# Straub > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Straub > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Straub.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straub > Source revision: 1336092710 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Straub** is a [Germanic surname](/source/German_family_name_etymology) that literally means "one with bushy or bristly hair".[1] Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt".[2] It may also refer to people who come from [Straubing](/source/Straubing) in Germany.[1] Spelling variations of Straub include *[Straube](/source/Straube), [Strauber](/source/Strauber), [Straubinger](/source/Straubinger), [Strauble](/source/Strauble), [Strob](/source/Strob), [Strobel](/source/Strobel), [Strube](/source/Strube), [Strub](/source/Strub), [Strufe](/source/Strufe), [Struwe](/source/Struwe), and [Struwing](/source/Struwing).*[3] The first known Straub in the United States was Johannes Straub, one of the [Palatine Germans](/source/German_Palatines) brought to [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) in 1710.[4] There were later arrivals, especially in the [Pennsylvania Deutsch](/source/Pennsylvania_Deutsch) region and [Ohio](/source/Ohio), most with an origin in [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), [Hesse-Darmstadt](/source/Landgraviate_of_Hesse-Darmstadt), [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), Austria, the German [cantons](/source/Cantons_of_Switzerland) of Switzerland, and [Alsace-Lorraine](/source/Alsace-Lorraine). Some Straubs who had earlier migrated east out of Germany, settling in German enclaves in Russia and [Austria-Hungary](/source/Austria-Hungary) (now Romania), have subsequently immigrated to the U.S. as well. There were two notable breweries founded in Pennsylvania by Straub immigrants. The earliest was the J. N. Straub & Company brewery founded in the 1840s in [Allegheny](/source/Pittsburgh) (now Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, by John N. Straub, immigrant from [Hesse-Darmstadt](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse). The other was the [Straub Brewery](/source/Straub_Brewery) founded in 1872 in [St. Marys](/source/St._Marys,_Pennsylvania), Pennsylvania, by [Peter P. Straub](/source/Peter_P._Straub), immigrant from [Felldorf](/source/Felldorf), [Württemberg](/source/W%C3%BCrttemberg). Other notable landmarks and companies named after a Straub include [Bob Straub State Park](/source/Bob_Straub_State_Park) in Oregon and [Straub Hall](/source/Straub_Hall) at the University of Oregon in Eugene; [Straub's Markets](/source/Straub's_Markets), a St. Louis, Missouri-based specialty food retailer; [Straub Clinic & Hospital](/source/Straub_Clinic_%26_Hospital) in Hawaii. [Straub Honda](/source/Straub_Honda) Dealership in Wheeling, West Virginia During the Second World War there was a Sclass Cannon [destroyer escort](/source/Destroyer_escort) named [USS *Straub*](/source/USS_Straub_(DE-181)) that was built for the [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy). The ship was named after its sponsor, Mrs. Margaret H. Straub. There is also an [asteroid](/source/Asteroid) named [6147 Straub](/source/6147_Straub). Notable people with the surname include: - [Agnes Straub](/source/Agnes_Straub), (1890–1941) German film actress - [Alexander Straub (athlete)](/source/Alexander_Straub_(athlete)), German pole vaulter - [Bill Straub](/source/Bill_Straub), American soccer player - [Brunó Ferenc Straub](/source/Brun%C3%B3_Ferenc_Straub), Hungarian politician - [Calvin Straub](/source/Buff,_Straub,_and_Hensman), American architect - [Chester J. Straub](/source/Chester_J._Straub), American jurist - [Christian Markle Straub](/source/Christian_Markle_Straub), American politician - [Christopher Straub](/source/Christopher_Straub), reality TV contestant - [Elek Straub](/source/Elek_Straub), Hungarian engineer, consultant and businessman - [Felix Straub](/source/Felix_Straub), German bobsledder - [Hans Straub](/source/Hans_Straub), Swiss sprint canoer - [Jean-Marie Straub](/source/Jean-Marie_Straub), French filmmaker - [Joe Straub](/source/Joe_Straub), baseball player - [Johann Baptist Straub](/source/Johann_Baptist_Straub), German Baroque artist - [John E. Straub](/source/John_E._Straub), American political administrator - [Jürgen Straub](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Straub), East German middle distance runner - [Kris Straub](/source/Kris_Straub), webcomic creator - [Maria Straub](/source/Maria_Straub) (1838–1898), American songwriter, hymnwriter - [Marianne Straub](/source/Marianne_Straub), 20th century textile designer - [Michael John Straub](/source/Michael_John_Straub), artist and printmaker - [Paul F. Straub](/source/Paul_F._Straub), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient - [Peter Straub](/source/Peter_Straub), prolific horror author - [Peter Straub (politician)](/source/Peter_Straub_(politician)), German politician - [Peter P. Straub](/source/Peter_P._Straub), American founder of the Straub Brewery in Pennsylvania - [Philipp Jakob Straub](/source/Philipp_Jakob_Straub), Austrian sculptor - [Robert W. Straub](/source/Robert_W._Straub), American politician from Oregon - [Rudolph Straub](/source/Rudolph_Straub), German prisoner-of-war executed during World War II - [Simon Straub](/source/Simon_Straub), German 17th century luthier and violin maker - [Stephan Straub](/source/Stephan_Straub), German footballer - [Wolfgang Straub](/source/Wolfgang_Straub), Swiss lawyer and photographer - [Zoë Straub](/source/Zo%C3%AB_Straub), Austrian singer ## References 1. Smith, Elsdon Coles (2003). [*American Surnames*](https://archive.org/details/americansurnames0000smit/page/18). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. [18](https://archive.org/details/americansurnames0000smit/page/18). ISBN 0-8063-1150-9. 1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). *Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 420. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. 1. Breitbard, Gail Ann (1970). *Notes on the early history in this country of the Straus (Stroop, Stroup, Straup, Strubb, Strupp, Strope, etc.) family*. Miami: [self-published](/source/Self-publishing) 1. Knittle, Walter Allen (1937). *Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration: A British Government Redemptioner Project to Manufacture Naval Stores*. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Straub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straub) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straub?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.