. president Herbert Hoover
See also
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Hoover Building, in London, England originally a Hoover Company factory
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Hoover House (disambiguation)
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Hover (disambiguation)
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Huber, a German surname (Anglicized form is Hoover)
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