Schreiber (surname)

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

## Arts & entertainment

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Cindy Schreiber-Beck (1954–2025), American politician in North Dakota
* Ernie Schreiber (born 1929), German-born Canadian politician
* Eva Schreiber (1958–2023), German politician
* Grzegorz Schreiber (born 1961), Polish politician
* Mark Schreiber, Baron Marlesford (1931–2025), 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

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* 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

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* David Servan-Schreiber (1961–2011), French physician and neuroscientist
* Hieronymus Schreiber (died 1547), German doctor, mathematician and astronomer
* Johann Friedrich Schreiber (1705–1760), German physician and philosopher
* 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

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### Baseball

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Benjamin Schreiber (disambiguation), multiple people
* 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

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* Schreiber (disambiguation)
* Shriver

Surname list

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Surnames associated with the occupation of clerk or scribe

Germanic|

* Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Clerk, Clerke, De Clerck
* Klerk/Klerck
* Schreber, Schreiber, Schriever, Schrijver, Schriver, Scrivener, Scriver, Shriver

Romance|

* Clerc, Leclerc, Leclercq
* Escribá, Escrivá, Scriba

Slavic|

* Pisar
* Pisarek
* Pisarev
* Pisarenko
* Pisarcik
* Písařík
* Pysarchuk

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