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
• 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

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