Hofstadter

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

• Albert Hofstadter (1910–1989), American philosopher, brother of Robert and uncle of Douglas
• Douglas Hofstadter (born 1945), American professor, author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, nephew of Albert and son of Robert
• Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970), American historian, nephew of Samuel
• Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990), American Nobel Prize-winner in physics, brother of Albert and father of Douglas
• Samuel H. Hofstadter (1894–1970), New York politician and judge, uncle of Richard

Fictional characters:

• Beverly Hofstadter, a character in the television series The Big Bang Theory, mother of Leonard
• Leonard Hofstadter, 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

See also

• Hofstadter's butterfly, a fractal
• Hofstadter Committee, a joint legislative investigating committee in New York 1931–1932
• Hofstadter's law, "It always takes longer than you expect ..."
• Hofstadter-Moebius loop, a condition that affected HAL 9000, a fictional computer
• Hofstadter points, in triangle geometry
• Hofstadter sequence, an integer sequence
• Geert Hofstede tramscultural social psychologist