Hübner

Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner.

The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measurement of a "hide", about 120 acres. The appearance of this surname is attributed to medieval feudal Germany.

Notable people with this surname include:

• Alfred Hübner (1891–?), German World War I flying ace
• Andreas Huebner, German evangelist
• Andrew Huebner, American author
• Arnold Huebner (1919–1981), German Luftwaffe Knight's Cross recipient
• Benjamin Hübner (born 1989), German football player
• Berna Huebner, Filmmaker and Alzheimer's advocate
• Chris Huebner, Canadian Mennonite theologian
• Clarence R. Huebner, American lieutenant general
• Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
• Dario Hübner, Italian footballer
• David Huebner, American lawyer and U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
• Emil Hübner (1834–1901), German classical scholar, son of Julius Hübner
• Frank Hübner (born 1950), German sailor
• Franz Hübner (1846–1877), German entomologist
• Fritz Hübner (born 1933), German opera bass
• Herbert Hübner (1889–1972), German actor
• Jacob Hübner, (1761– 1826), German entomologist
• Johann Hübner (1668–1731), German geographer and scholar
• Johan Hübner von Holst (1881–1945), Swedish sport shooter
• Count Joseph Alexander Hübner (1811–1892), Austrian diplomat, real name Josef Hafenbredl
• Julius Hübner (1806–1882), German painter, father of Emil Hübner
• Karl Hübner (1814–1879), German painter
• Mentor Huebner (1917–2001), American storyboard artist
• Michael Hübner (born 1959), German sprint track cyclist
• Ramon Menezes Hubner (born 1972), Brazilian footballer
• Robert Huebner (1924–1998), American physician
• Robert Hübner, German chess grandmaster
• Stefan Hübner (born 1975), German volleyball player
• Ulrich Hübner (1872–1932), German painter

See also

• All pages with titles containing "Hübner" or "Huebner" or "Hubner"
• Hübener