Gruber
Encyclopedia
Gruber is a German
surname, referring to a person from a pit
, mine
or depression
. It is the most common surname in Austria
(see List of most common surnames).
is or was Gruber:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
surname, referring to a person from a pit
Pit Cave
A pit cave, or vertical cave — or often simply called a pit or pot — is a type of natural cave which contains one or more significant vertical shafts rather than being predominantly a conventional horizontal cave passage. Pit caves typically form in limestone as a result of long-term erosion by...
, mine
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
or depression
Depression (geology)
A depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions may be formed by various mechanisms.Structural or tectonic related:...
. It is the most common surname in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
(see List of most common surnames).
People
People whose family nameFamily name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
is or was Gruber:
- Andreas GruberAndreas GruberAndreas Gruber is an Austrian screenwriter and director of both television and film.From 1974 to 1982 he studied screenwriting and directing at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna....
(b. 1954), Austrian screenwriter and director - Barbara GruberBarbara GruberBarbara Gruber is a German ski mountaineer and mountain biker.Gruber was born in Bad Reichenhall. Like her parents and siblings, she passed the framer training. She started with sports after the birth of her son Johannes, at first with mountain biking...
(b. 1977), German ski mountaineer - Gabriel GruberGabriel GruberGabriel Gruber was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Russia.-Early years and education:...
(1740-1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert - Florian GruberFlorian GruberFlorian Gruber is a German auto racing driver.-Career:Gruber won Division 2 of the German Touring Car Challenge in 2003, in a Volkswagen Lupo. He moved to the German SEAT Leon Supercopa for 2004, finishing in eighth place...
(born 1983), German racing driver - Frank GruberFrank GruberFrank Gruber may refer to:*Frank Gruber , American writer*Frank Gruber , entrepreneur and new media journalist...
(1904-1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction - Franz Gruber (actor)Franz Gruber (actor)Franz Gruber was an actor who played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions .See also:*Peggy Neal - actress*Terror Beneath the Sea - 1966 film....
, actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions - Franz Gruber (musician) (1787-1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night"
- Hans GruberHans GruberHans Gruber was a Canadian conductor of Austrian birth.Born in Vienna, Gruber became a naturalised Canadian citizen in 1944. He entered The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1939 where he was a conducting student of Allard de Ridder...
(1925-2001), a Canadian conductor - Heinz Karl GruberHeinz Karl GruberHeinz Karl Gruber is an Austrian composer, bass player and singer, born in Vienna on 3 January 1943 and a leading figure of the so-called Third Viennese School.-Career:...
(born 1943) Austrian composer (a descendant of Franz Xavier) - Howard GruberHoward GruberHoward E. Gruber, , an American psychologist, was a pioneer of the psychological study of creativity. Howard E. Gruber earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University and went on to a distinguished academic career. He worked with Jean Piaget in Geneva and later co-founded the Institute for Cognitive...
(1922-2005), professor of psychology of creativity - Johann Gottfried GruberJohann Gottfried GruberJohann Gottfried Gruber was a German critic and literary historian.-Biography:Gruber was born at Naumburg on the Saale....
(1774-1851), German literary historian and critic - John GruberJohn GruberJohn Gruber is a writer from the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area of the USA. Gruber received his Bachelor of Science in computer science from Drexel University. He worked for Bare Bones Software from 2000 to 2002 and Joyent from 2005 to 2006...
(b. 1973), author of Daring FireballDaring FireballDaring Fireball is the web site of John Gruber, an Apple enthusiast and writer. Daring Fireball hosts Gruber's opinions in the form of a blog, and also some of Gruber's software...
. - Karl GruberKarl GruberKarl Gruber was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short time...
(1909-95), foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953 - Kelly GruberKelly GruberKelly Wayne Gruber is a former Major League Baseball third baseman.-Early career:Gruber played baseball at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas where his number was later retired. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round of the 1980 amateur draft but did not see time with the team...
