Schreiber (surname)

Schreiber is a German surname meaning "scribe" or "writer"; often compared to English Clark or Clerk. Notable people with the name include:

Arts & entertainment

 * Avery Schreiber (1935–2002), American comedian
 * Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), English-Canadian painter and illustrator
 * Dan Schreiber, United Kingdom radio producer
 * Liev Schreiber (born 1967), American actor, half-brother of Pablo
 * Linda Schreiber, American television soap opera writer
 * Pablo Schreiber (born 1978), American actor, half-brother of Liev
 * Ryan Schreiber, editor-in-chief of Pitchfork Media
 * Terry Schreiber (born 1937), American theater director
 * Ulrich Schreiber (born 1951), German director of the International Literature Festival Berlin

Journalism

 * Claudia Schreiber (born 1958), German journalist
 * Constantin Schreiber (born 1979), German journalist
 * Ernie Schreiber, editor of the Lancaster New Era
 * Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988), American journalist
 * Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber or JJSS (1924–2006), French journalist and politician
 * Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) (1947–2022), German investigative journalist
 * Le Anne Schreiber (1945–2019), American journalist

Military

 * Edmond Schreiber (1890–1978), British general of World War II
 * Franz Schreiber (1904–1976), Standartenführer in the German Waffen SS
 * Gustav Schreiber (1916–1995), Hauptscharführer in the German Waffen SS
 * Helmuth Schreiber (1917–2008), Sturmbannführer in the German Waffen-SS
 * Josef Schreiber (1919–1945), German soldier in the Wehrmacht during World War II
 * Leroy A. Schreiber (1917-1944), American fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II
 * Walter Schreiber (1893–1970), German military officer and doctor

Politics

 * Ernie Schreiber (born 1929), German-born Canadian politician
 * Eva Schreiber (1958-2023), German politician
 * Grzegorz Schreiber (born 1961), Polish politician
 * Mark Schreiber, Baron Marlesford, British Conservative politician
 * Mark Schreiber (Kansas politician), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
 * Martin E. Schreiber (1904–1997), American carpenter, real estate agent and politician, father of Martin J.
 * Martin J. Schreiber (born 1939), American politician, publisher, and lobbyist; governor of Wisconsin (1977–1979)
 * Patrick Schreiber (born 1979), German politician
 * Walther Schreiber (1884–1958), German politician; mayor of Berlin (1953–1955)

Religion

 * Emanuel Schreiber (1852–1932), American rabbi
 * Hermann Schreiber (1882–1954) German doctor of philosophy, rabbi and journalist
 * Moses Schreiber or Moshe Sofer (1762–1839), European rabbi
 * Simon Schreiber (1821–1883), Austrian rabbi

Science

 * David Servan-Schreiber (1961–2011), French physician and neuroscientist
 * Hieronymus Schreiber (died 1547), German doctor, mathematician and astronomer
 * Raemer Schreiber (1910–1998), American physicist
 * Robert D. Schreiber (born 1946), American immunologist
 * Stuart Schreiber (born 1956), American chemical biologist
 * Urs Schreiber (born 1974), German mathematician and theoretical physicist
 * William F. Schreiber (1925–2009), American electrical engineer and professor

Baseball

 * Barney Schreiber (1882–1964), American baseball player
 * Doug Schreiber (born 1963), American baseball coach
 * Hank Schreiber (1891–1968), American baseball player
 * John Schreiber (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball pitcher
 * Paul Schreiber (1902–1982), American baseball player
 * Ted Schreiber (1938–2022), American baseball player

Other

 * Adam Schreiber (born 1962), American football player
 * Andreas Schreiber (born 1987), Swedish basketball player
 * Birgit Schreiber, German cross country skier
 * Christian Schreiber (born 1980), German rower
 * Daniela Schreiber (born 1989), German swimmer
 * Edwin Schreiber (1936–2010), South African cricketer
 * Elaine Schreiber (1939–2017), Australian table tennis player
 * Hartmut Schreiber (born 1944), German rower
 * Larry Schreiber (born 1947), American football player
 * Olaf Schreiber (born 1969), German footballer
 * Peter Schreiber (born 1964), German javelin thrower
 * Robin Schreiber (born 1949/1950), American basketball superfan
 * Thomas Schreiber (bobsledder), Swiss bobsledder
 * Wally Schreiber (born 1962), Canadian hockey player
 * Zahra Schreiber (born 1986), American professional wrestler

Writers

 * Boris Schreiber (1923–2008), French writer
 * Brad Schreiber, American writer
 * Ellen Schreiber, American young-adult fiction author
 * Jan Schreiber (born 1941), American poet
 * Joe Schreiber (born 1969), American author
 * John Schreiber (writer) (born 1954), American writer and teacher
 * Mark Schreiber (writer), American writer

Other

 * Benjamin F. Schreiber (1885–1972), American lawyer and judge
 * Chaim Schreiber, founder of Schreiber Furniture in the United Kingdom
 * Charles Schreiber (1826–1884), English academic, fine arts collector and politician
 * Christian Schreiber (philosopher) (1781–1857), German philosopher
 * Collingwood Schreiber (1831–1918), English-Canadian surveyor, engineer and civil servant
 * Dan Schreiber (poker player) (born 1985), American pro gamer and poker player
 * Daniel Schreiber (born 1971), British-Israeli founder of Lemonade, Inc.
 * Gaby Schreiber (1904–1976), British industrial and interior designer
 * Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) (born 1962), German manager in international retail business
 * Karlheinz Schreiber (born 1934), German-born lobbyist, fundraiser, arms dealer, and businessman
 * Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber or Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), English translator and business woman
 * Thomas Schreiber (innkeeper) (c. 1598–1629), German innkeeper executed for witchcraft
 * Timothy Schreiber, London-based, German-born architect and design artist
 * Zvi Schreiber (born 1969), British-Israeli serial entrepreneur