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The name Hoover can refer to:
- J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for many years
- Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, mining engineer
- Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover
- M. Herbert Hoover, an Ohio politician
- Bob Hoover, legendary airshow and test pilot, author
- Brooks Robinson, U.S. baseball player who acquired the nickname "the human vacuum cleaner" and then "Hoover"
- Erna Schneider Hoover, inventor of the computerized telephone switching system.
Places named Hoover:
- Hoover, Alabama
- Hoover Dam, originally named Boulder Dam
- Hoover Dam (Ohio), a dam on the Big Walnut Creek
- Hoover Field, Washington, D.C.'s first airport, located where the Pentagon now stands and replaced by Washington National Airport
Companies named Hoover:
- The Hoover Company, currently a division of Whirlpool
- Hoover's, Inc., a business information company that is owned by Dun & Bradstreet
- Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University
Things named Hoover:
- Any vacuum cleaner, although originally a particular brand
- Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone sound produced by a Roland Corporation Alpha-Juno 2 and used extensively in electronic music and rave music.
Music groups named Hoover:
- Hoover, Dischord Records post-hardcore band
- Original name of the music group now known as Hooverphonic
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