Weber

This article is about the surname Weber. For other uses, see Weber (disambiguation).

Weber ( /ˈwɛbər/ or /ˈweɪbər/; German: [ˈveːbɐ]) is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning "weaver". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.

Notable people with the surname include:

Weber family

• Weber family, relatives by marriage of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Constanze Mozart, née Weber (1763–1842), German, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Cäcilia Weber, her mother
  • Aloysia Weber, German singer, her sister
  • Josepha Weber, German singer, her sister
  • Sophie Weber, German singer, her sister
  • Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer; cousin of the four Weber sisters
  • Max Maria von Weber, civil engineer and son of Carl Maria von Weber

A

• Adam Weber (born 1987), American football player
• Albrecht Weber (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
• Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German economist, sociologist and theoretician of culture
• Alson Weber (1910–2005), Canadian volleyball player
• Amy Weber (born 1970) is an American actress, model, film producer, and a former professional wrestling valet
• Anthony Weber (born 1987), French footballer
• Axel A. Weber (born 1957), German economist, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank since April 2004.

B

• Becky Weber, American politician
• Ben Weber (disambiguation), several people
• Beda Weber (1798–1859), German professor, author, and politician
• Billy Weber, American film editor
• Bruce Weber (disambiguation), several people

C

• Carl Weber (disambiguation), several people
• Carlo Weber (born 1934), German architect
• Carlos Weber (born 1966), Argentine volleyball player
• Carmen Weber (1945–2007), Chilean first wife of the ex-President Ricardo Lagos
• Charlie Weber (disambiguation), several people
• Chris Weber (born 1966), American musician
• Christiane Weber (disambiguation), several people
• Clark Weber, American radio personality in Chicago

D

• David Weber (clarinetist), a noted classical clarinetist
• David Weber (born 1952), American science fiction author
• Dick Weber (1929–2005), American ten-pin bowler
• Dreya Weber, American actress

E

• Eberhard Weber (born 1940), German musician
• Ed Weber (born 1931), American politician from Ohio
• Eduard Ritter von Weber (1870–1934), the German mathematician
• Ernst Weber (disambiguation), several people
• Eugen Weber (1925–2007), French historian

F

• Francis J. Weber, American Catholic scholar
• Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962), English dermatologist; son of Hermann David Weber
• Friedrich Weber (disambiguation), several people

G

• Georg Weber (historian) (1808–1888), German historian
• Georg F. Weber (born 1962), cancer researcher
• George Heinrich Weber (1752–1828), botanist
• Gerd Weber (born 1956), German soccer player
• Gottfried Weber (1779–1839), German music theorist
• Gottfried Weber (general) (1899–1958), German military person

H

• Hartmut Weber (born 1960), German sprinter
• Heiko Weber (born 1965), German football manager
• Heinrich Friedrich Weber (1843–1912), German physicist, sometimes confused with Heinrich Martin Weber
• Heinrich Martin Weber (1842–1913), German mathematician, sometimes confused with Heinrich Friedrich Weber
• Heribert Weber (born 1955), Austrian football player
• Hermann Weber (1823–1918), German-born British physician (see  "Weber, Sir Hermann". Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). 1922. )
• Hermann Robert Weber (1899–1956), German zoologist, an author of a textbook in entomology

J

• Jacques Weber (born 1949), French actor, director and writer,
• Jake Weber (born 1964), English actor
• Javier Weber (born 1966), Argentinian volleyball player
• Joan Weber (1935–1981), American popular music singer
• Joe Weber (vaudevillian) (1867–1942), part of comic team of Weber and Fields
• Joseph Weber (born 1974), Firefighter/Paramedic
• Josepha Weber (1758–1819), German soprano
• Josip Weber (born 1964), Croatian-Belgian footballer
• John B. Weber (1842–1926), U.S. Representative from New York.
• John Henry Weber (1779–1859), Danish born, American fur trader and explorer.
• Jon Weber (born 1961), American jazz pianist and composer.
• Joseph Weber (1919–2000), American physicist; developed the laser and gravitational wave detector

K

• Karl Jakob Weber (1712–1764), Swiss architect and engineer; lead first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae
• Karl Julius Weber (1767–1832), German writer and satirist
• Karl Ivanovich Weber (born 1841), Russian diplomat of the Russian Empire
• Katharine Weber (born 1955), American novelist
• Kem Weber (1889–1963), German furniture and industrial designer, architect, and teacher
• Ken Weber (nature writer) (1943–2007), American journalist and nature writer

L

• Lenora Mattingly Weber, American young-adult author
• Lois Weber (1881–1939), American silent film actress
• Ludwig Weber (1899–1979), Austrian singer

M

• Manuel Weber (born 1985), Austrian football player
• Marc Weber (disambiguation)
• Marco Weber (born 1982), German speed skater
• Mark Weber, director of holocaust denial organization
• Marianne Weber, sociologist and women's rights activist
• Mary E. Weber (born 1963), American former astronaut
• Mauricio Weber (born 1982), Uruguayan football player
• Max Weber (1864–1920), sociologist
• Max Weber (artist) (1881–1961), American cubist painter
• Max Weber (politician) (1897–1974), Swiss politician; former member of the Swiss Federal Council
• Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937), German-Dutch zoologist and biogeographer
• Michel Weber, philosopher
• Michael Weber (1966–1991), Australian musician; lead guitarist of punk/indie rock band, Seminal Rats, of Melbourne

O

• Otto Weber (1921–2001), Romanian politician

P

• Paul Weber (disambiguation), several people
• Pete Weber (born 1962), American professional bowler
• Pete Weber (broadcaster) commentator for the Nashville Predators

R

• Ralf Weber (born 1969), German soccer player
• Regina Weber (born 1963), German rhythmic gymnast
• Renê Weber aka Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber (born 1961), Brazilian footballer and coach
• Renate Weber, Romanian lawyer and human rights activist
• Ricardo Lagos Weber (born 1962), Chilean lawyer and politician, son of the ex-President Ricardo Lagos and Carmen Weber
• Richard Weber (born 1959), Canadian Arctic and polar explorer
• Richard R. Weber (born 1953), mathematician
• Ritter von Weber, an aristocratic Bavarian family
• Robert Weber (disambiguation), several people

S

• Shea Weber (born 1985), professional ice hockey defenceman
• Shlomo Weber (born 1949), Russian economist
• Stefan Weber (musician) (born 1946), Austrian art teacher; lead singer and Kapellmeister of the Viennese band Drahdiwaberl
• Stefan Weber (Orientalist)
• Steven Weber (actor) (born 1961), American actor

T

• Theodor Weber (1836–1906), German theologian and professor of philosophy

V

• Vin Weber (born 1952), former Republican Congressman from Minnesota

W

• Wally Weber, American football player
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891), physicist and telegraphy pioneer, after whom the SI unit of magnetic flux is named
• William A. Weber (born 1918), American professor of Natural History; originator of herbarium acronyms
• Willi Weber (born 1942), German manager of formula one driver, Michael Schumacher
• Wolfgang Weber (born 1944), German footballer

Y

• Yannick Weber (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player

See also

• Webber (surname), an English variant
• Weaver (disambiguation), an English variant
• Wever (disambiguation), a Dutch variant
• Weber (unit), the SI unit of magnetic flux