What is "niebuhr"

Niebuhr is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Barthold Georg Niebuhr, (1776-1831), 19th-century German statesman and historian
• Carsten Niebuhr, 18th-century German traveller, explorer and surveyor, and father of Barthold Georg Niebuhr (sometimes mistakenly called by his son's first name)
• Reinhold Niebuhr and H. Richard Niebuhr, brothers and American Christian scholars