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

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

free tenant Free tenants, also known as free peasants, were tenant farmer peasants in medieval England who occupied a unique place in the medieval hierarchy. They were characterized by the low rents which they paid to their manorial lord. They were subj ...

. It is in the top ten most common surnames in the

German-speaking world This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the German language, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken. In addition to the Germanosphere () in Europe, German-speaking minorities are ...

, 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 Charles Louis Hueber (21 August 1883 – 18 August 1943) was an Alsatian politi ...

Hüber Hüber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Sven Hüber (born 1964), East German former political officer German-language surnames See also

* Huber, Huber (German-language surname) * Hueber, Hueber (French-language surn ...

Huemer Huemer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dick Huemer (1898–1979), American animator *Michael Huemer Michael Huemer (; born December 27, 1969) is an American professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Bould ...

, Humor, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized)

Hoover Hoover may refer to: Music * Hoover (band), an American post-hardcore band * Hooverphonic, a Belgian band originally named Hoover * Hoover (singer), Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in 1960s and '70s * "Hoover" (song), a 201 ...

People with the surname Huber

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Adam Huber Adam Huber (born May 8, 1987) is an American actor and model. He is known for playing Liam Ridley in the CW series ''Dynasty'' from 2018 to 2022, for which he was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Drama Actor in 2019. Early life H ...

(born 1987), American actor and model. *

Alexander Huber Alexander Huber (born 30 December 1968) is a German rock climber who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of rock climbing. Huber came to prominence in the early 1990s as the world's strongest sport c ...

(born 1968), German climber and mountaineer *

Alexander Huber (football) Alexander Huber (Cyrillic: Александр Хубер, romanized: ''Aleksandr Khuber''; born 25 February 1985) is a Tajikistani retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Early life Huber was born in Leninabad of the Soviet ...

(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 bobslei ...

(born 1983), German skeleton racer *

Anke Huber Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won 12 singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She fi ...

(born 1974), German tennis player * Antje Huber (1924-2015), German politician *Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the

Kenosha unrest shooting On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shootings occurred during the Kenosha unrest, protests, riots, and civil unrest that follow ...

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* Berni Huber (born 1967), German alpine skier *

Bruno 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, husband of Louise Huber

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Cheri Huber Cheri Huber (born c. 1944) is an American meditation teacher in the Sōtō School of Zen Buddhism tradition. Biography Huber is the founder and guiding teacher of Zen Monastery Peace Center located in Murphys, California, which was constructed i ...

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

Chuck Huber Chuck Huber is an American voice actor. He has provided numerous voices for Japanese anime series and video games. He is best known for his roles as Hiei in '' Yu Yu Hakusho'', Dr. Franken Stein in ''Soul Eater'', Pilaf in ''Dragon Ball'', Sh ...

(born 1971), American voice actor

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Don Huber Don Huber (born May 1, 1957, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also played for St. Louis Kutis S.C. when it won the 198 ...

(born 1957), American soccer (football) forward

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Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald is an Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology. She is a Full Research Professor in Ecology and Global Environmental Change and Complex Environmental Systems; she served as Department Head of the Division of E ...

, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology *

Erwin Huber Erwin Huber (born 26 July 1946) is a German politician. He was chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) from 2007 to 2008. Early life Erwin Huber was born in Reisbach in the district of Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria. He attended elementar ...

(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 Switzerland, Swiss Entomology, entomologist who specialized in honey bees. His pioneering work was recognized a ...

(1750–1831), Swiss naturalist *

Franz Josef Huber Franz Josef Huber (22 January 1902 – 30 January 1975) was a German police and security service official during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany eras. He joined the Nazi Party and the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in 1937 and worked closely with G ...

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

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Gary Huber Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Places ;Iran * Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;United States *Gary (Tampa), Florida *Gary, Ind ...

(born 1951), American Rabbi *

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 Gregory B. Huber (born January 25, 1956) is a retired American lawyer, politician, and judge. He served 18 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Marathon County and was chief judge of the 9th District of Wisconsin Circuit Courts from 2016 ...

(born 1956), American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge *

Grischa Huber Christel Magdalena Huber, known as Grischa Huber (18 September 1944 – 6 April 2021) was a German theatre and film actress. She is known for the lead role in the film '' Under the Pavement Lies the Strand'', a "cult film of the German feminist m ...

(1944–2021), German theatre and film actress *

Gusti Huber Auguste "Gusti" Huber (July 27, 1914 – July 12, 1993) was an Austrian-American actress. She had a successful career on Broadway and was critically acclaimed as Edith Frank in the 1956 production of ''The Diary of Anne Frank (play), The Diary ...

(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 of ...

(1931–2005), German botanist * Herbert Huber (luger), Italian luger in the 1980s *

Herbert Huber (skier) Herbert Huber (4 December 1944 - 15 July 1970) was an Austrian alpine skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist * Herta Huber (1926–2018), German writer and poet

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Jacques Huber Jacques Huber (13 October 1867 Schleitheim – 18 February 1914 Belém) was a Swiss-Brazilian botanist who did pioneering work on the flora of the Amazon from 1895 until his death. He created and organized the herbarium and arboretum in Belém, B ...

(1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist * Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist * Joe Huber (born 2002), American football player *

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 Joseph Karl Huber, stagename ''JoKarl Huber'' (* 13 February 1902, † 1996) was a German artist. Born in 1902 in the Wuerttembergian village of Laudenbach (now part of Weikersheim), Huber first studied law, but gave that up to become an artist in ...

