Gruber

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Gruber is a German surname, referring to a person from a pit, mine or depression. It is the most common surname in Austria (see List of most common surnames).

[edit] People

People whose family name is or was Gruber:

• Andreas Gruber, Austrian screenwriter and director
• Bela Gruber, (1936-1963) Hungarian painter
• Edita Gruberová
• Gabriel Gruber (1740-1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert
• Frank Gruber (1904-1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction
• Franz Gruber (actor), actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night"
• Howard Gruber (1922-2005), professor of psychology of creativity
• Johann Gottfried Gruber (1774-1851), German literary historian and critic
• John Gruber, author of Daring Fireball.
• Karl Gruber, foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953
• Kelly Gruber (born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player
• Lilli Gruber (born 1957), Italian television journalist turned politician
• Michael Gruber (actor) (born 1964), American actor
• Michael Gruber (author) (born 1940), American novelist
• Munyo (Samuel) Gruber, Jewish Resistance Fighter
• Paul Gruber (born 1965), Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988-1999)
• Ruth Gruber (born 1911), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic"
• Samuel Gruber, shark biologist
• William Gruber, inventor of the ViewMaster stereoscopic system

[edit] Fictional characters

• Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, fictional character from the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
• Hans Gruber, portrayed by Alan Rickman, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film Die Hard.
• Simon Gruber, portrayed by Jeremy Irons, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film Die Hard: With a Vengeance

[edit] Other uses

• the Treaty of Gruber-De Gasperi, named after the Italian (Alcide De Gasperi) and Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Karl Gruber)