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, referring to a person from a geological depression,

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, or pit. It is the most common surname in

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Places

Gruber Mountains The Gruber Mountains (German: Otto-von-Gruber-Gebirge) are a small group of mountains consisting of a main massif and several rocky outliers, forming the northeast portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were disco ...

, Antarctica * Gruber, Manitoba, former settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba *

Camp Gruber Camp Gruber is an Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) training facility. It covers a total of . The base is named after Brigadier General Edmund L. Gruber, a noted artillery officer and the original composer of the U.S. Field Artillery March, ...

, Oklahoma Army National Guard facility, named for Edmund L. Gruber

People

People whose family name is or was Gruber

* Andreas Gruber (born 1954), Austrian screenwriter and director *

Barbara Gruber Barbara Gruber (born 15 December 1977) is a German ski mountaineer and mountain biker. Gruber was born in Bad Reichenhall. Like her parents and siblings, she passed the framer training. She started with sports after the birth of her son Johannes ...

(born 1977), German ski mountaineer *

Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber (born 25 March 1976 in Schwaz) is an Austrian former alpine skier competing in all World Cup disciplines except slalom. In his World Cup debut, the super-G in Aspen, Colorado, on 27 November 1998, he finished in fourteenth positi ...

(born 1976), Austrian alpine skier *

David Gruber David Gruber is an American marine biologist, a Presidential Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences at Baruch College, City University of New York, and a National Geographic Explorer. Early life Gruber was born in Paterson, New Jersey, ...

, American Marine Biologist *

Edmund L. Gruber Edmund Louis "Snitz" Gruber (November 11, 1879 – May 30, 1941) was an artillery officer and general in the United States Army who also gained popularity as composer of military music. He served as Commandant of the Command and General Staff Co ...

(1879–1941) US Army general, composer of military music, and brother of William R. Gruber *

Ferry Gruber Ferry Gruber (28 September 1926 – 23 July 2004) was an Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta. A member of both the Bavarian State Opera and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich for half a century, he focused on roles of the buffo gen ...

(1926–2004), Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta *

Florian Gruber Florian Gruber (born 26 January 1983 in Vilsbiburg, Lower Bavaria) is a German auto racing driver. Career Gruber won Division 2 of the German Touring Car Challenge in 2003, in a Volkswagen Lupo.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/6192/career/ Career ...

(born 1983), German racing driver *

Frank Gruber (writer) Frank Gruber (born February 2, 1904, Elmer, Minnesota, died December 9, 1969, Santa Monica, California) was an American writer. He was a writer of stories for pulp fiction magazines. He also wrote dozens of novels, mostly Westerns and detecti ...

(1904–1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction *

Franz Gruber (actor) Franz Gruber (born February 10, 1930) was an actor who played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions (e.g. Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Mighty Jack). Early life Born in New York City in 1930. He was the son of German-American doctor Fredrick ...

(born 1930), actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions *

Franz Gruber (musician) Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night"). Life Gruber wa ...

(1787–1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night" *

Gabriel Gruber Gabriel Gruber, Society of Jesus, S.J. (May 6, 1740 – April 7, 1805) was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus#Notes, Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Russia. Early years and education Gabriel Gruber, born in Vienna, b ...

(1740–1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert *

Gary Gruber Gary R. Gruber (November 19, 1940 - August 27, 2019) was an American theoretical physicist, educator, and author who wrote books and software programs for test preparation. His work focused on test-taking and critical thinking skills. His writings ...

, (1940-2019) scientist, educator, author *

Gerhard Gruber Gerhard Gruber (born 6 May 1951 in Aigen im Mühlkreis) is an Austrian composer and piano player. As accompanist for silent films, he has become the leading authority in Austria since 1988. He has performed for about 600 different films (Istanbul ...

(born 1951), Austrian pianist *

Hans Gruber (conductor) Hans Gruber (11 July 1925 – 6 August 2001) was a Canadian conducting, conductor of Austrian birth. Born in Vienna, Gruber became a naturalised Canadian citizen in 1944. He entered The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1939 where he was a conductin ...

(1925–2001), Canadian conductor *

Hans Gruber (footballer) Hans Gruber (4 June 1905 – 9 October 1967) was a German international footballer. He was part of Germany's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX ...

