Weber

Weber is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning "weaver". The German pronunciation is [ˈveːbɐ], while in English it is more likely to be pronounced /ˈwɛbər/ or [ˈweɪbər]. In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.

Notable people with the surname include: Albrecht Weber (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German economist, sociologist and theoretician of culture
Alson Menno Weber (1910–2005), Canadian volleyball player
Aloysia Weber (ca. 1759–1839), German soprano; second eldest sister to Constanze Weber
Amy Weber (born 1970) is an American actress, model, film producer, and a former professional wrestling valet.
Axel A. Weber (born 1957), German economist, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank since April 2004.
Beda Weber (1798–1859), German professor, author, and politician
Bruce Weber (born 1956), University of Illinois varsity men's basketball coach.
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer; cousin of the four Weber sisters, Josepha, Aloysia, Constanze, and Sophie.
Carlo Weber (born 1934), German architect
Carlos Javier Weber (born 1966), Argentine volleyball player
Chris Weber (born 1966), American musician
Constanze Weber (1763–1842), German, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
David Weber, a noted classical clarinetist
David Weber (born 1952), American science fiction author
Dick Weber (1929–2005), American ten-pin bowler
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878), German physician; founder of experimental psychology. The Weber test, a screening test for hearing, is named after him.
Eugen Weber (1925–2007), French historian
Francis J. Weber, American Catholic scholar
Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962), English dermatologist; son of Hermann David Weber
Georg F. Weber (born 1962), cancer researcher
George Heinrich Weber (1752–1828), botanist
Gottfried Weber (1779–1839), German music theorist
Heinrich Friedrich Weber (1843–1912), German physicist, sometimes confused with Heinrich Martin Weber
Heinrich Martin Weber (1842–1913), German mathematician, sometimes confused with Heinrich Friedrich Weber
Hermann Robert Weber (1899–1956), German zoologist, an author of a textbook in entomology.
Joe Weber (vaudevillian) (1867–1942), part of comic team of Weber and Fields
Joe Weber (born 1974), Firefighter/Paramedic
John Baptiste Weber (1842–1926), U.S. Representative from New York.
John Henry Weber (1779–1859), Danish born, American fur trader and explorer.
John Vincent Weber (born 1952), former Republican Congressman from Minnesota.
Jon Weber (born 1961), American jazz pianist and composer.
Joseph Weber (1919–2000), American physicist; developed the laser and gravitational wave detector
Justin Weber (1983), American Entrepreneur; born in St. Louis, MO
Karl Jakob Weber (1712–1764), Swiss architect and engineer; lead first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae
Karl Ivanovich Weber (born 1841), Russian diplomat of the Russian Empire
Kem Weber (1889–1963), German furniture and industrial designer, architect, and teacher
Ken Weber (nature writer) (1943–2007), American journalist and nature writer
Lenora Mattingly Weber, American young-adult author
Marc Weber (born 1973), Swiss ice hockey player
Marianne Weber, sociologist and women's rights activist
Mary E. Weber (born 1963), American former astronaut
Max Weber (1864–1920), sociologist
Max Weber (artist) (1881–1961), American cubist painter
Max Weber (politician) (1897–1974), Swiss politician; former member of the Swiss Federal Council
Michael Weber (1966–1991), Australian musician; lead guitarist of punk/indie rock band, Seminal Rats, of Melbourne
Otto Weber (1921–2001), Romanian politician
Pete Weber (born 1962), American professional bowler
Pete Weber commentator for the Nashville Predators
Richard Weber (born 1959), Canadian Arctic and polar explorer
Richard R. Weber (born 1953), mathematician
Renê Weber aka Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber (born 1961), Brazilian footballer and coach
Shea Weber (born 1985), professional ice-hockey defenceman; plays for the Nashville Predators
Stefan Weber (born 1946), Austrian art teacher; lead singer and Kapellmeister of the Viennese band Drahdiwaberl
Steven Weber (born 1961), American actor
[http://www.tedweber.com Ted Weber] (born 1951), American designer and manufacturer of loudspeakers and other musical instrument products.
Wayne John Weber (1938–2003), Banker, Bank of Montreal
Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891), physicist and telegraphy pioneer, after whom the SI unit of magnetic flux is named
William A. Weber (born 1918), American professor of Natural History; originator of herbarium acronyms
Willi Weber (born 1942), German manager of formula one driver, Michael Schumacher
see also: Weber family for relatives of Constanze Weber, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

See also

Webber (surname), an English variant
Weaver, an English variant
Wever, a Dutch variant

Translation

The word "Weber" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Вебер, Danish: Weber (flertydig), German: Weber (Begriffsklärung), Persian: وبر (ابهام‌زدایی), Korean: 베버, Italian: Weber (disambigua), Hebrew: ובר, Latvian: Vēbers (nozīmju atdalīšana), Japanese: ウェーバー, Portuguese: Weber (desambiguação), Russian: Вебер (фамилия), Ukrainian: Вебер, Chinese: 韦伯.