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Weber (/ˈwɛbər/, /ˈwiːbər/ or /ˈweɪbər/; German: [ˈveːbɐ]) is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning "weaver". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.

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Notable people with the surname include:

Weber family

  • Weber family, relatives by marriage of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Constanze Mozart, née Weber (1762–1842), German, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Cäcilia Weber, her mother
  • Aloysia Weber, German singer, her sister
  • Josepha Weber, German singer, her sister
  • Sophie Weber, German singer, her sister
  • Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer; cousin of the four Weber sisters
  • Max Maria von Weber, civil engineer and son of Carl Maria von Weber

    • A

  • Adam Weber (born 1987), American football player
  • Albrecht Weber (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
  • Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German economist, sociologist and theoretician of culture
  • Alson Weber (1910–2005), Canadian volleyball player
  • Amy Weber (born 1970) is an American actress, model, film producer, and a former professional wrestling valet
  • Anthony Weber (born 1987), French footballer
  • Axel A. Weber (born 1957), German economist, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank since April 2004.

    • B

  • Becky Weber, American politician, teacher-4th
  • Ben Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Beda Weber (1798–1859), German professor, author, and politician
  • Billy Weber, American film editor
  • Bruce Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Bruno Weber, Swiss artist and architect
  • Bruno Weber (doctor), Nazi German doctor

    • C

  • Carl Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Carlo Weber (born 1934), German architect
  • Carmen Weber (1945–2007), Chilean first wife of the ex-President Ricardo Lagos
  • Caroline Weber (born 1986), Austrian rhythmic gymnast
  • Charlie Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Chris Weber (born 1966), American musician
  • Christiane Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Clark Weber, American radio personality in Chicago

    • D

  • David Weber (clarinetist) (1913–2006), a noted classical clarinetist
  • David Weber (born 1952), American science fiction author
  • David P. Weber, former SEC official
  • Dick Weber (1929–2005), American ten-pin bowler
  • Dreya Weber, American actress

    • E

  • Eberhard Weber (born 1940), German musician
  • Ed Weber (born 1931), American politician from Ohio
  • Eduard Ritter von Weber (1870–1934), the German mathematician
  • Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878), German physician; founder of experimental psychology
  • Ernst Weber (engineer) (1901–1996), electrical engineer
  • Ernst Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Eugen Weber (1925–2007), French historian

    • F

  • Francis J. Weber, American Catholic scholar
  • Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962), English dermatologist; son of Hermann David Weber
  • Friedrich Weber (disambiguation), several people

    • G

  • Gabi Weber (born 1955), German politician
  • Georg Weber (historian) (1808–1888), German historian
  • Georg F. Weber (born 1962), cancer researcher
  • Georg Heinrich Weber (1752 – 1828), German botanist
  • Gerd Weber (born 1956), German soccer player
  • Gottfried Weber (1779–1839), German music theorist
  • Gottfried Weber (general) (1899–1958), German military person

    • H

  • Hartmut Weber (born 1960), German sprinter
  • Heiko Weber (born 1965), German football manager
  • 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
  • Henrik Weber (1818-1866), Hungarian portrait painter
  • Heribert Weber (born 1955), Austrian football player
  • Hermann Weber (1928-2014), German Historian and Political scientist

    • I

  • Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann (1918–1993), German folklorist, anthropologist and ethnologist

    • J

  • Jacques Weber (born 1949), French actor, director and writer,
  • Jake Weber (born 1964), English actor
  • Javier Weber (born 1966), Argentinian volleyball player
  • Joan Weber (1935–1981), American popular music singer
  • Joe Weber (vaudevillian) (1867–1942), part of comic team of Weber and Fields
  • Josepha Weber (1758–1819), German soprano
  • Josip Weber (born 1964), Croatian-Belgian footballer
  • John B. Weber (1842–1926), U.S. Representative from New York.
  • John Henry Weber (1779–1859), Danish born, American fur trader and explorer.
  • Jon Weber (born 1961), American jazz pianist and composer.
  • Joseph Weber (1919–2000), American physicist; developed the laser and gravitational wave detector

    • K

  • Karl-Heinz Weber (1922–1944), German World War II flying ace
  • Karl Jakob Weber (1712–1764), Swiss architect and engineer; led first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae
  • Karl Julius Weber (1767–1832), German writer and satirist
  • Karl Ivanovich Weber (born 1841), Russian diplomat
  • Katharine Weber (born 1955), American novelist
  • Kem Weber (1889–1963), German furniture and industrial designer, architect, and teacher
  • Ken Weber (nature writer) (1943–2007), American journalist and nature writer

    • L

  • Lenora Mattingly Weber, American young-adult author
  • Lois Weber (1881–1939), American silent film actress
  • Ludwig Weber (1899–1979), Austrian singer
  • Ludwig Weber (pastor) (1846–1922), German Protestant theologian and social reformer

    • M

  • Manuel Weber (born 1985), Austrian football player
  • Marc Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Marco Weber (born 1982), German speed skater
  • Mark Weber, director of holocaust denial organization
  • Marianne Weber, sociologist and women's rights activist
  • Mary E. Weber (born 1963), American former astronaut
  • Mauricio Weber (born 1982), Uruguayan football player
  • Max Weber (1864–1920), German political economist and sociologist
  • Max Weber (disambiguation), several other people
  • Michel Weber, philosopher
  • Michael Weber (1966–1991), Australian musician; lead guitarist of punk/indie rock band, Seminal Rats, of Melbourne

    • O

  • Otto Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Olivier Weber (born 1958), French writer, novelist and journalist, ambassador of France, former war correspondent

    • P

  • Paul Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Pete Weber (born 1962), American professional bowler
  • Pete Weber (broadcaster) commentator for the Nashville Predators

    • R

  • Randy Weber, a Texas Politician
  • Ralf Weber (born 1969), German soccer player
  • Regina Weber (born 1963), German rhythmic gymnast
  • Renê Weber aka Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber (born 1961), Brazilian footballer and coach
  • Renate Weber, Romanian lawyer and human rights activist
  • Ricardo Lagos Weber (born 1962), Chilean lawyer and politician, son of the ex-President Ricardo Lagos and Carmen Weber
  • Richard Weber (disambiguation), several people
  • Ritter von Weber, an aristocratic Bavarian family
  • Robert Weber (disambiguation), several people

    • S

  • Shea Weber (born 1985), professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Shlomo Weber (born 1949), Russian economist
  • Steven Weber (disambiguation), several people

    • T

  • Theodor Weber (1836–1906), German theologian and professor of philosophy

    • V

  • Vin Weber (born 1952), former Republican Congressman from Minnesota

    • W

  • Wally Weber, American football player
  • Werner Weber (born 1939), Swiss sprint canoer
  • Werner Weber (mathematician)(de) (1906–1975), German mathematician
  • Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891), physicist and telegraphy pioneer, after whom the SI unit of magnetic flux is named
  • In physics Weber is the SI unit of magnetic flux. A flux density of one Wb/m2 (one weber per square metre) is one Tesla.
  • 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
  • Wolfgang Weber (born 1944), German footballer

    • Y

  • Yannick Weber (born 1988), Swiss ice hockey player

    • References

    Weber Wikipedia
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