Hoover

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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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