Johannes Hoops (born 20 July 1865 - 14 April 1949) was a German philologist who was Professor of English philology at the University of Heidelberg.

He initially studied mathematics and the natural sciences at the universities of Jena and Freiburg, and philology and business.

He gained his PhD at the University of Freiburg in 1889 with a dissertation on Old English plant names.

Following World War II, Hoops briefly served as Rector at the University of Heidelberg.

[1] The research of Hoops centered on ancient botany, Beowulf and Germanic Antiquity.