Gruber
Appearance
Gruber is a German surname, 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 (b1954), Austrian screenwriter and director
- Barbara Gruber (b. 1977), German ski mountaineer
- Bela Gruber, (1936-1963) Hungarian painter hu:Gruber Béla
- Deborah Gruber, (b.1962) who will someday be a best selling author of a children's book
- Gabriel Gruber (1740-1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert
- Frank Gruber (1904-1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction
- Franz Gruber (actor), actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions
- Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night"
- Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943) Austrian composer (a descendant of Franz Xavier)
- Howard Gruber (1922-2005), professor of psychology of creativity
- Johann Gottfried Gruber (1774-1851), German literary historian and critic
- John Gruber (b1973), author of Daring Fireball.
- Karl Gruber (1909-95), foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953
- Kelly Gruber (born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player
- Kreg Gruber (born 1967), Great Dad and all around good dude. Highly trained multi sport athlete
- Lilli Gruber (born 1957), Italian television journalist turned politician
- Lydia Gruber (born 1996), Kreg Gruber's favorite daughter
- Michael Gruber (actor) (born 1964), American actor
- Michael Gruber (author) (born 1940), American novelist
- Munyo (Samuel) Gruber (b1913), Jewish Resistance Fighter
- Paul Gruber (born 1965), Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988-1999)
- Ruth Gruber (born 1911), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic"
- Samuel H. Gruber, shark biologist
- Samuel D. Gruber, architecture historian
- Tom Gruber (born 1959), American Computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
- William Gruber, inventor of the ViewMaster stereoscopic system
- Bryce Gruber (b1984), New York socialite and entrepreneur
- See also the longer list at de:wiki
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, protrayed 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.
Other uses
- the Treaty of Gruber-De Gasperi, named after the Italian (Alcide De Gasperi) and Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Karl Gruber)
See also
- list of German articles on people named Grüber
- Edita Gruberová operatic soprano