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. It is the most common surname in Austria (see

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Places

* Gruber Mountains, Antarctica *

Gruber, Manitoba Gruber was an unincorporated place in what is now the Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Manitoba. Hersh Girtle was the postmaster at one time. The location was described as north of Dauphin and 2 miles (3 km) north of Winnipegosis Winn ...

, former settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba * Camp Gruber, 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 (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 (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) (1787–1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night" * Gabriel Gruber (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 (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 (1774–1851), German literary historian and critic * John Gruber (born 1973), blogger ( Daring Fireball) * 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 (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 Martin Gruber (born November 11, 1975 in Brixen) is an Italian luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners ...

(born 1975), an Italian luger * Michael Gruber (actor) (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 worke ...

(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 (1911–2016), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic" *

Samuel D. Gruber Samuel D. Gruber (born 1956) is an American art and architectural historian and historic preservationist. He has written extensively on the architecture of the synagogue and is an expert and activist in the documentation, protection and preserva ...

, (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 (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 Theodor Gruber (unknown – unknown) was an Austrian chess player. Biography In 1921, Theodor Gruber took the 2nd place in the Vienna Amateur Chess Championship. In 1922, in Bad Oeynhausen he participated in German Chess Congress and shared 8th ...

, Austrian chess player * Tom Gruber (born 1959), American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur * William Gruber, inventor of the View-Master stereoscopic system * Juan Manuel G. Grüber (1904–1997), Venezuelan economist, financier, writer, philosopher and diplomat. *

William H. Gruber William H. Gruber (born march 6th, 1935) is an American organizational theorist, former professor at MIT, Boston College and Northeastern University, consultant and author, known for his work in the field of computer technology in business in the ...

(born 1935), American organizational theorist *

William R. Gruber William Rudolph Gruber, (December 17, 1890 – January 27, 1979) Brigadier general, was an instructor at the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth when Dwight D. Eisenhower was a student there.http://www.eisenhowermemorial.or ...

(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, a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film '' Die Hard'' (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'' * Mr. Gruber, a recurring character in the Paddington Bear series * Gruber, Gaster's villainous sidekick in '' PaRappa the Rapper'' anime * Simon Gruber, a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'' (1995), portrayed by Jeremy Irons * Rolf Gruber, a fictional character in the film '' The Sound of Music'' (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

Other uses

* Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement (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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