Huber is a German-language surname. It derives from the German word Hube 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, Humer, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized) Hoover.

People with the surname Huber

A

• Adam Huber (born 1987), American actor and model.
• Alexander Huber (born 1968), German climber and mountaineer
• Alexander Huber (football) (born 1985), German football player
• Alyson Huber (born 1972), Californian legislator elected to the State Assembly in 2008
• Anja Huber (born 1983), German skeleton racer
• Anke Huber (born 1974), German tennis player
• Anthony Huber (born 1994), killed in the Kenosha unrest shooting

B

• Berni Huber (born 1967), German alpine skier
• Bruno Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, husband of Louise Huber

C

• Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), American independent Soto Zen teacher
• Charles M. Huber (born 1956), German politician
• Chuck Huber (born 1971), American voice actor

D

• Don Huber (born 1957), American soccer (football) forward

E

• Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology
• Erwin Huber (born 1946), German conservative politician

F

• François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss naturalist
• Franz Josef Huber (1902–1975), German SS general and Generalmajor der Polizei in Austria

G

• Gerold Huber (born 1969), German pianist
• Gregory Huber (born 1956), American lawyer and Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
• Grischa Huber (1944–2021), German theatre and film actress
• Gusti Huber (1914–1993), Austrian-American actress

H

• Harold Huber (1909–1959), American character actor of the 1930s/1940s
• Herbert Huber (botanist) (1931–2005), German botanist
• Herbert Huber (luger), Italian luger in the 1980s
• Herbert Huber (skier) (1944–1970), Austrian skier
• Hermann J. Huber (1954–2009), German writer and journalist
• Herta Huber (1926–2018), German writer and poet

J

• Jacques Huber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian botanist
• Jessica Huber (born 1970), American speech scientist
• Johannes Huber (born 1987), German politician
• JoKarl Huber (1902–1996), German artist
• Jon Huber (1979–2020), American professional wrestler better known as Brodie Lee and Luke Harper
• Jon Huber (born 1981), American baseball pitcher
• Justin Huber (born 1982), Australian baseball player

K

• Klaus Huber (1924–2017), Swiss composer and academic teacher
• Kurt Huber (1893–1943), German professor, executed by the Nazis in 1943
• Kurt Huber (tenor) (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
• Lotti Huber (1912–1998), German actress
• Louise Huber (1930–1999), Swiss astrologer, wife of Bruno Huber
• Ludwig Ferdinand Huber (1764–1804), German writer, husband of Therese Huber

M

• Max Huber (disambiguation), several people
• Michael Huber (disambiguation), several people

N

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

O

• Oscar E. Huber (1917–2017), American politician, rancher, and farmer

P

• Peter J. Huber (born 1934), Swiss statistician
• Peter W. Huber (1952–2021), American writer and lawyer
• Pierre Antoine François Huber (1775–1832), French general

R

• Robert Huber (born 1937), German biochemist
• Robert Huber (engineer) (1901–1995), Swiss engineer
• Robert Huber (sport shooter) (1878–1946), Finnish sport shooter
• Robert J. Huber (1922–2001), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Roi Huber (born 1997), Israeli basketball player
• Rupert Huber (composer) (born 1967), Austrian composer and musician

S

• Sophie Huber (born 1985), French freestyle swimmer

T

• Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer
• Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author
• Thomas Huber (born 1966), German climber and mountaineer
• Tomáš Huber, Czech footballer
• Tytus Maksymilian Huber (1872–1950), Polish mechanical engineer, educator, and scientist

U

• Ulrik Huber (1636–1694), Dutch jurist

V

• Vernon Huber (1899–1967), 36th Governor of American Samoa
• Victor Aimé Huber (1800–1869), German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian

W

• Wilfried Huber (born 1970), Italian luger
• William Russel Huber (1903–1982), US Navy sailor, Medal of Honor awardee
• Willie Huber (1958–2010), German born professional ice hockey defenceman
• Wolf Huber (c. 1485–1553), Austrian painter
• Wolfgang Huber (born 1940), German physician and specialist in internal and environmental medicine
• Wolfgang Huber (born 1942), German bishop