Straub is a Germanic surname that literally means "one with bushy or bristly hair". Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt". It may also refer to people who come from

Straubing Straubing () is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held. The city is located on the Danube form ...

in Germany. Spelling variations of Straub include ''

Straube Straube is a German surname that may refer to: * Emil J. Straube (born 1952), Swiss and American mathematician * Erich Straube (1887 - 1971), German general * Karl Straube (1873 – 1950), German church musician, organist, and choral conductor * K ...

Strauber Liran Strauber (or Shtrauber, he, לירן שטראובר; born 20 August 1974) is a former Israeli association footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At international level, Strauber was capped at under-17 and under-21, and played eight time ...

, Straubinger, Strauble,

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Strobel Strobel or Ströbel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Allie Strobel (1884–1955), American baseball player * Andreas Strobel (born 1972), German ski mountaineer and mountain biker * Art Strobel (born 1922), Canadian hockey p ...

Strube Strube is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cordelia Strube, Canadian playwright and novelist *Gustav Strube (1867–1953), German conductor and composer *Henrik Strube (born 1949), Danish musician *Jürgen F. Strube Jürgen F. ...

Strub Strub is a last name of German origin, and may refer to: *Emil Strub (1858–1909), Swiss railway builder and inventor of the Strub rack system * Charles H. Strub (1884–1958), American dentist and entrepreneur *Joseph Strub (1833–1890), Spirita ...

, Strufe, Struwe, and Struwing.'' The first known Straub in the United States was Johannes Straub, one of the

Palatine Germans Palatines (german: Pfälzer), also known as the Palatine Dutch, are the people and princes of Palatinates ( Holy Roman principalities) of the Holy Roman Empire. The Palatine diaspora includes the Pennsylvania Dutch and New York Dutch. In 1709 ...

brought to

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in 1710. There were later arrivals, especially in the

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region and

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, most with an origin in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Hesse-Darmstadt The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse betwee ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, Austria, the German

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s of Switzerland, and Alsace-Lorraine. Some Straubs who had earlier migrated east out of Germany, settling in German enclaves in Russia and

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(now Romania), have subsequently immigrated to the U.S. as well. There were two notable breweries founded in Pennsylvania by Straub immigrants. The earliest was the J. N. Straub & Company brewery founded in the 1840s in Alleghany (now Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, by John N. Straub, immigrant from

. The other was the

Straub Brewery Straub Brewery is a historic brewery in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. In 2007, ''Fodor's Travel'' named it one of the "5 Best Places in America to Drink American Beer." History Straub Brewery was founded in 1872 by Peter Straub (1850–1913) of F ...

founded in 1872 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, by

Peter P. Straub Peter P. Straub (1850–1913) is the founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania. Life and career Straub was born 28 June 1850 in Felldorf, Starzach, Kingdom of Württemberg (now in Germany), to Anton Straub and his wife, Anna Mar ...

, immigrant from Felldorf,

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. Other notable landmarks and companies named after a Straub include

Bob Straub State Park Bob Straub State Park is a state park in Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. It is named for former Oregon Governor Robert W. Straub. The park encompasses the Nestucca Sand Spit and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the we ...

in Oregon and Straub Hall at the University of Oregon in Eugene; Straub's Markets, a St. Louis, Missouri-based specialty food retailer;

Straub Clinic & Hospital Straub Medical Center is not-for-profit health care system with a 159-bed hospital in Honolulu, and a network of neighborhood clinics. History George F. Straub founded the clinic in 1921. Dr. Straub was educated in Germany and came to practice in ...

in Hawaii.

Straub Honda Straub is a Germanic surname that literally means "one with bushy or bristly hair". Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt". It may also refer to people who come from Straubing in Germany. Spelling variations of Straub ...

Dealership in Wheeling, West Virginia During the Second World War there was a Sclass Cannon

destroyer escort Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships. Development of the destroyer escort was promoted by th ...

named that was built for the

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. The ship was named after its sponsor, Mrs. Margaret H. Straub. There is also an

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

named 6147 Straub.

Notable Straubs

Notable individuals with the surname Straub include: *

Agnes Straub Agnes Josephine Straub (2 April 1890 – 8 July 1941) was a German film actress. Biography Agnes Josephine Straub was born on 2 April 1890 in Munich. She made her stage debut in Dachau at the age of 13. She began attending acting lessons and, in ...