(1905–1967), German footballer *

Heinz Karl Gruber Heinz Karl "Nali" Gruber (born 3 January 1943), who styles himself HK Gruber professionally, is an Austrian composer, conductor, double bass player and singer. He is a leading figure of the so-called Third Viennese School. Career Gruber is said to ...

(born 1943) Austrian composer (a descendant of Franz Xavier) *

Howard Gruber Howard Ernest Gruber (November 6, 1922 – January 25, 2005), was an American psychologist and pioneer of the psychological study of creativity. A native of Brooklyn, Gruber graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in psychology, earned his Ph ...

(1922–2005), professor of psychology of creativity * Lucy Gruber (Born 1998), British ice hockey player / goalie *

Jeremy Gruber Jeremy Gruber is a lawyer, writer, and public policy advocate and is the senior vice president at Open Primaries. He is the former President and Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Genetics. He has testified before the United States C ...

(born 1971), Jewish-American civil rights activist *

Johann Gottfried Gruber Johann Gottfried Gruber (29 November 1774 – 7 August 1851) was a German critic and literary historian. Biography Gruber was born at Naumburg on the Saale, in the Electorate of Saxony. He received his education at the town school of Naumburg a ...

(1774–1851), German literary historian and critic *

John Gruber John Gruber (born 1973) is a technology blogger, UI designer, and one of the inventors of the Markdown markup language. History Gruber is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor of Science in computer science from Drexel Unive ...

(born 1973), blogger (

Daring Fireball John Gruber (born 1973) is a technology blogger, UI designer, and one of the inventors of the Markdown markup language. History Gruber is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor of Science in computer science from Drexel Univ ...

) * Jonathan Gruber (born 1965), American economist *

Jordan Gruber Jordan Gruber ( he, ירדן גרובר; born September 12, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player. Biography He is the son of Avi, originally from Israel, and the owner of Avi's Auto Care, and Abby Gruber, and was born i ...

(born 1983), American-Israeli soccer player *

Karl Gruber Karl Gruber (3 May 1909 in Innsbruck – 1 February 1995 in Innsbruck) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short ...

(1909–1995), foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953 *

Kelly Gruber Kelly Wayne Gruber (born February 26, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman. Early life Gruber was born on February 26, 1962. Gruber played baseball at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, where his number was later retir ...

(born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player *

Lilli Gruber Dietlinde "Lilli" Gruber (born 19 April 1957) is an Italian journalist and former politician. Currently a talk show host for Italian private television channel La7, Gruber also served as Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to September ...

(born 1957), Italian television journalist and politician *

Malvina Gruber Malvina Gruber, née Hofstadterova (born 6 December 1900 in Jamborkretz, Czechoslovakia) was a Jewish Communist International, Comintern agent, who was part of a Soviet intelligence network in Belgium and France, that was later called the Red O ...

(born 1900), Czech Jewish

Comintern The Communist International (Comintern), also known as the Third International, was a Soviet Union, Soviet-controlled international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism. The Comintern resolved at its Second Congress to ...

agent * Martin Gruber (born 1975), an Italian luger *

Michael Gruber (actor) Michael Thomas Gruber (born November 1, 1964) is an American actor. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the youngest of four children, two sisters and one brother. At an early age, Michael showed great interest in gymnastics and diving. He became ...

(born 1964), American actor *

Michael Gruber (author) Michael Gruber (born October 1, 1940) is an American author. Gruber was born in Brooklyn and currently lives in Seattle, Washington. He attended Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Miami. He worked as ...

(born 1940), American novelist * Munyo (Samuel) Gruber (born 1913), Jewish resistance fighter *

Patrick Gruber Patrick Gruber (born 31 January 1978 in Bruneck) is an Italian luger who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers (Men's doubles: 2011, Mixed team: 2007) and five br ...

(born 1978), Italian luger *

Paul Gruber Paul Blake Gruber (born February 24, 1965) is an American former football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fourth overall in the 1988 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin. ...

(born 1965), professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988–1999) *

Rony Gruber Rony Gruber ( he, רוני גרובר; born January 15, 1963) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the director and co-producer of ''Are You This Able?'', nominated for best documentary at the Ophir Award. Biography R ...

(born 1963), movie director and scriptwriter. *

Ruth Gruber Ruth Gruber (September 30, 1911 – November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and United States government official. Born in Brooklyn to Russian Jewish immigrants, she was encouraged to pursue her dream ...

