The name Hoover can refer to:

• J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for many years
• Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, President of the United States
• Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover
• 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

Dams named Hoover:

• Hoover Dam, originally named Boulder Dam

Companies named Hoover:

• The Hoover Company, currently a division of Maytag
• 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

Music groups named Hoover:

• Original name of the music group now known as Hooverphonic