Hooft Explained

Hooft or 't Hooft is a Dutch surname meaning "(the) head" (hoofd in modern Dutch).^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Hooft

• Cornelis Hooft (1547–1627), Dutch statesman, father of P.C. Hooft
• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), Dutch historian, poet and playwright
• (1617–1678), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam,
• Catharina Hooft (1618–1691), woman of the Dutch Golden Age
• Hendrik Daniëlsz Hooft (1716–1794), Dutch politician during the Patriottentijd
• Jeannette Hooft (1888–1939), Dutch traveler, mountaineer, and writer
• Henri Hooft (born 1969), Dutch kickboxer and trainer

't Hooft / Visser 't Hooft / Van 't Hooft

• Willem Visser 't Hooft (1900–1985), Dutch theologian and the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches
• Haas Visser 't Hooft (1905–1977), Dutch field hockey player
• Francis van 't Hooft (born 1940), Dutch field hockey player
• Gerard 't Hooft (born 1946), Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate
• Jotie T'Hooft (1956–1977), Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet

Van Hooft / Van der Hooft

• (born 1941), Dutch Socialist Party politician
• Anna Van Hooft (born 1980s), Canadian actress
• Elroy van der Hooft (born 1990), Dutch football forward

See also

Named after Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

• , artificial islet in the IJmeer
• P. C. Hooft Award, Dutch language literary lifetime achievement award
• MV Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch ocean liner built in 1925

Named after Gerard 't Hooft

• 9491 Thooft (without an apostrophe), a main-belt asteroid
• Quantum field theory terminology:
  • 't Hooft matching condition
  • 't Hooft loop
  • 't Hooft symbol
  • 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=hooft&gba_naam=Hooft&nfd_naam=Hooft&operator=eq&taal= Hooft