Haber is a surname of German origin. The meaning in old German is "

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". The cereal is now in German called . Notable people with this surname include: *

Alan Haber Robert Alan Haber (born July 29, 1936) is an American activist. In 1960 he was elected the first president of the now-defunct Students for a Democratic Society, a left-wing student activist organization. FBI files at the time indicated his offici ...

, American student activist *

Alessandro Haber Alessandro Haber (born 19 January 1947) is an Italian actor, film director and singer. Haber was born in Bologna in a Jewish family of mixed ancestry (his father was a Romanian Jew and his mother Italian) and spent his childhood in Israel. His m ...

, Italian actor, director, and singer * Alicia Haber (born 1946), Uruguayan historian, art critic, curator, and teacher * Bernard Haber (1920–1959), American politician from New York *

Brett Haber Brett Haber is an American sportscaster. He is a host for the Tennis Channel and several other national and regional sports outlets. Sportscasting career In the mid-1990s Haber was an anchor on ESPN's flagship news program ''SportsCenter''. I ...

, American sportscaster * Daniel A. Haber, French oncologist *

Daniel Haber (soccer) Daniel Bram Haber (born May 20, 1992) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a forward. During a professional career that spanned six years, he appeared for Maccabi Haifa, Apollon Limassol, Ayia Napa, Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon, Whit ...

(born 1992), Canadian soccer player *

Eitan Haber Eitan Haber (; 12 March 1940 – 7 October 2020) was an Israeli journalist and publicist, known for his writing on military and security issues, and for his longtime association with the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Biography Eitan ...

(1940–2020), Israeli journalist *

Fritz Haber Fritz Jakob Haber (; 9 December 1868 – 29 January 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrog ...

(1868–1934), German chemist and Nobel Prize winner *

Heinz Haber Heinz Haber (May 15, 1913 in Mannheim – February 13, 1990 in Hamburg) was a German physicist and science writer who primarily became known for his TV programs and books about physics and environmental subjects. His lucid style of explainin ...

(1913–1990), German physicist and science writer * Howard E. Haber (born 1952), American physicist * James Haber (born 1943), American biochemist *

Justin Haber Justin Haber (born 9 June 1981) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Żabbar St. Patrick and formerly played with the Malta national football team. Playing career Floriana Born in Floriana, Malta, Haber started h ...

(born 1981), Maltese footballer * Marco Haber (born 1971), German footballer *

Marcus Haber Marcus Warren Haber (born January 11, 1989) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Thai League 1 club Nongbua Pitchaya, on loan from Chonburi. Haber began his career at local club Vancouver Selects, playing fou ...

(born 1989), Canadian soccer player *

Peter Haber Peter Alexander Haber (born 12 December 1952) is a Swedish actor. His father was German, his mother Swedish. He grew up in Skåne, Sweden, and in Remscheid, Germany. In 1987 he was hired by the Stockholm City Theatre where he was active until ...

(born 1952), Swedish actor *

Ralf Haber Ralf Haber (born 18 August 1962 in Altenburg, Thuringia) is a retired East German hammer thrower. His personal best throw was 83.40 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and t ...

(born 1962), German hammer thrower *

Shamai Haber Shamai Haber (born February 15, 1922, Łódź, Poland) was a sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France. He died in 1995 in Paris. Biography Haber was born in Łódź, Poland in 1922 but emigrated in 1935. He first went to Luxembourg and th ...

(1922–1995), sculptor *

Yaacov Haber Yaacov Haber is a rabbi has taught Jews about Jewish heritage for almost thirty years. Biography Rabbi Haber was ordained in Jerusalem by Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg of Yeshivah Torah Ore and by Chacham Avrohom Ochana of Yeshivah Ahavat Shal ...

, American rabbi *

Yvonne Haber Yvonne Haber is an Australian architect who has been described as "the storage queen". Haber has advised on architectural matters including regulations around transforming roof and attic space and has spoken about how to design a family home wi ...

, Australian architect

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