(1902–1996), German artist *

Jon Huber Jonathon Lloyd "Jon" Huber (born July 7, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Huber played two seasons in Major League Baseball, both with the Seattle Mariners, in 2006 and 2007. Over his major league career, Huber compiled ...

(1979–2020), American professional wrestler better known as Brodie Lee and Luke Harper *

(born 1981), American baseball pitcher *

Justin Huber Justin Patrick Huber (; born 1 July 1982) is an Australian former professional baseball player. A first baseman and outfielder, Huber has played in Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Australian Baseball League. He has a ...

(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 Saaria ...

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

Kurt Huber Kurt Huber (24 October 1893 – 13 July 1943) was a German 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, ...

(1893–1943), German professor, executed by the Nazis in 1943 *

Kurt Huber (tenor) Kurt Huber (born 4 May 1937) is a Swiss tenor for concert and Lieder. Career Born in Zürich, Kurt Huber studied voice in Vienna with Anton Dermota.

(born 1937), Swiss tenor

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Larry Huber Lawrence "Larry" Huber is an American television producer, writer, and animator who is known for his long history as a producer at Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, and Nickelodeon. Huber began his animation career in 1969 while working on Hanna-Barbera ...

(born 1950), American television producer, writer, and animator * Lee Huber (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 Liza Victoria Huber (born February 22, 1975) is an American former television actress, best known for her role as Gwen Hotchkiss on the daytime soap ''Passions''. She is the daughter of actress Susan Lucci. In 2008, she retired from acting to ...

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

Ludwig Ferdinand Huber Ludwig Ferdinand Huber or Louis Ferdinand Huber (1764 – 24 December 1804) was a German translator, diplomat, playwright, literary critic, and journalist. Born in Paris, Huber was the son of the Bavarian-born writer and translator Michael Hub ...

(1764–1804), German writer, husband of Therese Huber

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* Max Huber (disambiguation), several people * Michael Huber (disambiguation), several people

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* Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer *

Norbert Huber Norbert Huber (born 3 September 1964) is an Italian former luger who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Huber was born in Bruneck, South Tyrol. Competing in four Winter Olympics, h ...

(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 (1952–2021), 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) Robert Huber (7 July 1901 – 7 April 1995) was a Swiss mechanical engineer. Life Robert Huber was born on 7 July 1901 in Freienstein, Switzerland. He attended a primary school in Freienstein from 1908 to 1914 and a secondary school in Freienstei ...

(1901–1995), Swiss engineer * Robert Huber (sport shooter) (1878–1946), Finnish sport shooter *

Robert J. Huber Robert James Huber (August 29, 1922 - April 23, 2001) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Huber was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He attended the University of Detroit 1935–1937, and graduated f ...

(1922–2001), U.S. Representative from Michigan *

Roi Huber Roi Huber (; born February 10, 1997) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Early life Huber was born in Kadima, Israel. He played for Hapoel Lev Hasharon youth team and helpe ...

(born 1997), Israeli basketball player *

Rupert Huber (composer) Rupert W.M. Huber (born 1967 in Mödling, Austria) is an Austrian composer and musician. In 1994, Huber founded ''Huber Musik'' to publish his own music, and in the same year, founded Tosca with Richard Dorfmeister. Huber's 2006 release of ''Fu ...

(born 1967), Austrian composer and musician

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Sophie Huber Sophie Huber (born 26 November 1985 in Forbach, France)Stephan Huber Stephan Huber (born 1952 in Lindenberg im Allgäu) is a German sculptor and object artist. Life After his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1971–1978), Huber received a grant for the P.S.1 studio programme in New York (now ...

(born 1952), German sculptor and object artist

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* Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer *

Therese Huber Therese Huber (7 May 1764 – 15 June 1829) was a German author. She was one of the so-called , a group of five academically active women during the mid-18th and early 19th centuries. The group consisted of daughters of academics at Göttingen Un ...

(1764–1829), German author *

Thomas Huber Thomas Huber (born 18 November 1966) is a German rock climber (and especially big wall climbing) and mountaineering, mountaineer (and especially alpine climbing). He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and regular climbing partne ...

(born 1966), German climber and mountaineer *

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

, Czech footballer *

Tytus Maksymilian Huber Tytus Maksymilian Huber (also known as Maksymilian Tytus Huber; 4 January 1872 in Krościenko nad Dunajcem – 9 December 1950) was a Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist. He was a member of the pre-war Polish scientific foundati ...

(1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist

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Ulrik Huber Ulrik Huber (13 March 1636 in Dokkum – 8 November 1694 in Franeker), also known as Ulrich Huber or Ulricus Huber, was a professor of law at the University of Franeker and a political philosopher. Huber studied in Franeker, Utrecht and Heidel ...

(1636–1694), Dutch jurist

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Vernon Huber Vernon Huber (August 28, 1899 – June 17, 1967) was a United States Navy rear admiral, and the governor of American Samoa from April 22, 1947, to June 15, 1949. He was born in Philadelphia, Illinois, and was appointed to the United States N ...

(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 Huber, Ludwig Ferdinand and Therese Huber, née Heyn ...

(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 Lillehammer ...

(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 Philad ...

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

Wolf Huber Wolf Huber ( – 3 June 1553) was an Austria, Austrian- Germany, German Painting, painter, printmaker, and architect, who worked in Passau, Germany for most of his life as a leading member of the Danube school. Life Records show that Huber was b ...

(c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter * Wolfgang Huber (born 1940), German physician and specialist in internal and environmental medicine * Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), German bishop