Huber

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Huber (disambiguation).

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.

Map showing frequency distribution of the surname Huber in Germany. A clear increase in frequency is seen as one moves south towards the Austrian border.

People with the surname Huber

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

• 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

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

• Stephan Huber (born 1952), German sculptor and object artist

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

See also

• Hüber (German-language surname)
• Hueber (French-language surname)