(wē'bər) , river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., N central Utah, and flowing north and northwest to join the Ogden River at Ogden. The combined stream flows to the Great Salt Lake. The Weber has long been used for irrigation and is part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Weber basin project. Among the dams on the Weber are Wanship Dam (completed 1957) and Echo Dam (completed 1931).

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 origin, derived from the noun meaning "weaver". The German pronunciation is "IPA: [ˈveˌbeʁ]", while in English it is more likely to be pronounced "IPA: /ˈwɛbɚ/" or "/ˈweɪbɚ/". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.

Unit

• The weber (Wb) is the SI derived unit of magnetic flux.

Other

• Weber - Fechner law quantifies stimulus and perception
• Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

People

• Albert Weber, Sr. (b. 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
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), German composer; cousin to the four Weber sisters, Josepha, Aloysia, Constanze, and Sophie Weber
• Constanze Weber (1763-1842), German, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• David Weber (b. 1952), American science fiction author
• Dick Weber (1929-2005), American ten-pin bowler
• 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, French botanist
• Frederick Parkes Weber (1863-1962), English dermatologist; son of Hermann David Weber
• Georg F. Weber (b. 1962), cancer researcher
• Heinrich Weber (1842-1913), German mathematician
• Hermann David Weber (1823-1918), English personal physician to Queen Victoria; Father of Frederick Parkes Weber
• Joseph Weber (1919-2000), American physicist; developed the gravitational wave detector
• Karl Weber (1712-1764) Swiss architect and engineer; lead first organized excavations at Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae
• Karl Ivanovich Weber (b. 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
• Marianne Weber, sociologist and women's rights activist
• Mary E. Weber (b. 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 Weber (1966-1991) Australian musician; lead guitarist of punk/indie rock band, Seminal Rats, of Melbourne
• Pete Weber (b. 1962), American professional bowler
• Richard Weber (b. 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
• Renê Weber aka Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber (b. 1961), Brazilian footballer and coach
• Stefan Weber (b. 1946) Austrian art teacher; lead singer and Kapellmeister of the Viennese band Drahdiwaberl
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891), physicist and inventor of the telegraph and the SI unit of magnetic flux
• William A. Weber (b. 1918), American professor of Natural History; originator of herbarium acronyms
• Willi Weber (b. 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
• In Waterloo, Ontario and Utah, "Weber" is pronounced with a long 'e,' like "weeber".
• A main city street is named "Weber Street" in Waterloo, Ontario
• Weber, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Companies

• Weber Brothers Sawmill Inc. is an American family business in Beal City, Michigan. It produces northern Michigan lumber and buys timber in northern Michigan.
• Weber Marking Systems, Inc. is an American company, located in Arlington Heights, IL, that manufactures labels, labeling systems and RFID labels and labeling systems.
• Weber carburetor is an Italian fuel system manufacturer, owned by Magneti Marelli, see carburetor
• Weber-Stephen Products Co., an American company, known for its line of barbecue grills, known as Weber Grills.
• Weber Supply is a Canadian distributor of industrial supplies.
• Weber's is the name of a North American hamburger chain.
• Weber is an American manufacturer of pianos founded in 1852 by Albert Weber.
• Weber is an American manufacturer of loudspeakers for musical instrument amplifiers.

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