Gruber 1253599 223397785 2008-07-03T22:19:17Z Socialitetracker 7418147 /* People */ Bryce Gruber '''Gruber''' is a [[German language|German]] surname, referring to a person from a [[pit]], [[Mining|mine]] or [[Depression (geology)|depression]]. It is the most common surname in [[Austria]] (see [[List of most common surnames#Austria|List of most common surnames]]). ==People== People whose [[family name]] is or was '''Gruber''': * [[Andreas Gruber]], Austrian screenwriter and director * [[Bela Gruber]], (1936-1963) Hungarian painter * [[Edita Gruberová]] * [[Gabriel Gruber]] (1740-1805), Viennese Jesuit, architect and hydraulics expert * [[Frank Gruber]] (1904-1969), writer of Westerns and detective fiction * [[Franz Gruber (actor)]], actor, played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions * [[Franz Xaver Gruber]] (1787-1863), Austrian teacher, composer of "Silent Night" * [[Howard Gruber]] (1922-2005), professor of psychology of creativity * [[Johann Gottfried Gruber]] (1774-1851), German literary historian and critic * [[John Gruber]], author of [[Daring Fireball]]. * [[Karl Gruber]], foreign minister of Austria from 1945 to 1953 * [[Kelly Gruber]] (born 1962), U.S. Major League Baseball player * [[Lilli Gruber]] (born 1957), Italian television journalist turned politician * [[Michael Gruber (actor)]] (born 1964), American actor * [[Michael Gruber (author)]] (born 1940), American novelist * [[Munyo Gruber|Munyo (Samuel) Gruber]], Jewish Resistance Fighter * [[Paul Gruber]] (born 1965), Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1988-1999) * [[Ruth Gruber]] (born 1911), Jewish-American journalist and author of "I visited the Soviet Arctic" * [[Samuel Gruber]], shark biologist * [[William Gruber]], inventor of the [[ViewMaster]] stereoscopic system * [[Bryce Gruber]], New York socialite and entrepreneur ==Fictional characters== * [[Lieutenant Hubert Gruber]], fictional character from the British sitcom ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' * [[Hans Gruber]], portrayed by [[Alan Rickman]], is a [[fictional character]] and the main [[antagonist]] in the film [[Die Hard]]. * [[Simon Gruber]], portrayed by [[Jeremy Irons]], is a [[fictional character]] and the main [[antagonist]] in the film [[Die Hard: With a Vengeance]] ==Other uses== * the [[Treaty of Gruber-De Gasperi]], named after the Italian ([[Alcide De Gasperi]]) and Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs ([[Karl Gruber]]) {{disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[de:Gruber]]