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.

thumb|Map showing [[frequency distribution of the surname Huber in Germany. A clear increase in frequency is seen as one moves south towards the Austrian border.]]

People with the surname Huber

A

  • Adam Huber, (born 1987), American actor
  • Adam Huber of Riesenpach (1545–1613), Czech doctor and writer of medical books
  • Ahmed Huber (1927–2008), Swiss-German journalist and convert to Islam
  • Alexander Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alfons Huber (1834–1898), 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
  • Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the Kenosha unrest shooting
  • Antje Huber (1924-2015), German politician
  • Arnold Huber (born 1967), Italian luger

B

  • Berni Huber (born 1967), German alpine skier
  • Berthold Huber (born 1950), German trade union leader
  • Bettina Huber (born 1995), Liechtensteiner footballer
  • Blanche Huber (died 1940), Maltese female doctor
  • Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber

C

  • Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
  • Charles Huber, multiple people
  • Christoph Huber, Swiss-born surgeon
  • Clarence Huber (1895–1965), American third baseman
  • Clarisa Huber (born 1984), Argentinian footballer
  • Cora Huber (born 1981), Swiss bobsledder

D

  • Daniel Huber (1768-1829), Swiss mathematician and astronomer
  • Daniel Huber (born 1993), Austrian ski jumper
  • David Huber, multiple people
  • Don Huber (born 1957), American soccer (football) forward

E

  • Edward Huber (1837–1904), American inventor and industrialist
  • Egon Huber (1905-1960), Austrian artist
  • Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology
  • Ella Huber (born 2002), American ice hockey player
  • Ernst Huber, multiple people
  • Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician
  • Eugen Huber (1849-1923), Swiss jurist
  • Evelyne Huber, American and Swiss political scientist

F

  • François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
  • Franz Huber, Austrian luger
  • Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975), former SS general
  • Fred Huber (died 1995), American ice hockey executive
  • Fritz Huber, multiple people

G

  • Gaby Huber (born 1980), Swiss squash player
  • George W. Huber, American chemical engineer
  • Georges Huber (1910–2003), Swiss journalist
  • Gerardo Huber (c. 1945–1992), 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 (1944–2021), German theatre and film actress
  • Günther Huber (born 1965), Italian bobsledder and luger
  • Gusti Huber (1914–1993), Austrian-American actress

H

  • Hans Huber, multiple people
  • Harold Huber (1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s
  • Henry Huber (1869–1933), American lawyer and progressive Republican politician
  • Herbert Huber, multiple people
  • Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist
  • Herta Huber (1926–2018), German writer and poet

I

  • Irmgard Huber (1901–1974), German head nurse
  • Isabell Huber (born 1987), German politician

J

  • Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
  • Jan Huber (born 2005), Swiss cyclist
  • Jean Huber (1721–1786), Genevan painter
  • Jeffrey Huber (born 1959), Dutch taekwondo practitioner
  • Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist
  • Joan Huber (1925–2026), American sociologist and academic
  • Johann Huber (disambiguation)
  • Johannes Huber (born 1987), German politician
  • John Huber (disambiguation)
  • JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
  • Jon Huber (disambiguation)
  • Joseph Huber, multiple people
  • Juan Huber (1937–2010), Argentine rower
  • Julie Huber, scientist
  • Julius H. Huber (1852–1939), American architect
  • Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player

K

  • Karl Huber, multiple people
  • Katharina Huber (born 1995), Austrian alpine skier
  • Kevin Huber (born 1985), American football punter
  • Klaus Huber (1924–2017), Swiss composer and academic teacher
  • Konrad Huber (1892–1960), Finnish sport shooter
  • Kristian Huber (born 1997), Austrian bobsledder
  • Kurt Huber (1893–1943), German university professor and resistance fighter
  • Kurt Huber (born 1937), Swiss tenor

L

  • Larry Huber (born 1950), American television producer, writer, and animator
  • Lee Huber (1919–2005), American basketball player
  • Liezel Huber (born 1976), South African tennis player
  • Liza Huber (born 1975), American television actress
  • Lorenz Huber (1906–1989), German footballer
  • Lothar Huber (born 1952), German football coach and former player
  • Lotti Huber (1912–1998), German actress
  • Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
  • Ludwig Huber, multiple people

M

  • Marcel Huber (1927–2014), Swiss racing cyclist
  • Marcia Huber, American chemical engineer
  • Marie Huber (1695–1753), Genevan writer and theologian
  • Marion Huber (born 1930), Chilean sprinter
  • Martin Huber (born 1977), German politician (CSU)
  • Max Huber (disambiguation), several people
  • Michael Huber (disambiguation), several people

N

  • Nicolas Huber (born 1995), Swiss snowboarder
  • Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939), German composer
  • Norbert Huber (born 1964), Italian luger

O

  • Oscar E. Huber (1917–2017), American politician, rancher, and farmer
  • Ossi Huber (1954–2025), Austrian musician and author
  • Otto Huber (1914–1989), American baseball player
  • Otto Huber (born 1944), Italian ecologist

P

  • Patrick Huber, German theoretical particle physicist
  • Paul Huber, multiple people
  • Peter Huber, multiple people
  • Petra Huber (born 1966), Austrian former tennis player
  • Philipp Huber (born 1974), Swiss decathlete
  • Pierre Antoine François Huber (1775–1832), French general

R

  • Rhys Huber (born 1986), Canadian voice actor
  • Richard Huber, New Zealand playwright, actor and director
  • Robert Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Roberto Huber (1927–2008), 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

S

  • Sasha Huber, artist
  • Sebastian Huber (1901–1985), German bobsledder
  • Șerban Huber (born 1951), Romanian water polo player
  • Sherry Huber (1937–2022), American politician and environmentalist
  • Siegmund Huber (1924–2018), Austrian cyclist
  • Silas Huber (born 2005), Swiss footballer
  • 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

T

  • Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer
  • Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author
  • Thomas Huber (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Tobias Huber (born 1971), German nephrologist and internist
  • Tomáš Huber (born 1985), Czech footballer
  • Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist

U

  • Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist
  • Ulrike Huber (born 1966), Austrian handball player
  • Urs Huber (born 1985), Swiss mountain biker

V

  • Valerie Huber (born 1996), Austrian actress and beauty pageant titleholder
  • Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
  • Vicki Huber (born 1967), American retired middle-distance and cross-country runner
  • Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian

W

  • Wilfried Huber (born 1970), Italian luger
  • William Huber (1852–1925), American labor leader
  • William Russel Huber (1902–1982), American Navy lieutenant
  • Wilhelm Huber (disambiguation)
  • Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter
  • Wolfgang Huber (disambiguation)

X

  • Xavier Joseph Huber (1864–1944), Swiss-born cyclist

See also

  • Hüber (German-language surname)
  • Hueber (French-language surname)