Huber
Huber is a German-language surname. It derives from the German word Hube meaning hide, a unit of land a farmer might possess, granting them the status of a free tenant. It is in the top ten most common surnames in the German-speaking world, 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, Hüber, Huemer, Humer, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized) Hoover.
People with the surname Huber
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[edit]- Adam Huber (born 1987), American actor and model.
- Alexander Huber (born 1968), German climber and mountaineer
- Alexander Huber (football) (born 1985), German football player
- Alyson Huber (born 1972), Californian legislator elected to the State Assembly in 2008
- Anja Huber (born 1983), German skeleton racer
- Anke Huber (born 1974), German tennis player
- Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the Kenosha unrest shooting
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[edit]- Berni Huber (born 1967), German alpine skier
- Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber
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[edit]- Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
- Charles M. Huber (born 1956), German politician
- Chuck Huber (born 1971), American voice actor
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[edit]- Don Huber (born 1957), American soccer (football) forward
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[edit]- Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology
- Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician
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[edit]- François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
- Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975), German SS general and Generalmajor der Polizei in Austria
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[edit]- Gary Huber (born 1951), American Rabbi
- Gerold Huber (born 1969), German pianist
- Gregory Huber (born 1956), American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
- Grischa Huber (1944–2021), German theatre and film actress
- Gusti Huber (1914–1993), Austrian-American actress
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[edit]- Harold Huber (1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s
- Herbert Huber (botanist) (1931–2005), German botanist
- Herbert Huber (luger), Italian luger in the 1980s
- Herbert Huber (skier) (1944–1970), Austrian skier
- Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist
- Herta Huber (1926–2018), German writer and poet
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[edit]- Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
- Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist
- Johannes Huber (born 1987), German politician
- JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
- Jon Huber (1979–2020), American professional wrestler better known as Brodie Lee and Luke Harper
- Jon Huber (born 1981), American baseball pitcher
- Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player
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[edit]- Klaus Huber (1924–2017), Swiss composer and academic teacher
- Kurt Huber (1893–1943), German professor, executed by the Nazis in 1943
- Kurt Huber (tenor) (born 1937), Swiss tenor
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[edit]- Larry Huber (born 1950), American television producer, writer, and animator
- Lee Huber (1919–2005), American basketball player
- Liezel Huber (born 1976), South African tennis player
- Liza Huber (born 1975), American television actress
- Lotti Huber (1912–1998), German actress
- Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
- Ludwig Ferdinand Huber (1764–1804), German writer, husband of Therese Huber
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[edit]- Max Huber (disambiguation), several people
- Michael Huber (disambiguation), several people
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[edit]- Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer
- Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian luger
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[edit]- Oscar E. Huber (1917–2017), American politician, rancher, and farmer
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[edit]- 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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[edit]- Robert Huber (born 1937), German biochemist
- Robert Huber (engineer) (1901–1995), Swiss engineer
- Robert Huber (sport shooter) (1878–1946), Finnish sport shooter
- Robert J. Huber (1922–2001), U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Roi Huber (born 1997), Israeli basketball player
- Rupert Huber (composer) (born 1967), Austrian composer and musician
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[edit]- Sophie Huber (born 1985), French freestyle swimmer
- Stephan Huber (born 1952), German sculptor and object artist
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[edit]- Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer
- Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author
- Thomas Huber (born 1966), German climber and mountaineer
- Tomáš Huber, Czech footballer
- Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist
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[edit]- Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist
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[edit]- Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
- Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian
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[edit]- Wilfried Huber (born 1970), Italian luger
- William Russel Huber (1903–1982), US Navy sailor, Medal of Honor awardee
- Willie Huber (1958–2010), German born professional ice hockey defenceman
- Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter
- Wolfgang Huber (born 1940), German physician and specialist in internal and environmental medicine
- Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), German bishop