Gruber

Gruber is a German surname from Austria and Bavaria, referring to a person from a geological depression, mine, or pit. It may refer to:

People

Surname

• Aaronel deRoy Gruber (1918–2011), American painter, sculptor, photographer and artist
• Adolf Gruber (1920–1994), Austrian long-distance runner
• Alex Gruber (born 1992), Italian luger
• Alexander Gruber, German bobsledder
• Andrea Gruber, American singer
• Andreas Gruber, multiple people
• Attila Gruber (born 1958), Hungarian jurist, politician and diplomat
• Barbara Gruber (born 1977), German ski mountaineer
• Ben Gruber (born 1972), American screenwriter and producer
• Bernhard Gruber (born 1982), Austrian Nordic combined skier
• Bettina Gruber (born 1985), Swiss cross-country skier
• Bob Gruber (born 1958), American football tackle
• Carola Gruber, German author
• Charlie Gruber (born 1978), American athletics competitor
• Christoph Gruber (born 1976), Austrian alpine skier
• Craig Gruber (1951–2015), American musician
• David Gruber, American marine biologist
• Desiree Gruber (born 1967), American publicist
• Detlef Gruber (1952–2025), Austrian school administrator and politician
• Don Gruber (1930–2019), American politician
• Edmund L. Gruber (1879–1941) US Army general, composer of military music, and brother of William R. Gruber
• Fabio Gruber (born 2002), Peruvian footballer
• Ferry Gruber (1926–2004), Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta
• Florian Gruber (born 1983), German racing driver
• Francis Gruber (1912–1948), French painter
• Frank Gruber (1904–1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction
• Franz Gruber, multiple people
• Freddie Gruber (1927–2011), American jazz drummer and teacher
• Friedrich Gruber (born 1968), Austrian sailor
• Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert
• Gary Gruber (1940–2019), scientist, educator, author
• Georg Gruber (1904–1979), Austrian-born musicologist, composer, and educator
• Gerd Gruber (born 1982), Austrian ice hockey defenceman
• Gerhard Gruber (born 1951), Austrian pianist
• Gerlinde Gruber, Austrian art historian and curator
• Gernot Gruber (born 1939), Austrian musicologist
• Gerold Gruber (born 1958), Austrian musicologist
• György Gruber (1954–2009), Hungarian sports shooter
• Hans Gruber, multiple people
• Heinrich Grüber (1891–1975), German theologian, pacifist and pastor
• Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943), Austrian composer (a descendant of Franz Xavier)
• Hendrik Gruber (born 1986), German pole vaulter
• Henry Gruber (1863–1932), American baseball player
• Herb Gruber (1901–1979), American football player
• Herbert Gruber (born 1942), Austrian bobsledder
• Howard Gruber (1922–2005), professor of psychology of creativity
• Hugó Gruber (1938–2012), Hungarian stage and film actor
• Imelda Gruber (born 1986), Italian luger
• Ira D. Gruber (1934–2025), American author, bibliographer, and military historian
• Jacob W. Gruber (1921–2019), American anthropologist, archaeologist, scientist and educator
• Jacques Grüber (1870–1936), French woodworker and stained-glass artist
• James Gruber (1928–2011), American teacher and early LGBT rights activist
• James Gruber (politician), American politician
• Jan Gruber (born 1984), Czech rower
• Jeremy Gruber (born 1971), Jewish-American civil rights activist
• Jesús Gruber (1936–2021), Venezuelan fencer
• Johann Gruber (1889–1944), Austrian Roman Catholic priest
• Johann Gottfried Gruber (1774–1851), German literary historian and critic
• John Gruber (born 1973), American software engineer, co-developer of Markdown, and blogger (Daring Fireball)
• Jonathan Gruber, multiple people
• Jordan Gruber (born 1983), American-Israeli soccer player
• Joseph Gruber (1912–1967), Austrian football player and manager
• Juan García Gruber (1904–1997), Venezuelan economist, financier, writer, philosopher and diplomat
• Juliette Gruber (born 1965), British actress
• June Gruber, American clinical psychologist
• Karl Gruber (1909–1995), foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953
• Kelly Gruber (born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player
• Klaus Michael Grüber (1941–2008), German theatre director and actor
• Konstantin Gruber (born 1979), Austrian tennis player
• Kurt Gruber (1904–1943), Nazi politician
• Kurt Gruber (aviator) (1896–1918), Austro-Hungarian flying ace
• Leni Gruber, Austrian film director and screenwriter
• Leopold Franz Gruber (c. 1710–1784), Austrian politician
• Lilli Gruber (born 1957), Italian television journalist and politician
• Malvina Gruber (1900–?), Czech Jewish Comintern agent
• Marc Gruber, German management scholar and researcher
• Marie Gruber (1955-2018), German actress
• Martin Gruber (disambiguation), multiple people
• Max von Gruber (1853–1927), Austrian bacteriologist
• Michael Gruber, multiple people
• Mieczyslaw Gruber (1913–2006), Jewish resistance fighter
• Monika Gruber (born 1971), German cabaret artist and actress
• Patrick Gruber (born 1978), Italian luger
• Paul Gruber (born 1965), professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988–1999)
• Paula Gruber (born 1974), New Zealand cricketer
• Peter Gruber, multiple people
• Reinhard Gruber (born 1977), Italian luger
• Rigobert Gruber (born 1961), German footballer
• Robert I. Gruber, United States Air Force officer
• Rony Gruber (born 1963), Israeli movie director and scriptwriter
• Ruth Gruber (1911–2016), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic"
• Samuel Gruber, multiple people
• Scarlet Gruber (born 1989), Venezuelan actress
• Staci Gruber, psychiatrist
• Stefan Gruber (born 1975), American performance artist, animator and educator
• Steff Gruber (born 1953), Swiss filmmaker
• Terry deRoy Gruber, American photographer, author and filmmaker
• Theodor Gruber, Austrian chess player
• Tom Gruber (born 1959), American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
• Wenzel Gruber (1814–1890), Austrian anatomist
• Werner Gruber (born 1970), Austrian physicist and author
• William Gruber, multiple people
• Wolfgang Gruber (born 1953), German boxer
• Ziggy Gruber, American chef and restaurateur
• Zsombor Gruber (born 2004), Hungarian footballer

Nickname

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• Dave "Gruber" Allen (born 1958), American comedian and actor

Fictional characters

• Hans Gruber (character), a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film Die Hard (1988)
• Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, a fictional character from the British sitcom Allo Allo!
• Lester Gruber, a fictional torpedoman's mate on the American television series McHale's Navy
• Mr. Gruber, a recurring character in the Paddington Bear series
• Gruber, Gaster's villainous sidekick in PaRappa the Rapper anime
• Simon Gruber, a fictional character and the main antagonist in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), portrayed by Jeremy Irons
• Rolf Gruber, a fictional character in the film The Sound of Music (1965)
• Hans Gruber, a character from the movie Re-Animator

See also