Huber is a German-language surname. It derives from the German word ''Hube'' meaning

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, a unit of land a farmer might possess, granting them the status of a

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. It is in the top ten most common surnames in the German-speaking world, especially in Austria and Switzerland where it is the surname of approximately 0.3% of the population. Variants arising from varying dialectal pronunciation of the surname include

Hueber Hueber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aubin Hueber (born 1967), former French rugby union footballer and a current coach * Charles Hueber (1883–1943), Alsatian politician See also * Hüber (German-language surname ...

, Hüber, Huemer, Humer, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized) Hoover. Verteilung Nachname Huber DE

People with the surname Huber

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* Adam Huber (born 1987), American actor and model. *

Alexander Huber Alexander Huber (born 30 December 1968), is a German rock climber and mountaineer. He became a professional climber in 1997, and was widely regarded as the world's strongest climber in the late-1990s, and is an important figure in rock climbin ...

(born 1968), German climber and mountaineer * Alexander Huber (football) (born 1985), German football player * Alyson Huber (born 1972), Californian legislator elected to the State Assembly in 2008 *

Anja Huber Anja Huber (born 20 May 1983 in Berchtesgaden) is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She earned two gold medals at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, winning them in women's skeleton and the mixed bobsle ...

(born 1983), German skeleton racer *

Anke Huber Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won twelve singles and one doubles title on the WTA T ...

(born 1974), German tennis player *Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the

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* Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber

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* Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher * Charles M. Huber (born 1956), German politician *

Chuck Huber Chuck Huber is an American voice actor, ADR director, and writer primarily known for his work for Funimation and OkraTron 5000. He has provided numerous voices for Japanese anime series and video games. He is best known for his roles as Hiei ...

(born 1971), American voice actor

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* Don Huber (born 1957), American soccer (football) forward

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* Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician

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François Huber François Huber (2 July 175022 December 1831), also known as Francis in English publications and Franz in German publications, was a Swiss entomologist who specialized in honey bees. His pioneering work was recognized all across Europe and base ...

(1750–1831), Swiss naturalist *

Franz Josef Huber Franz Josef Huber (22 January 1902 – 30 January 1975) was an SS functionary who was a police and security service official in both the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Huber joined the Nazi Party in 1937 and worked closely with Gestapo c ...

(1902–1975), German SS general and ''Generalmajor der Polizei'' in Austria

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Gerold Huber Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers. Career Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the , piano with Friede ...

(born 1969), German pianist * Gregory Huber (born 1956), American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge * Grischa Huber (1944–2021), German theatre and film actress * Gusti Huber (1914–1993), Austrian-American actress

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Harold Huber Harold Huber (born Harold Joseph Huberman, December 5, 1909September 29, 1959) was an American actor who appeared on film, radio and television. Early life Huber was born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrants from Imperial Russia, who had arrived in ...

(1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s *

Herbert Huber (botanist) Herbert Franz Josef Huber (1 January 1931 – 1 October 2005) was a German botanist. At the time of his death in 2005 he was professor emeritus at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is known for his contributions to the classification o ...

(1931–2005), German botanist * Herbert Huber (luger), Italian luger in the 1980s * Herbert Huber (skier) (1944–1970), Austrian skier * Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist * Herta Huber (born 1926), German writer and poet

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* Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist * Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist *

Johannes Huber Johannes Huber (born 12 January 1987) is a German politician and since 2017 member of the Bundestag. Life and politics Huber was born 1987 in the West German town of Moosburg and studied sociology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingol ...

(born 1987), German politician * JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist * Jon Huber (1979–2020), American professional wrestler better known as Brodie Lee and Luke Harper * Jon Huber (born 1981), American baseball pitcher * Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player

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Klaus Huber Klaus Huber (30 November 1924 – 2 October 2017) was a Swiss composer and academic based in Basel and Freiburg. Among his students were Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Jarrell, Younghi Pagh-Paan, Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, and Kaija Saar ...

(1924–2017), Swiss composer and academic teacher *

Kurt Huber Kurt Huber (24 October 1893 – 13 July 1943) was a university professor and resistance fighter with the anti-Nazi group White Rose. For his involvement he was imprisoned and guillotined. Early life Huber was born in Chur, Switzerland, to Ger ...

