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German family of musicians. The most celebrated members were Fridolin (1733-79), a singer and violinist at Mannheim; his brother Franz Anton (1734-1812), a composer, violinist, Kapellmeister at Eutin and travelling theatrical manager, the father of Carl Maria Von Weber; and his daughters Josepha (1758/9-1819), the dramatic soprano for whom Mozart wrote the Queen of Night role in Die Zauberflöte, Aloysia (1759/61-1839), also a soprano, for whom Mozart wrote concert arias, and Constanze (1762-1842), who married Mozart. Carl Maria had two half-brothers, Fridolin (1761-1833), a violinist in the Esterházy orchestra, and Edmund (1766-1828), a minor composer active at Würzburg, Berne and Lübeck.



Weber ('bər), river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., N central Utah, and flowing north and northwest to join the Ogden River at Ogden. The combined stream flows to the Great Salt Lake. The Weber has long been used for irrigation and is part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Weber basin project. Among the dams on the Weber are Wanship Dam (completed 1957) and Echo Dam (completed 1931).


Weber (play /ˈwɛbər/ or /ˈwbər/; 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'.

Notable people with the surname include:

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  • 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.

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  • Otto Weber (1832–1888), German painter
  • Otto Weber (1921–2001), Romanian politician

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


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

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  • Wally Weber, American football player
  • 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
  • Wolfgang Weber (born 1944), German footballer

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