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 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 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 (born 1926), 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