Silber is a surname, originally the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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word meaning ''
silver
Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
''. It may refer to:
Notable people named Silber
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Alexandra Silber
Alexandra Michelle Silber is an American actress, singer, writer and educator. She has performed roles on Broadway, in London's West End, on television and film, and concert stages. Among other stage roles, in London, she created the role of Lau ...
(born 1983), American actor, singer, writer, and educator
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Christoph Silber
Christoph Silber (often credited as Chris Silber), born 26 April 1971 in Berlin, is a German-American author and filmmaker. Rated among "Europe's hottest new screenwriters" by ''Screen International'', Silber works and lives in the United States ...
(born 1971), German-born British film producer, screenwriter, and director
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Christopher Silber
Christopher "Chris" Silber (born October 6, 1973) is an American television writer and producer. He is also the showrunner of '' NCIS: New Orleans''.
Silber was previously a producer and a writer for ''NCIS'', ''Cold Case'', '' CSI: NY'', and ''E ...
(born 1973), American television writer and producer
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Eddie Silber
Edward James Silber (June 6, 1914 – October 26, 1976) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is comp ...
(1914–1976), American baseball player
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Irwin Silber
Irwin Silber (October 17, 1925 – September 8, 2010) was an American Communist, editor, publisher, and political activist. He edited the folk music magazine '' Sing Out!'' and was active in far-left politics throughout his life.
Biography Early ...
(1925–2010), American writer, editor, publisher, historian, folk-song collector, and political activist
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Jane Silber
Jane Silber is a board member of Canonical Ltd. and was its Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2017.
Silber is also the chair of the board of The Sensible Code Company (whose products include QuickCode.) and Diffblue (whose products include C ...
(born ?), American chief executive, computer scientist, and artificial intelligence technologist
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Joan Silber
Joan Silber is an American novelist and short story writer. She won the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel ''Improvement''.
Biography
Joan Silber was born in 1945. She gre ...
(born ?), American novelist
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John Silber
John Robert Silber (August 15, 1926 – September 27, 2012) was an American academician and candidate for public office. From 1971 to 1996, he was President of Boston University (BU) and, from 1996 to 2002, Chancellor. From 2002 to 2003, he again ...
(1926–2012), American academician, politician, philosophy professor, and university president
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Jules C. Silber Jules Crawford Silber ('1885–1939) was a German mole inside the mail censorship division of British Intelligence during the First World War. He remains well known for never having been caught.
Biography
He was born in Breslau, in Prussian Silesi ...
('1885–?), German WWI spy, autobiographer, and interpreter
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Laura Silber Laura Silber is the Vice President for Advocacy and Communications at thOpen Society Foundations where she runs the Communications department and oversees advocacy strategy and public identity. Since 2007 she has been an adjunct professor at Columbi ...
(born ?), American professor, foundation executive, and writer
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Marianne Rafferty
Marianne Rafferty is an overnight anchor and correspondent for Fox News. She joined FNC in 2006 as a correspondent based in Fox's Atlanta bureau. While based in Atlanta, Rafferty covered Hurricane Dean's path from Jamaica and also reported on the ...
(''née'' Silber; born 1971), American television news anchor and journalist
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Mary Silber
Mary Catherine Silber is a professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago who works on dynamical systems, in bifurcation theory and pattern formation..
Education and career
Silber completed her Ph.D. in physics from the ...
(born ?), American statistical science professor, mathematician, and physicist
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Max I. Silber
Max I. Silber (February 15, 1911 – June 15, 2004) was an American businessman from New Hampshire who through his philanthropic works became not only a formative figure for Boy Scouting in New Hampshire, but a distinguished citizen of his home s ...
(1911–2004), American Scouting promoter and enthusiast, ingot manufacturer, and businessman
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Mitchell D. Silber (born 1970), American political risk, intelligence, and security analyst, and television commentator
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Otto Silber
Otto Silber (17 March 1893 – 23 December 1940) was an Estonian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Silber participated in the first official football game between Tallinn clubs JS Meteor and Merku ...
(1893–1940), Estonian footballer and Olympics competitor
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Sherman Silber
Sherman J. Silber is physician specializing in the field of infertility. He invented many of the infertility treatments in use today in the domain of IVF, sperm retrieval, ICSI, vasectomy reversal, tubal ligation reversal, egg and embryo fre ...
(born ?), American urologist, microsurgeon, inventor, and infertility specialist
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Stephen Silber
Sir Stephen Robert Silber (born 26 March 1944) is a retired British judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Legal career
Silber was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1968 and made a bencher in 1994. In 1987, he became a Queen's Counsel and ...
(born 1944), British judge
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William L. Silber William L. Silber is a Senior Advisor with Cornerstone Research and was a chaired professor at The Stern School of Business, New York University, most recently as the Marcus Nadler Professor of Finance and Economics (2002-2019) and before that as th ...
(born ?), American economist, professor, and writer
Fictional characters
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Katrina Silber
This article lists the major and recurring fictional characters created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. For detailed descriptions, see individual character pages.
Cast Main cast
The following characters w ...
, minor character in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
* Silber, a
character in the ''Buriki One'' video game series
See also
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Silberman Silberman or Silbermann is a German surname meaning "silver man". Notable people with the surname include:
Silberman
*Benedict Silberman (1901–1971), composer and conductor
* Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011), American journalist
*Curt Silberm ...
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Silver (disambiguation)
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag and atomic number 47.
Silver may also refer to:
Other common meanings
* Silver (color)
* Silver (household), dishware, cutlery and other items made of silver
* Silver medal, an award given to the runn ...
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Silverman
Silverman may refer to:
* a kind of living statue
Surnames
* Abraham George Silverman (1900–1973), American mathematician
* Allan Silverman (born 1955), American philosopher
* Barry G. Silverman (born 1951), American federal judge
* Belle ...
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Zilber Zilber ( yi, זילבּער, russian: Зильбер) is a surname and a variation of ''Silber''. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ariel Zilber ( אריאל זילבר; born 1943), Israeli musical artist
* Belu Zilber (1901–1978), Rom ...
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German-language surnames
Surnames of Jewish origin
Yiddish-language surnames