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.
People with the surname Huber
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- Adam Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ahmed Huber (1927âÂÂ2008), Swiss-German journalist and convert to Islam
- Alexander Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alfons Huber (1834âÂÂ1898), 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
- Antje Huber (1924-2015), German politician
- Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the Kenosha unrest shooting
- Arnold Huber (born 1967), Italian luger
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- Gaby Huber (born 1980), Swiss squash player
- George W. Huber, American chemical engineer
- Georges Huber (1910âÂÂ2003), Swiss journalist
- Gerardo Huber (c. 1945âÂÂ1992), 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 (1944âÂÂ2021), German theatre and film actress
- Günther Huber (born 1965), Italian bobsledder and luger
- Gusti Huber (1914âÂÂ1993), Austrian-American actress
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- Jacques Huber (1867âÂÂ1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
- James Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jan Huber (born 2005), Swiss cyclist
- Jean Huber (1721âÂÂ1786), Genevan painter
- Jeffrey Huber (born 1959), Dutch taekwondo practitioner
- Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist
- Joan Huber (1925âÂÂ2026), American sociologist and academic
- Johann Huber (disambiguation)
- Johannes Huber (born 1987), German politician
- John Huber (disambiguation)
- JoKarl Huber (1902âÂÂ1996), German artist
- Jon Huber (disambiguation)
- Joseph Huber, multiple people
- Juan Huber (1937âÂÂ2010), Argentine rower
- Julie Huber, scientist
- Julius H. Huber (1852âÂÂ1939), American architect
- Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player
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- Larry Huber (born 1950), American television producer, writer, and animator
- Lee Huber (1919âÂÂ2005), American basketball player
- Liezel Huber (born 1976), South African tennis player
- Liza Huber (born 1975), American television actress
- Lorenz Huber (1906âÂÂ1989), German footballer
- Lothar Huber (born 1952), German football coach and former player
- Lotti Huber (1912âÂÂ1998), German actress
- Louise Huber (1930âÂÂ1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
- Ludwig Huber, multiple people
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- Rhys Huber (born 1986), Canadian voice actor
- Richard Huber, New Zealand playwright, actor and director
- Robert Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roberto Huber (1927âÂÂ2008), 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
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- Sasha Huber, artist
- Sebastian Huber (1901âÂÂ1985), German bobsledder
- ÃÂerban Huber (born 1951), Romanian water polo player
- Sherry Huber (1937âÂÂ2022), American politician and environmentalist
- Siegmund Huber (1924âÂÂ2018), Austrian cyclist
- 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
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- Valerie Huber (born 1996), Austrian actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Vernon Huber (1899âÂÂ1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
- Vicki Huber (born 1967), American retired middle distance and cross country runner
- Victor Aimé Huber (1800âÂÂ1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian
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