Huber
Huber is a surname of German language origin. It derives from the German word Hube meaning hide, a unit of land a farmer might possess. 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, Huemer, Humer, Haumer, Huebmer 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
- 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 former tennis player
- Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber
- Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
- Chuck Huber (born 1971), American voice actor
- Don Huber (born 1957), retired American Soccer (Football) forward
- Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician
- François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
- Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975) SS general and Generalmajor der Polizei in Austria
- Gerold Huber (born 1969), German pianist
- Gregory Huber (born 1971), American legislator and jurist
- Harold Huber (1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s
- Herbert Huber (1931–2005), German botanist
- Herbert Huber (1944–1970), Austrian skier
- Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist
- Herta Huber (born 1926), German writer and poet
- Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
- JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
- Jon Huber (born 1981), former American baseball pitcher
- Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player
- Károly Huber (born 1971), Hungarian-American political scientist, politician
- Klaus Huber (born 1924), Swiss composer
- Kurt Huber (1893–1943), German professor, executed by the Nazis in 1943
- Kurt Huber (tenor) (born 1937), Swiss tenor
- 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
- Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
- Max Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer
- Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian former luger
- Peter J. Huber (born 1934), Swiss statistician
- Peter W. Huber (born 1952), American writer and lawyer
- Robert Huber (born 1937), German biochemist
- Robert Huber (engineer) (1901–1995) Swiss engineer
- Robert Huber (sport shooter) (1878–1946), Finnish former sport shooter
- Robert J. Huber (1922–2001), U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Rupert Huber (born 1967), Austrian composer and musician
- Sophie Huber, (born 1985) French freestyle swimmer
- 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
- Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
- Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian
- Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist
- Wilfried Huber (born 1970), Italian luger
- William Russel Huber (1903–1982), US Navy sailor, Medal of Honor awardee
- William Wendell Huber (born 1923-2005)American Football player Notre Dame & University of Illinois- All American
- Willie Huber (1958-2010), German born professional ice hockey defenceman
- Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter
- Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), German former Bishop
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