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'''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]])
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