Gruber is a German surname from Austria and Bavaria, referring to a person from a geological depression, mine, or pit. It may refer to:

Places

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, Manitoba, Dauphin and 2 miles (3 km) north of Win ...

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

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 Mar ...

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

People

Surname

* Andreas Gruber (director) (born 1954), Austrian film director and screenwriter * Andreas Gruber (footballer) (born 1996), Austrian footballer * Barbara Gruber (born 1977), German ski mountaineer * Christoph Gruber (born 1976), Austrian alpine skier *

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

, 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 genr ...

(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 Frank Gruber (born February 2, 1904, Elmer, Minnesota, died December 9, 1969, Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Included in his work are stories for pulp fiction magazines, dozens of ...

(1904–1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction * Franz Gruber (actor) (born 1930), actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions *

Franz Xaver Gruber 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 w ...

(1787–1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night" * Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert * Gary Gruber (1940–2019), scientist, educator, author * Gerhard Gruber (born 1951), Austrian pianist *

Hans Gruber (conductor) Hans Gruber (11 July 1925 – 6 August 2001) was a Canadian 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 conducting student of ...

(1925–2001), Canadian conductor * Hans Gruber (footballer) (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 ...

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

Hendrik Gruber Hendrik Gruber (born 28 September 1986) is a German former pole vaulter. He was the bronze medalist at the 2009 University Games, and finished 2nd at the 2017 European Athletics Team Championships in the pole vault. Biography In 2005, Gruber c ...

(born 1986), German pole vaulter *

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 P ...

(1922–2005), professor of psychology of creativity *

Jeremy Gruber Jeremy Gruber is a lawyer, writer, and public policy advocate and is the senior vice president at Open Primaries. He regularltestifiesbefore state legislatures on bills to open the primaries. He is the former President and Executive Director of the ...

(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 ...

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

John Gruber John Gruber (born 1973) is a technology blogger, UI designer, and co-creator of the Markdown markup language. Gruber authors the Apple enthusiast blog Daring Fireball and produces its accompanying podcast, ''The Talk Show''. History Gruber is ...

(born 1973), American software engineer, co-developer of Markdown, and blogger (Daring Fireball) *

Jonathan Gruber (economist) Jonathan Holmes Gruber (born September 30, 1965) is an American professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1992. He is also the director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Econ ...

, American academic, educator; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act co-architect *

Jonathan Gruber (filmmaker) Jonathan Gruber is an American director of documentary films, commercials, and videos. He is Jewish. Projects that Gruber directed and produced have screened at festivals and in theaters nationwide and around the world, and have aired on PBS, The ...

(''Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story'') * J. Mackye Gruber, American screenwriter *

Jordan Gruber Jordan Gruber (; 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 in Beverly Hills, Michigan. ...

(born 1983), American-Israeli soccer player *

Juan García Gruber Juan Manuel García Grüber (September 7, 1904 – September 21, 1997) was a Venezuelan economist, financier, writer, diplomat, and philosopher. He served as Venezuela's ambassador to seven different countries. Early life and family He was born ...

(1904–1997), Venezuelan economist, financier, writer, philosopher and diplomat *

Juliette Gruber Juliette Gruber (born 1965) is a British actress born in the United States who moved to Britain at the age of one. Gruber is the niece of Hollywood actor Walter Matthau (1920–2000), who was married to her mother's sister. Gruber is the daughte ...

(born 1965), British actress *

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 t ...

(1909–1995), foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953 * Kelly Gruber (born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player *

Kurt Gruber Kurt Gruber (21 October 1904 in Syrau, Vogtland – 24 December 1943 in Dresden) was a Nazi politician and from 1926 to 1931 the first chairman of the Hitler Youth (''Hitler-Jugend'' or HJ). Career After the failed Beerhall Putsch in 1923, man ...

(1904–1943), Nazi politician * Kurt Gruber (aviator) (1896–1918), Austro-Hungarian flying ace * Lilli Gruber (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 agent *

Martin Gruber (disambiguation) Martin Gruber may refer to: * Martin Gruber (luger) * Martin Gruber (choreographer) * Martin J. Gruber (economist) {{hndis, Gruber, Martin ...

, multiple people * Michael Gruber (actor) (born 1964), American actor * Michael Gruber (author) (born 1940), American novelist *

Mieczyslaw Gruber Samuel Gruber ''aka'' Mieczyslaw Gruber (January 3, 1913 – June 17, 2006) was born in Podhajce, Poland (now Pidhaitsi, Ukraine). As a youth, Gruber belonged to the Zionist organizations Hashomer Hatzair and HeHalutz. When he was 14, Gruber ...

(1913–2006), 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 bronz ...

(born 1978), Italian luger * Paul Gruber (born 1965), professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988–1999) * Rony Gruber (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 dr ...

(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 (1938–2019), shark biologist * Scarlet Gruber (born 1989), Venezuelan actress * Stefan Gruber (born 1975), performance artist, animator and educator *

Theodor Gruber Theodor Gruber, was an Austrian chess player. In 1921, Theodor Gruber took the 2nd place in the Vienna Amateur Chess Championship. In 1922, in Bad Oeynhausen he participated in German Chess Championship, German Chess Congress and shared 8th - 10 ...

, 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 de ...

(born 1959), American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur * William H. Gruber (born 1935), American organizational theorist * William R. Gruber (1890–1979), United States Army brigadier general *

William C. Gruber William C. Gruber is an American physician-scientist, pediatrician, and business executive. He is the senior vice president of Pfizer vaccine clinical research and development. Life Gruber completed a bachelor's degree in mathematical science ...

, American physician-scientist, pediatrician, and business executive * William Gruber, organ maker and 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

Nickname

(See also the longer list at de:wiki) * Dave "Gruber" Allen (born 1958), American comedian and actor

Fictional characters

Hans Gruber (character) Hans Gruber is a fictional character and the main villain of the 1988 action movie ''Die Hard''. He is portrayed by Alan Rickman. Gruber is a thief and criminal mastermind from West Germany who holds an office building hostage to steal $640 mil ...

, a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film ''Die Hard'' (1988) *

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

, 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 American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. The series was filmed i ...

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

Paddington Bear Paddington Bear (though his name is just Paddington; the "Bear" simply serves to confirm his species; and also known as Paddington Brown for some sources) is a fictional character in British children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October ...

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. It was originally released in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1997. Created by music producer Masaya Matsuura in collaboration w ...

'' 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 ''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''. ...

'' (1965) * 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 Y ...

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 Ger ...

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