Weber 65892 225656552 2008-07-14T19:34:41Z 84.221.237.254 /* See also */ :''This page is about the surname. Below, there is list of people bearing this name and other uses of the word. '''Weber''' is a surname of [[German language|German]] origin, derived from the noun meaning "[[Weaving|weaver]]". The German pronunciation is "{{IPA2|ˈveˌbɐ}}", while in English it is more likely to be pronounced "{{IPAEng|ˈwɛbɚ}}" or "{{IPA|/ˈweɪbɚ/}}". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'. == People == * [[Albert Weber, Sr.]] (born 1829), German, Bavarian piano manufacturer * [[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 * [[Beda Weber]] (1798-1859), German professor, author, and politician * [[Brian R. Weber]] (1976 - present) Writer, game show host and former professional bowler. * [[Bruce Weber (coach)|Bruce Weber]] (born 1956), University of Illinois varsity men's basketball coach. * [[Carl Maria von Weber]] (1786-1826), German composer; cousin to the four Weber sisters, [[Josepha Weber|Josepha]], [[Aloysia Weber|Aloysia]], [[Constanze Mozart|Constanze]], and [[Sophie Weber|Sophie]]. * [[Carlo Weber]] (born 1934), German architect * [[Chris Weber]] (born 1966), American musician * [[Constanze Weber]] (1763-1842), German, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart * [[David Weber (clarinetist)|David Weber]], a noted classical clarinetist * [[David Weber]] (born 1952), American science fiction author * [[Dick Weber]] (1929-2005), American ten-pin bowler * [[Edoardo Weber]], Italian engineer, and creator of the [[automotive]] [[Weber carburetor]] * [[Ernst Heinrich Weber]] (1795-1878), German physician; founder of experimental psychology * [[Eugen Weber]] (1925-2007), French historian * [[Francis J. Weber]], American Catholic scholar * [[Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber]] (1830-1903), French botanist * [[Frederick Parkes Weber]] (1863-1962), English dermatologist; son of Hermann David Weber * [[Georg F. Weber]] (born 1962), cancer researcher * [[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 David Weber]] (1823-1918), English personal physician to Queen Victoria; Father of Frederick Parkes Weber * [[Joe Weber (vaudevillian)]] (1867-1942), part of comic team of Weber and [[Lew Fields|Fields]] * [[Joe Weber]] (born 1974), Firefighter/Paramedic * [[Joseph Weber]] (1919-2000), American physicist; developed the laser and gravitational wave detector * [[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 * [[Karl Wehber]] German medical researcher; one of the developers of the 17th century red fever vaccine * [[Kem Weber]] (1889-1963), German furniture and industrial designer, architect, and teacher * [[La Vern E. Weber]], American Lieutenant General; former chief of the United States National Guard * [[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 J. Weber]] (born 1947) American, Life's Scholar, Constitutional Scholar * [[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 * [[Richard Weber]] (born 1959), Canadian Arctic and polar explorer * [[Richard Weber (mathematician)]], English mathematician; fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge * [[Robert C. Weber]], British Fulbright Scholar; former Provost, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania * [[Robert "Teddybear" Weber]], Former GM executive, Jeopardy winner and Master Disco champion 1978 * [[Renê Weber]] aka Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber (born 1961), Brazilian footballer and coach * [[Stefan Weber]] (born 1946), Austrian art teacher; lead singer and Kapellmeister of the Viennese band Drahdiwaberl * [http://www.tedweber.com [Ted Weber]] (born 1951), American designer and manufacturer of loudspeakers and other musical instrument products. * [[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 == Places == ''Weber'' is the name of several places including: * [[Weber City, Virginia]] * [[South Weber, Utah]] * [[Weber County, Utah]] * Weber Street, (pronounced "weeber") is a main city street in [[Waterloo, Ontario]] * [[Weber, New Zealand]], in the region of [[Hawke Bay]] == Companies == * [[Weber-Stephen Products Co.]], an American company, known for its line of [[barbecue]] [[grill (cooking)|grill]]s, known as Weber Grills. * Weber's is the name of a North American [[hamburger]] chain. * Weber is an American manufacturer of pianos founded in 1852 by Albert Weber. * [http://www.tedweber.com Weber] is an American manufacturer of loudspeakers and other products for musical instrument amplifiers. * [[Weber carburetor]] is an [[Italy|Italian]] fuel system manufacturer, owned by [[Magneti Marelli]], see [[carburetor]] == Unit == * The [[Weber (unit)|weber]] (Wb) is the [[SI derived unit]] of [[magnetic flux]]. == Other == * [[Weber - Fechner law]] quantifies stimulus and perception * [[Weber State University]], [[Ogden, Utah]] == See also == * [[Webber (surname)]], an English variant * [[Weaver]], an English variant * [[Wever]], a Dutch variant [[Category:German surnames]] {{disambig}} [[bg:Вебер]] [[cs:Weber]] [[da:Weber (flertydig)]] [[de:Weber (Begriffsklärung)]] [[eo:Weber]] [[es:Weber]] [[fr:Weber]] [[it:Weber (disambigua)]] [[ko:베버]] [[he:ובר (פירושונים)]] [[lv:Vēbers]] [[nl:Weber]] [[ja:ウェーバー]] [[pl:Weber]] [[pt:Weber (desambiguação)]] [[ru:Вебер]] [[fi:Weber]] [[sv:Weber]] [[tr:Weber]] [[uk:Вебер]] [[zh:韦伯]]