Faber

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Faber is a surname and may refer to:

• Basil Faber (1520–1576), Lutheran theologian
• Lady Caroline Faber
• David Faber:
  • David Faber (author, Holocaust survivor) (b. 1926)
  • David Faber (CNBC), market news analyst
  • David Faber (politician) (b. 1961), British politician
  • David Faber (printmaker) (born 1950), American master printer
  • David Faber (inventor) (born 1980), inventor of green accessories for Macintosh laptop computers
• Felix Faber (15th century)
• François Faber (1887–1915), Luxembourgian cyclist
• Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), British hymn writer and theologian
• Geoffrey Faber (1889-1961), British academic, publisher and poet
• George Stanley Faber (1773–1854), Anglican theologian
• Giovanni Faber (1574-1629) Papal doctor, botanist, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei sometimes called Johann Faber
• Heike Faber (b. 1965), German actress
• Heinrich Faber (before 1500–1552), German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
• Jack Faber
• Jacobus Faber (c.1455–c.1536), a pioneer of the Protestant movement in France
• Jelle Faber (1924-2004), Conservative Calvinist Theologian in Canada and the Netherlands
• Johann Faber (1478 - 1541), Catholic theologian
• Johann Augustanus Faber (1470-1531), Swiss theologian,
• Johann Faber of Heilbronn (1504 - 1558), controversial Catholic preacher.
• Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber
• Julian Faber
• Katelyn Faber (born 1985), accuser of professional basketball player Kobe Bryant of rape
• Marc Faber (20th century), aka "Dr Doom", contrarian Swiss economist in Asia
• Mary Faber, American singer, actress, and dancer.
• Matthias Faber
• Michel Faber (born 1960), a Dutch novelist
• Patrick Faber (born 1964), a Dutch field hockey player
• Peter Faber (1506–1546), a beatified French Jesuit theologian
• Red Faber (1888–1976), an American pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Sandra M. Faber (born 1944), a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter

It may also refer to:

• Faber, a city in Pennsylvania
• Faber, the Latin word meaning "smith", "forger" or "maker", as in "Homo faber", whence:
  • Homo faber (novel), a 1957 work by Max Frisch
  • A character in Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, who creates a listening device
• Faber and Faber (also known as "Faber and Gwyer"), a publishing house in the United Kingdom
• Eberhard Faber, a German art supply manufacturer best known (in the United States) by their brand of pencil
• Faber-Castell, a German manufacturer of writing instruments
• Mount Faber, the second highest peak in Singapore
• Faber Drive, a Canadian rock band
• Faber College, a fictional school providing the setting for the movie Animal House whose motto is "Knowledge is Good"
• Faber, a company specialized in producing extraction hoods.
• A grape variety also known as Faberrebe

Nicknames:

• Fabrizio de André, (1940–1999), for his friends Faber, acclaimed Italian songwriter, musician and poet.