(1911–2016), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic" * Samuel D. Gruber, (born 1956) American architecture historian, specialist on Jewish sites *

Samuel H. Gruber Samuel H. Gruber (May 13, 1938 – April 18, 2019) was a shark biologist and founder of the American Elasmobranch Society. He was a professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science and the founder of th ...

, (1938-2019) shark biologist *

Scarlet Gruber Scarlet Gruber (born Caracas, Venezuela), is a Venezuelan actress and dancer. She is a daughter of Astrid Gruber Astrid is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, a modern form of the name Ástríðr. Derived from the Old Norse Ássfri� ...

(born 1989), Venezuelan actress *

Stefan Gruber Stefan Gruber (born December 8, 1975) is an American experimental animator and performance artist from Seattle, Washington. They create hand-drawn, digitally finished experimental animation shorts and are Animation Department founder and teac ...

(born 1975), performance artist, animator and educator * Theodor Gruber, Austrian chess player *

Tom Gruber Thomas Robert Gruber (born 1959) is an American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur with a focus on systems for knowledge sharing and collective intelligence. He did foundational work in ontology engineering and is well known for his ...

(born 1959), American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur * William Gruber, inventor of the

View-Master View-Master is the trademark name of a line of special-format stereoscopes and corresponding View-Master "reels", which are thin cardboard disks containing seven Stereoscopic 3-D pairs of small transparent color photographs on film.Mary Ann & Wo ...

stereoscopic system * Juan Manuel G. Grüber (1904–1997), Venezuelan economist, financier, writer, philosopher and diplomat. * William H. Gruber (born 1935), American organizational theorist * William R. Gruber (1890–1979), United States Army brigadier general and brother of Edmund L. Gruber

People nicknamed Gruber

(See also the longer list at de:wiki) *

Dave "Gruber" Allen David Allen, known professionally as Dave (Gruber) Allen is an American television and film actor and comedian, best known for his work on the 1990 TV series ''The Higgins Boys and Gruber'' and playing guidance counselor Jeff Rosso on the Judd A ...

(born 1958), American comedian and actor

Fictional entities

Hans Gruber Hans Gruber is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 1988 action film ''Die Hard'' portrayed by Alan Rickman. Gruber is a cunning thief and criminal mastermind from East Germany who holds the Nakatomi Plaza hostage to steal $640 ...

, a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film ''

Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever'', by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Ale ...

'' (1988), portrayed by Alan Rickman *

Lieutenant Hubert Gruber This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' that ran from 1982 until 1992 and 85 episodes. Overview René Artois René Francois Artois ( Gorden Kaye) – The local café proprietor who, whi ...

, a fictional character from the British sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' * Lester Gruber, a fictional torpedoman's mate on the American television series ''

McHale's Navy ''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originate ...

'' * Mr. Gruber, a recurring character in the

Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book ''A Bear Called Paddington'' and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond, a ...

series * Gruber, Gaster's villainous sidekick in ''

PaRappa the Rapper is a rhythm video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1997. Created by music producer Masaya Matsuura in collaboration with artist Rodney Greenblat, t ...

'' anime *

Simon Gruber ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by John McTiernan (who directed the Die Hard, first installment). It was written by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the screenplay ''Simon Says'' by Hensleigh and on Lis ...

, a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film ''

Die Hard with a Vengeance ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by John McTiernan (who directed the first installment). It was written by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the screenplay ''Simon Says'' by Hensleigh and on the charact ...

'' (1995), portrayed by Jeremy Irons * Rolf Gruber, a fictional character in the film ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...

'' (1965) * Hauptmann Fritz Gruber is a fictional character who appeared in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes. He was played by Dick Wilson. * Hans Gruber, a character from the movie

Re-Animator ''Re-Animator'' (also known as ''H. P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator'') is a 1985 American comedy horror film loosely based on the 1922 H. P. Lovecraft serial novelette "Herbert West–Reanimator". Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzn ...

Other uses

Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement The Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement was a bilateral treaty that was signed by the foreign minister of Austria, Karl Gruber, and the prime minister of Italy, Alcide De Gasperi, on 5 September 1946. Recognized by international law, it granted the Germ ...

(aka the Treaty of Gruber-De Gasperi), named after the Italian Alcide De Gasperi and Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karl Gruber

References

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