(1893–1943), German professor, executed by the Nazis in 1943 * Kurt Huber (tenor) (born 1937), Swiss tenor

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* Larry Huber (born 1950), American television producer, writer, and animator *

Lee Huber Lee Gohmann Huber (February 16, 1919 – September 22, 2005) was an American basketball player in the National Basketball League (NBL) of the United States, a forerunner to the National Basketball Association. A 6'0" guard from Louisville, Kent ...

(1919–2005), American basketball player *

Liezel Huber Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a South African- American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara B ...

(born 1976), South African tennis player * Liza Huber (born 1975), American television actress *

Lotti Huber Lotti Huber (; 16 October 1912 - 31 May 1998) was a German actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1978 to 1999. She became famous in Germany for her roles in Rosa von Praunheim Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky (born Holger Radt ...

(1912–1998), German actress *

Louise Huber Bruno Huber (November 29, 1930 – November 3, 1999) was a Swiss astrologer and psychologist. In 1968, with his wife, Louise Huber, he founded Astrological Psychology Institute, which became an internationally renowned school of Astrology. It was ...

(1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber

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* Max Huber (disambiguation), several people

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Nicolaus A. Huber Nicolaus A. Huber (born 15 December 1939) is a German composer. Education Huber was born in Passau. From 1958 to 1962 he studied music education at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and subsequently composition with Franz Xaver Lehn ...

(born 1939), German composer * Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian luger

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* Oscar E. Huber (1917–2017), American politician, rancher, and farmer

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* Peter J. Huber (born 1934), Swiss statistician * Peter W. Huber (born 1952), American writer and lawyer * Pierre Antoine François Huber (1775–1832), French general

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Robert Huber Robert Huber (; born 20 February 1937) is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's st ...

(born 1937), German biochemist * Robert Huber (engineer) (1901–1995), Swiss engineer * Robert Huber (sport shooter) (1878–1946), Finnish sport shooter * Robert J. Huber (1922–2001), U.S. Representative from Michigan * Roi Huber (born 1997), Israeli basketball player * Rupert Huber (born 1967), Austrian composer and musician

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* Sophie Huber (born 1985), French freestyle swimmer

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Thaddäus Huber Thaddäus Huber (8 May 1742 – 27 February 1798) was an Austrian violinist and composer. Life Huber was born in Niederhollabrunn in Lower Austria; his father was a farmer and amateur violinist. Having musical ability, he joined at age ten the ch ...

(1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer * Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author *

Thomas Huber Thomas Huber (born 18 November 1966 in Palling, Bavaria) is a German climber and mountaineer. He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and climbing partner is Alexander Huber and the two are called "Huberbuam" (Huberboys) in the B ...

(born 1966), German climber and mountaineer *

Tomáš Huber Tomáš Huber (born 29 August 1985) is a Czech professional football defender, who currently plays for FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda FK or fk may refer to: In arts and entertainment: * Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in the ''Termina ...

, Czech footballer * Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist

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* Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist

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* Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa *

Victor Aimé Huber Victor Aimé Huber (10 March 1800 – 19 July 1869) was a German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian. Huber was born in Stuttgart, Germany. His parents, Ludwig Ferdinand and Therese Huber, née Heyne, were both writers. ...

(1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian

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Wilfried Huber Wilfried Huber (born 15 November 1970 in Bruneck, South Tyrol) is an Italian luger and coach who competed from 1985 to 2010. Together with Kurt Brugger, he won the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lilleham ...

(born 1970), Italian luger * William Russel Huber (1903–1982), US Navy sailor, Medal of Honor awardee *

Willie Huber Wilhelm Heinrich "Willie" Huber (January 15, 1958 – June 28, 2010) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks and ...

(1958–2010), German born professional ice hockey defenceman *

Wolf Huber The wolf (''Canis lupus''; plural, : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been reco ...

(c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter *

Wolfgang Huber Wolfgang Huber (born 12 August 1942 in Strasbourg, Germany) is a prominent German theologian and ethicist. Huber served as bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia until November 2009. Huber succeeded Ma ...

(born 1940), German physician and specialist in internal and environmental medicine *

(born 1942), German bishop