Weber (surname)
Appearance
Weber (/ˈwɛbər/, /ˈwiːbər/ 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 (1762–1842), 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, teacher-4th
- Ben Weber (disambiguation), several people
- Beda Weber (1798–1859), German professor, author, and politician
- Billy Weber, American film editor
- Bruce Weber (disambiguation), several people
- Bruno Weber, Swiss artist and architect
- Bruno Weber (doctor), Nazi German doctor
C
- Carl Weber (disambiguation), several people
- Carlo Weber (born 1934), German architect
- Carmen Weber (1945–2007), Chilean first wife of the ex-President Ricardo Lagos
- Caroline Weber (born 1986), Austrian rhythmic gymnast
- 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) (1913–2006), a noted classical clarinetist
- David Weber (born 1952), American science fiction author
- David P. Weber, former SEC official
- 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 Heinrich Weber (1795–1878), German physician; founder of experimental psychology
- Ernst Weber (engineer) (1901–1996), electrical engineer
- 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
- Gabi Weber (born 1955), German politician
- Georg Weber (historian) (1808–1888), German historian
- Georg F. Weber (born 1962), cancer researcher
- Georg Heinrich Weber (1752 – 1828), German 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
- Henrik Weber (1818-1866), Hungarian portrait painter
- Heribert Weber (born 1955), Austrian football player
- Hermann Weber (1928-2014), German Historian and Political scientist
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
- 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-Heinz Weber (1922–1944), German World War II flying ace
- Karl Jakob Weber (1712–1764), Swiss architect and engineer; led first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae
- Karl Julius Weber (1767–1832), German writer and satirist
- Karl Ivanovich Weber (born 1841), Russian diplomat
- 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
- Ludwig Weber (pastor) (1846–1922), German Protestant theologian and social reformer
M
- Manuel Weber (born 1985), Austrian football player
- Marc Weber (disambiguation), several people
- 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 (disambiguation), several people
- Michel Weber, philosopher
- Michael Weber (1966–1991), Australian musician; lead guitarist of punk/indie rock band, Seminal Rats, of Melbourne
O
- Otto Weber (disambiguation), several people
- Olivier Weber (born 1958), French writer, novelist and journalist, ambassador of France, former war correspondent
P
- Paul Weber (disambiguation), several people
- Pete Weber (born 1962), American professional bowler
- Pete Weber (broadcaster) commentator for the Nashville Predators
R
- Randy Weber, a Texas Politician
- 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 (disambiguation), several people
- 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
- Steven Weber (disambiguation), several people
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
- Werner Weber (born 1939), Swiss sprint canoer
- Werner Weber (mathematician)(de) (1906–1975), German mathematician
- Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891), physicist and telegraphy pioneer, after whom the SI unit of magnetic flux is named
- In physics Weber is the SI unit of magnetic flux. A flux density of one Wb/m2 (one weber per square metre) is one Tesla.
- 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) is the SI unit of magnetic flux.
- Bruno Weber Park, a sculpture garden in Switzerland