Faber (surname)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names (e.g. Agricola for farmer, Nauta for sailor), it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ate Faber (1894–1962), Dutch fencer
- Basil Faber (1520–1576), Lutheran theologian
- Dave Faber, singer and guitarist of Faber Drive
- David Faber (born 1926), Polish Holocaust survivor
- David Faber (born 1964), American market news analyst
- David Faber (born 1961), British schoolmaster, formerly a politician
- David Faber (born 1950), American master printer
- Ernest Faber (born 1971), Dutch footballer
- Erwin Faber (1891– 1989), Austrian actor
- Eugeniusz Faber (born 1939), Polish footballer
- Felix Faber (1441–1502), Swiss/German Dominican theologian
- François Faber (1887–1915), Luxembourgian cyclist
- Frédéric Théodore Faber (1782–1844), Belgian landscape and genre painter
- Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), British hymn writer and theologian
- Geke Faber (born 1952), Dutch politician
- Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), British academic, publisher and poet
- Georg Faber (1877–1966) German mathematician
- George Stanley Faber (1773–1854), Anglican theologian
- Giovanni Faber né Johann Faber (1574–1629), German papal doctor, botanist, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei
- Heike Faber (born 1965), German actress
- Heinrich Faber (before 1500–1552), German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
- Jack Faber (1903–1994), American microbiologist and lacrosse coach
- Jacob Faber (fl. 1516 – c. 1550), French artist and publisher (active in Switzerland), easily confused with:
- Jacob Faber Stapulensis (c. 1455 – c. 1536), French Renaissance humanist and theologian
- Jacob Faber of Deventer (1473 – c. 1517), Dutch Renaissance humanist
- Johann Faber (1478–1541), German Catholic theologian
- Johann Augustanus Faber (1470–1531), Swiss theologian
- Johann Faber of Heilbronn (1504–1558), German Catholic preacher
- John Faber Junior (1684–1756), Dutch portrait painter active in London
- John Faber Senior (c. 1660 – 1721), Dutch portrait engraver active in London
- Julian Faber (1917–2002), British insurance businessman
- Karl Faber (1773–1853), German historian
- Klaas Carel Faber (1922–2012), Dutch collaborator with the Nazis
- Lykele Faber (1919–2009), Dutch commando and radio operator during World War II
- Marc Faber (born 1946), Swiss economist and investor
- Mary Faber, American singer, actress, and dancer
- Matthias Faber (1586–1653), German Jesuist priest
- Michel Faber (born 1960), Dutch novelist
- Pamela Faber (born 1950), American/Spanish linguist
- Patrick Faber (born 1964), Dutch field hockey player
- Patrick Faber (born 1978), Belizean politician
- Peter Faber (1506–1546), French Jesuit saint
- Peter Faber (1810–1877), Danish songwriter, photographer and telegraphy expert
- Peter Faber (born 1943), Dutch film and television actor
- Pierre Faber (born 1978), German rugby union player
- Red Faber (1888–1976), American baseball pitcher
- Sandra M. Faber (born 1944), American astronomer
- Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
Fictional characters:
- Jacky Faber, female protagonist in the novel Bloody Jack and its sequels
- Henry Faber, German spy in the Ken Follett novel Eye of the Needle
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This page or section lists people with the surname Faber. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.