Schreiber (surname) explained

Schreiber is a German surname meaning "scribe" or "writer"; often compared to English Clark or Clerk. Notable people with the name include:

Arts & entertainment

• Avery Schreiber (1935–2002), American comedian
• Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), English-Canadian painter and illustrator
• Dan Schreiber, United Kingdom radio producer
• Liev Schreiber (born 1967), American actor, half-brother of Pablo
• Linda Schreiber, American television soap opera writer
• Pablo Schreiber (born 1978), American actor, half-brother of Liev
• Ryan Schreiber, editor-in-chief of Pitchfork Media
• Terry Schreiber (born 1937), American theater director
• Ulrich Schreiber (born 1951), German director of the International Literature Festival Berlin

Journalism

• Claudia Schreiber (born 1958), German journalist
• Constantin Schreiber (born 1979), German journalist
• Ernie Schreiber, editor of the Lancaster New Era
• Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988), American journalist
• Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber or JJSS (1924–2006), French journalist and politician
• Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) (1947–2022), German investigative journalist
• Le Anne Schreiber (1945–2019), American journalist

Military

• Edmond Schreiber (1890–1978), British general of World War II
• Franz Schreiber (1904–1976), Standartenführer in the German Waffen SS
• Gustav Schreiber (1916–1995), Hauptscharführer in the German Waffen SS
• Helmuth Schreiber (1917–2008), Sturmbannführer in the German Waffen-SS
• Josef Schreiber (1919–1945), German soldier in the Wehrmacht during World War II
• Leroy A. Schreiber (1917-1944), American fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II
• Walter Schreiber (1893–1970), German military officer and doctor

Politics

• Ernie Schreiber (born 1929), German-born Canadian politician
• Eva Schreiber (1958-2023), German politician
• Grzegorz Schreiber (born 1961), Polish politician
• Mark Schreiber, Baron Marlesford, British Conservative politician
• Mark Schreiber (Kansas politician), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Martin E. Schreiber (1904–1997), American carpenter, real estate agent and politician, father of Martin J.
• Martin J. Schreiber (born 1939), American politician, publisher, and lobbyist; governor of Wisconsin (1977–1979)
• Patrick Schreiber (born 1979), German politician
• Walther Schreiber (1884–1958), German politician; mayor of Berlin (1953–1955)

Religion

• Emanuel Schreiber (1852–1932), American rabbi
• Hermann Schreiber (1882–1954) German doctor of philosophy, rabbi and journalist
• Moses Schreiber or Moshe Sofer (1762–1839), European rabbi
• Simon Schreiber (1821–1883), Austrian rabbi

Science

• David Servan-Schreiber (1961–2011), French physician and neuroscientist
• Hieronymus Schreiber (died 1547), German doctor, mathematician and astronomer
• Raemer Schreiber (1910–1998), American physicist
• Robert D. Schreiber (born 1946), American immunologist
• Stuart Schreiber (born 1956), American chemical biologist
• Urs Schreiber (born 1974), German mathematician and theoretical physicist
• William F. Schreiber (1925–2009), American electrical engineer and professor

Sports

Baseball

• Barney Schreiber (1882–1964), American baseball player
• Doug Schreiber (born 1963), American baseball coach
• Hank Schreiber (1891–1968), American baseball player
• John Schreiber (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball pitcher
• Paul Schreiber (1902–1982), American baseball player
• Ted Schreiber (1938–2022), American baseball player

Other

• Adam Schreiber (born 1962), American football player
• Andreas Schreiber (born 1987), Swedish basketball player
• Birgit Schreiber, German cross country skier
• Christian Schreiber (born 1980), German rower
• Daniela Schreiber (born 1989), German swimmer
• Edwin Schreiber (1936–2010), South African cricketer
• Elaine Schreiber (1939–2017), Australian table tennis player
• Hartmut Schreiber (born 1944), German rower
• Larry Schreiber (born 1947), American football player
• Olaf Schreiber (born 1969), German footballer
• Peter Schreiber (born 1964), German javelin thrower
• Robin Schreiber (born 1949/1950), American basketball superfan
• Thomas Schreiber (bobsledder), Swiss bobsledder
• Wally Schreiber (born 1962), Canadian hockey player
• Zahra Schreiber (born 1986), American professional wrestler

Writers

• Boris Schreiber (1923–2008), French writer
• Brad Schreiber, American writer
• Ellen Schreiber, American young-adult fiction author
• Jan Schreiber (born 1941), American poet
• Joe Schreiber (born 1969), American author
• John Schreiber (writer) (born 1954), American writer and teacher
• Mark Schreiber (writer), American writer

Other

• Benjamin F. Schreiber (1885–1972), American lawyer and judge
• Chaim Schreiber, founder of Schreiber Furniture in the United Kingdom
• Charles Schreiber (1826–1884), English academic, fine arts collector and politician
• Christian Schreiber (philosopher) (1781–1857), German philosopher
• Collingwood Schreiber (1831–1918), English-Canadian surveyor, engineer and civil servant
• Dan Schreiber (poker player) (born 1985), American pro gamer and poker player
• Daniel Schreiber (born 1971), British-Israeli founder of Lemonade, Inc.
• Gaby Schreiber (1904–1976), British industrial and interior designer
• Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) (born 1962), German manager in international retail business
• Karlheinz Schreiber (born 1934), German-born lobbyist, fundraiser, arms dealer, and businessman
• Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber or Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), English translator and business woman
• Thomas Schreiber (innkeeper) (c. 1598–1629), German innkeeper executed for witchcraft
• Timothy Schreiber, London-based, German-born architect and design artist
• Zvi Schreiber (born 1969), British-Israeli serial entrepreneur

See also

• Schreiber (disambiguation)
• Shriver