Gruber

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

People

People whose family name is or was Gruber:

• Andreas Gruber (b. 1954), Austrian screenwriter and director
• Barbara Gruber (b. 1977), German ski mountaineer
• Christoph Gruber (b. 1976), Austrian alpine skier
• Edmund L. Gruber (1879-1941) US Army General, and composer of military music.
• Florian Gruber (born 1983), German racing driver
• Frank Gruber (1904-1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction
• Franz Gruber (actor), actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions
• Franz Gruber (musician) (1787-1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night"
• Gabriel Gruber (1740-1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert
• Gary Gruber, scientist, educator, author
• Hans Gruber (1925-2001), a Canadian conductor
• Hans Gruber (footballer) (1905-1967), German footballer
• Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943) Austrian composer (a descendant of Franz Xavier)
• Howard Gruber (1922-2005), professor of psychology of creativity
• Jeremy Gruber (b. 1971), Jewish-American civil rights activist
• Johann Gottfried Gruber (1774-1851), German literary historian and critic
• John Gruber (b. 1973), blogger (Daring Fireball)
• Jonathan Gruber, Economist
• Karl Gruber (1909-95), 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 (b1913), Jewish Resistance Fighter
• Patrick Gruber (born 1978), Italian luger
• Paul Gruber (born 1965), Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988-1999)
• Rony Gruber (born 1963), movie director and scriptwriter.
• Ruth Gruber (born 1911), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic"
• Samuel D. Gruber, architecture historian
• Samuel H. Gruber, shark biologist
• Stefan Gruber, performance artist, animator and educator (grandson of William Gruber)
• Tom Gruber (born 1959), American Computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
• William Gruber, inventor of the View-Master stereoscopic system
• William H. Gruber (b. 1935), American organizational theorist
• William R. Gruber (1890-1979), Unites States Army, Brigadier general and brother of Edmund L. Gruber

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Fictional characters

• Hans Gruber, portrayed by Alan Rickman, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film Die Hard.
• Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, fictional character from the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
• Lester Gruber, portrayed by Carl Ballantine, was a fictional Torpedoman's Mate on the American television series McHale's Navy.
• Simon Gruber, portrayed by Jeremy Irons, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance.
• Mr. Gruber, recurring character in the Paddington Bear series

Other uses

• Camp Gruber, Oklahoma Army National Guard facility, named for Edmund L. Gruber
• Gruber, Manitoba, former settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba
• the Treaty of Gruber-De Gasperi, named after the Italian (Alcide De Gasperi) and Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Karl Gruber)
• Dave "Gruber" Allen (b. 1958), American comedian and actor

See also

• list of German articles on people named Grüber
• Edita Gruberová operatic soprano