Aurifaber

Aurifaber (the Latinized form of the German surname "Goldschmidt" or "Goldschmied" meaning "gold smith") was a surname borne by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany:

• Andreas Aurifaber (1514–1559), physician from Breslau, living in Königsberg
• Joannes Aurifaber Vratislaviensis (1517–1568), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Breslau, brother of Andreas
• Joannes Aurifaber (Vimariensis) (1519–1575), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Weimar