, (1890-1941) German film actress * Alexander Straub (entrepreneur), entrepreneur and financier * Alexander Straub (athlete), German pole vaulter *

Bill Straub William ''("Bill" or "Billy")'' Straub (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former U.S. soccer player. He spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League. He also earned three caps with the United States in 1975. College Straub atte ...

, American soccer player *

Brunó Ferenc Straub Brunó Ferenc Straub (5 January 1914 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) – 15 February 1996) was a biochemist. As a young scholar he was a research assistant of Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged, and subsequ ...

, Hungarian politician * Calvin Straub, American architect *

Chester J. Straub Chester John Straub (born May 12, 1937) is an inactive senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit headquartered in New York City. Education and career Straub was born on May 12, 1937, in Broo ...

, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals *

Christian Markle Straub Christian Markle Straub (1804June 7, 1860) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1853 to 1855. Early life and educa ...

, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives *

Christopher Straub Christopher Straub is a fashion designer who was a contestant on season 6 of the competitive reality show ''Project Runway'' and also appeared on season 1 of the competitive reality show ''Models of the Runway'' as the designer for the model Kati ...

, contestant on reality series ''Project Runway'' * Elek Straub, Hungarian engineer, consultant and businessman * Hans Straub, Swiss Olympic sprint canoer *

Jean-Marie Straub Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law * Jean-Marie C ...

, French filmmaker * Joe Straub, Major League Baseball catcher *

Johann Baptist Straub Johann Baptist Straub (1 June 1704 (baptism) – 15 July 1784) was a German Rococo sculptor. Biography Straub was born in Wiesensteig, into a family of sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Philipp Jakob, Joseph, and ...

, German Baroque artist *

John E. Straub John Straub was the Special Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President () until September 2006. In this capacity, Mr. Straub was responsible for the day-to-day managem ...

, Director of the White House Office of Administration *

Jürgen Straub Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953 in Weitersroda) is a former East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. Straub's greatest race won him a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres represen ...

, East German middle distance runner *

Kris Straub The kris, or ''keris'' in the Indonesian language, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). Of Javanese origin, the kris is famous for its disti ...

, webcomic creator *

Maria Straub Maria Straub (October 27, 1838 – June 30, 1897) was an American writer of prose, poetry, and hymns. She was best known for writing nearly 200 hymns, all of which were set to music by American composers. She was also a contributor to a number of ...

(1838–1898), American songwriter, hymnwriter *

Marianne Straub Marianne Straub OBE (23 September 1909 – 8 November 1994) was one of the leading commercial designers of textiles in Britain in the period from the 1940s to 1960s. She said her overriding aim was: "to design things which people could afford. .. ...

, 20th century textile designer *

Michael John Straub Michael John Straub (September 23, 1970 – February 23, 2004) was an artist and printmaker. Originally from Clifton Park, New York 1979–1989 and Amherst, New Hampshire 1971–1979, a 1989 graduate of Shenendehowa High School, he studied at and e ...

, artist and printmaker * Paul F. Straub, Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient *

Peter Straub Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, prolific horror author * Peter Straub (politician), German politician *

, founder of the Straub Brewery in St. Marys, Pennsylvania *

Philipp Jakob Straub Philipp Jakob Straub (30 April 1706 (baptism) – 26 August 1774) was an Austrian sculptor from a well-known family of German Baroque sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Johann Baptist, Joseph, and Johann Georg Straub were ...

, Austrian sculptor *

Robert W. Straub Robert William Straub (May 6, 1920 – November 27, 2002) was an American politician and businessman from the state of Oregon. A native of San Francisco, California, he settled in Eugene, Oregon, where he entered politics. A Democratic politici ...

, (1920–2002) Governor of Oregon * Rudolph Straub, German prisoner-of-war executed during World War II * Simon Straub, German luthier and violin maker (17th Century) *

Stephan Straub Stephan Straub (born 25 January 1971 in Saarbrücken) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goali ...

, German footballer * Wolfgang Straub, Swiss lawyer and photographer *

Zoë Straub Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadcast ...

, Austrian singer

References

External links

Homepage Dr. Rainer H Straub, Regensburg, Germany

Map of Straub distribution in the United States in 1990

Straub Genealogy and Family History

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