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.



A

 * 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

B

 * Berni Huber (born 1967), German alpine skier
 * Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber

C

 * Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
 * Charles M. Huber (born 1956), German politician
 * Chuck Huber (born 1971), American voice actor

D

 * Don Huber (born 1957), American soccer (football) forward

E

 * Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology
 * Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician

F

 * François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
 * Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975), German SS general and Generalmajor der Polizei in Austria

G

 * 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

H

 * 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

J

 * 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

K

 * 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

L

 * 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

M

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

N

 * Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer
 * Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian luger

O

 * Oscar E. Huber (1917–2017), American politician, rancher, and farmer

P

 * Peter J. Huber (born 1934), Swiss statistician
 * Peter W. Huber (1952–2021), American writer and lawyer
 * Pierre Antoine François Huber (1775–1832), French general

R

 * 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

S

 * Sophie Huber (born 1985), French freestyle swimmer

T

 * 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

U

 * Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist

V

 * Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
 * Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian

W

 * 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