Faber

Faber is a surname and may refer to:

* Basil Faber (1520–1576), Lutheran theologian
* Lady Caroline Faber
* David Faber:
**David William Faber, Lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Faber Drive
**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 EP, Faber Drive's debut EP.
*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.