Huber

Huber is a German-language surname. It derives from the German word 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, Humor, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized) Hoover.

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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
• Adam Huber of Riesenpach (1545–1613), Czech doctor and writer of medical books
• Ahmed Huber (1927–2008), Swiss-German journalist and convert to Islam
• Alexander Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alfons Huber (1834–1898), Austrian historian
• Alfred Huber, multiple people
• Alois Huber, multiple people
• Alyson Huber (born 1972), Californian legislator elected to the State Assembly in 2008
• Andrea Huber (born 1975), Swiss cross-country skier
• Andrin Huber (born 2004), Swiss multi-event athlete
• Anja Huber (born 1983), German skeleton racer
• Anke Huber (born 1974), German tennis player
• Anna Huber, Austrian fashion model
• Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the Kenosha unrest shooting
• Antje Huber (1924-2015), German politician
• Arnold Huber (born 1967), Italian luger

B

• Berni Huber (born 1967), German alpine skier
• Berthold Huber (born 1950), German trade union leader
• Bettina Huber (born 1995), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Blanche Huber (died 1940), Maltese female doctor
• Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber

C

• Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
• Charles Huber, multiple people
• Christoph Huber, Swiss-born surgeon
• Clarence Huber (1895–1965), American third baseman
• Clarisa Huber (born 1984), Argentinian footballer
• Cora Huber (born 1981), Swiss bobsledder

D

• Daniel Huber (1768-1829), Swiss mathematician and astronomer
• Daniel Huber (born 1993), Austrian ski jumper
• David Huber, multiple people
• Don Huber (born 1957), American soccer (football) forward

E

• Edward Huber (1837–1904), American inventor and industrialist
• Egon Huber (1905-1960), Austrian artist
• Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology
• Ella Huber (born 2002), American ice hockey player
• Ernst Huber, multiple people
• Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician
• Eugen Huber (1849-1923), Swiss jurist
• Evelyne Huber, American and Swiss political scientist

F

• François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
• Franz Huber, Austrian luger
• Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975), former SS general
• Fred Huber (died 1995), American ice hockey executive
• Fritz Huber, multiple people

G

• Gaby Huber (born 1980), Swiss squash player
• George W. Huber, American chemical engineer
• Georges Huber (1910–2003), Swiss journalist
• Gerardo Huber (c. 1945–1992), Chilean Army colonel
• Gerhard Huber (born 1934), Austrian gymnast
• Gerold Huber (born 1969), German pianist
• Ginger Huber (born 1974), American diver
• Gregory Huber (born 1956), American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
• Grischa Huber (1944–2021), German theatre and film actress
• Günther Huber (born 1965), Italian bobsledder and luger
• Gusti Huber (1914–1993), Austrian-American actress

H

• Hans Huber, multiple people
• Harold Huber (1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s
• Henry Huber (1869–1933), American lawyer and progressive Republican politician
• Herbert Huber, multiple people
• Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist
• Herta Huber (1926–2018), German writer and poet

I

• Irmgard Huber (1901–1974), German head nurse
• Isabell Huber (born 1987), German politician

J

• Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
• Jan Huber (born 2005), Swiss cyclist
• Jean Huber (1721–1786), Genevan painter
• Jeffrey Huber (born 1959), Dutch taekwondo practitioner
• Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist
• Joan Huber (1925–2026), American sociologist and academic
• Johann Huber (disambiguation)
• Johannes Huber (born 1987), German politician
• John Huber (disambiguation)
• JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
• Jon Huber (disambiguation)
• Joseph Huber, multiple people
• Juan Huber (1937–2010), Argentine rower
• Julie Huber, scientist
• Julius H. Huber (1852–1939), American architect
• Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player

K

• Karl Huber, multiple people
• Katharina Huber (born 1995), Austrian alpine skier
• Kevin Huber (born 1985), American football punter
• Klaus Huber (1924–2017), Swiss composer and academic teacher
• Konrad Huber (1892–1960), Finnish sport shooter
• Kristian Huber (born 1997), Austrian bobsledder
• Kurt Huber (1893–1943), German university professor and resistance fighter
• Kurt Huber (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
• Lorenz Huber (1906–1989), German footballer
• Lothar Huber (born 1952), German football coach and former player
• Lotti Huber (1912–1998), German actress
• Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
• Ludwig Huber, multiple people

M

• Marcel Huber (1927–2014), Swiss racing cyclist
• Marcia Huber, American chemical engineer
• Marie Huber (1695–1753), Genevan writer and theologian
• Marion Huber (born 1930), Chilean sprinter
• Martin Huber (born 1977), German politician (CSU)
• Max Huber (disambiguation), several people
• Michael Huber (disambiguation), several people

N

• Nicolas Huber (born 1995), Swiss snowboarder
• Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer
• Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian luger

O

• Oscar E. Huber (1917–2017), American politician, rancher, and farmer
• Ossi Huber (1954–2025), Austrian musician and author
• Otto Huber (1914–1989), American baseball player
• Otto Huber (born 1944), Italian ecologist

P

• Patrick Huber, German theoretical particle physicist
• Paul Huber, multiple people
• Peter Huber, multiple people
• Petra Huber (born 1966), Austrian former tennis player
• Philipp Huber (born 1974), Swiss decathlete
• Pierre Antoine François Huber (1775–1832), French general

R

• Rhys Huber (born 1986), Canadian voice actor
• Richard Huber, New Zealand playwright, actor and director
• Robert Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roberto Huber (1927–2008), Chilean sports shooter
• Rod Huber, American college football coach
• Roi Huber (born 1997), Israeli basketball player
• Roland Huber (born 1931), Swiss canoeist
• Rudolf Huber (born 1963), Austrian alpine skier
• Rupert Huber, multiple people

S

• Sasha Huber, artist
• Sebastian Huber (1901–1985), German bobsledder
• Șerban Huber (born 1951), Romanian water polo player
• Sherry Huber (1937–2022), American politician and environmentalist
• Siegmund Huber (1924–2018), Austrian cyclist
• Silas Huber (born 2005), Swiss footballer
• Sonya Huber, American essayist and writer
• Sophie Huber (born 1985), French freestyle swimmer
• Stefan Huber (born 1966), Swiss footballer
• Stephan Huber (born 1952), German sculptor and object artist
• Svenja Huber (born 1985), German handball player

T

• Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer
• Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author
• Thomas Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tobias Huber (born 1971), German nephrologist and internist
• Tomáš Huber (born 1985), Czech footballer
• Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist

U

• Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist
• Ulrike Huber (born 1966), Austrian handball player
• Urs Huber (born 1985), Swiss mountain biker

V

• Valerie Huber (born 1996), Austrian actress and beauty pageant titleholder
• Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
• Vicki Huber (born 1967), American retired middle-distance and cross-country runner
• Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian

W

• Wilfried Huber (born 1970), Italian luger
• William Huber (1852–1925), American labor leader
• William Russel Huber (1902–1982), American Navy lieutenant
• Wilhelm Huber (disambiguation)
• Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter
• Wolfgang Huber (disambiguation)

X

• Xavier Joseph Huber (1864–1944), Swiss-born cyclist

See also

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