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Schober, a German term for a small barn or a haystack, is common as an occupational surname, metonymic for a farmer, and as a name for haystack-shaped mountains.

People named Schober

• Aurelia Frances Schober (1906–1994), mother of the poet Sylvia Plath
• Barbara Schober (born 1958), German visual artist
• Bernadette Schober (born 1984), Austrian racing cyclist
• Franz von Schober (1796–1882), Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, and actor
• Johann Schober (1874–1932), three-time Chancellor of Austria
• John C. Schober (born 1961), American politician and lawyer
• Mathias Schober (born 1976), German football goalkeeper
• Michael Schober (born 1964), American psychologist
• Olga Schoberová (born 1943), Czech actress
• Paul Schober [de] (1865–1943), German physician who developed Schober's test
• Rita Schober (1918–2012), German scholar of Romance studies and literature who championed Emile Zola and organised translations of his books.
• Sonja Schöber (born 1985), German swimmer
• William Schober (born 1956), Australian figure skater
• Wolfgang Schober (born 1989), Austrian football goalkeeper

Mountains

There are about 20 mountains, minor summits, and hills named "(great/high) haystack" in Austria alone. Among these are:

• The Hochschober (3,242 m), after which the Schober Group has been named.
• Schober (2,967 m) in the Ankogel Group in Carinthia
• Schober (1,328 m) on the border of Upper Austria and Salzburg
• The Schober Pass (849 m) in the Niedere Tauern in Styria

Other

• 2871 Schober, an asteroid

References

1. Schober at the Internet Surname Database
2. Austrian maps online by the Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen

• Surnames
• German-language surnames
• Occupational surnames
• Mountains of Austria
• Toponymic surnames