Gruber is a German surname from Austria and Bavaria, referring to a person from a geological depression, mine, or pit. It is the most common surname in Austria (see List of most common surnames). Places Gruber Mountains, Antarctica Gruber, Manitoba, former settlement in the Canadian province of Manitoba Camp Gruber, Oklahoma Army National Guard facility, named for Edmund L. Gruber People People whose family name is or was Gruber Andreas Gruber (born 1954), Austrian screenwriter and director Barbara Gruber (born 1977), German ski mountaineer Christoph Gruber (born 1976), Austrian alpine skier David Gruber, American Marine Biologist Edmund L. Gruber (1879–1941) US Army general, composer of military music, and brother of William R. Gruber Ferry Gruber (1926–2004), Austrian-German tenor in opera and operetta Florian Gruber (born 1983), German racing driver Frank Gruber (writer) (1904–1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction Franz Gruber (actor) (born 1930), actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions Franz Gruber (musician) (1787–1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night" Gabriel Gruber (1740–1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert Gary Gruber, (1940-2019) scientist, educator, author Gerhard Gruber (born 1951), Austrian pianist Hans Gruber (conductor) (1925–2001), Canadian conductor Hans Gruber (footballer) (1905–1967), German footballer Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943) Austrian composer (a descendant of Franz Xavier) Howard Gruber (1922–2005), professor of psychology of creativity Lucy Gruber (Born 1998), British ice hockey player / goalie Jeremy Gruber (born 1971), Jewish-American civil rights activist Johann Gottfried Gruber (1774–1851), German literary historian and critic John Gruber (born 1973), blogger (Daring Fireball) Jonathan Gruber (born 1965), American economist Jordan Gruber (born 1983), American-Israeli soccer player Karl Gruber (1909–1995), foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953 Kelly Gruber (born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player Lilli Gruber (born 1957), Italian television journalist and politician Malvina Gruber (born 1900), Czech Jewish Comintern agent Martin Gruber (born 1975), an Italian luger Michael Gruber (actor) (born 1964), American actor Michael Gruber (author) (born 1940), American novelist Munyo (Samuel) Gruber (born 1913), Jewish resistance fighter Patrick Gruber (born 1978), Italian luger Paul Gruber (born 1965), professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988–1999) Rony Gruber (born 1963), movie director and scriptwriter. Ruth Gruber (1911–2016), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic" Samuel D. Gruber, (born 1956) American architecture historian, specialist on Jewish sites Samuel H. Gruber, (1938-2019) shark biologist Scarlet Gruber (born 1989), Venezuelan actress Stefan Gruber (born 1975), performance artist, animator and