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, Humor, Haumer, Huebner and (anglicized) Hoover.
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