Famous People with Name Huber

Ernst Huber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ernst Huber: was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Nicolaus A. Huber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Nicolaus A. Huber: is a German composer. From 1958 to 1962 Huber studied music education at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and subsequently composition with Franz Xaver Lehner and Günter Bialas. He pursued his education further with Josef Anton Riedl, Karlheinz Stockhausen and, above all, with Luigi Nono. From 1974 until his retirement in 2003 Huber was Professor of Composition at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen (Orgass 2001).

Roland Huber            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Roland Huber: is a Swiss sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-1 1000 m event and the K-1 4 x 500 m event.

Herbert Huber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Herbert Huber: was an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist.

Kurt Huber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kurt Huber: was a member of the White Rose group, which carried out resistance against Nazi Germany. Huber's political activities came to the attention of the Gestapo and he was arrested on February 27, 1943. By happenstance composer Carl Orff called at Huber’s house the day after he was taken. Huber’s wife begged him to use his influence to help her husband. But Orff told her that if his friendship with Huber was ever discovered he would be “ruined”. Orff left, Huber’s wife never saw him again. Later, wracked by guilt, Orff would write a letter to his late friend Huber imploring him for forgiveness. [1][2]