(born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player - Lilli GruberLilli GruberDietlinde "Lilli" Gruber is an Italian journalist and television personality from South Tyrol.Currently a talk show host for Italian private television channel La7, Gruber also served as Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to September 2008 under the Olive Tree ticket.-Early career and...
(born 1957), Italian television journalist turned politician - Michael Gruber (actor) (born 1964), American actor
- Michael Gruber (author)Michael Gruber (author)Michael Gruber is an author living in Seattle, Washington. He attended Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Miami...
(born 1940), American novelist - Munyo (Samuel) GruberMunyo GruberSamuel Gruber né Munyo Gruber was born in Podhajce, Poland . As a youth, Gruber belonged to the Zionist organizations Ha-Shomer ha-Tza'ir and He-halutz. When he was 14, Gruber went to Lwów, Poland to attend high school. After graduation, Gruber remained in Lwów for about two years...
(b1913), Jewish Resistance Fighter - Paul GruberPaul GruberPaul Blake Gruber is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fourth overall in the 1988 NFL Draft...
(born 1965), Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988-1999) - Ruth GruberRuth GruberRuth Gruber is an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian and a former United States government official.-Early life:...
(born 1911), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic" - Rony GruberRony GruberRony Gruber is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the director and Co-producer of "" nominated for best documentary at the .-Biography:...
(born 1963), movie director and scriptwriter. - Samuel H. Gruber, shark biologist
- Samuel D. GruberSamuel D. Gruberfor the biologist see Samuel H. GruberSamuel D. Gruber is an American art and architectural historian, and expert and activist in the documentation, protection and preservation of historic Jewish sites and monuments....
, architecture historian - Jonathan Gruber, Economist
- Tom GruberTom GruberThomas Robert Gruber is an American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur with a focus on systems for knowledge sharing and collective intelligence...
(born 1959), American Computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur - William Gruber, inventor of the ViewMaster stereoscopic system
- Daniel Gruber Austrian Physicist
- See also the longer list at de:wiki
Fictional characters
- Hans Gruber, portrayed by Alan RickmanAlan RickmanAlan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor and theatre director. He is a renowned stage actor in modern and classical productions and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, is a fictional characterFictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
and the main antagonistAntagonistAn antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
in the film Die HardDie HardDie Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
. - Lieutenant Hubert GruberLieutenant Hubert GruberLieutenant Hubert Gruber, generally known only as Lieutenant Gruber, is a fictional character from the British sitcom series Allo 'Allo! and is portrayed by Guy Siner.Gruber is the aide-de-camp to General Von Klinkerhoffen, and lives in the local château...
, fictional character from the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!'Allo 'Allo!'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army, and was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6... - Lester Gruber, portrayed by Carl BallantineCarl BallantineCarl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go...
, was a fictional Torpedoman's MateTorpedoman's MateTorpedoman's Mate was a United States Navy occupational rating. It was disestablished on 1 October 2007. Surface Torpedomen were merged into the Gunner's Mate rating, while submarine Torpedomen were merged into the Machinist Mate rating, becoming MM or Machinist Mates...
on the American television series McHale's NavyMcHale's NavyMcHale's Navy is an American television sitcom series which ran for 138 half-hour episodes from October 11,1962, to August 31, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated in a one-hour drama called Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962...
. - Simon Gruber, portrayed by Jeremy IronsJeremy IronsJeremy John Irons is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the...
, is a fictional characterFictional characterA character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
and the main antagonistAntagonistAn antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
in the film Die Hard with a Vengeance.
Other uses
- the Treaty of Gruber-De Gasperi, named after the Italian (Alcide De GasperiAlcide De GasperiAlcide De Gasperi was an Italian statesman and politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party. From 1945 to 1953 he was the prime minister of eight successive coalition governments. His eight-year rule remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics...
) and Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Karl GruberKarl GruberKarl Gruber was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short time...
)
See also
- list of German articles on people named Grüber
- Edita GruberováEdita GruberováEdita Gruberová , is a Slovak soprano who is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility, dramatic interpretation, and ability to sing high notes with great power, which made her an ideal Queen of the Night in her early years...
operatic soprano