Faber (surname)
Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names, it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. It is also common in England, perhaps due to Norman French influence. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adele Faber, American author on parenting
- Andreas Faber-Kaiser, Spanish writer of German descent
- Antonius Faber, Savoisian nobleman and jurist
- Armin Faber, German World War II pilot
- Aschwin Wildeboer Faber, Spanish swimmer of Dutch origin
- Ate Faber, Dutch fencer
- Basil Faber, Lutheran theologian
- Carla Faber, Dutch art historian and politician
- Caroline Faber, English peer, daughter of PM Harold Macmillan
- Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur, Württemberg painter and army officer
- Claire Faber, Luxembourgian racing cyclist
- Dave Faber, Canadian singer and guitarist of Faber Drive
- David Faber, Polish Holocaust survivor
- David A. Faber, United States federal judge
- David Faber, American master printer
- David Faber, British schoolmaster, formerly a politician
- David Faber, American market news analyst
- Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham, British peer
- Donna Faber, American tennis player
- Edmund Faber, 1st Baron Faber, British Conservative politician
- Elmar Faber, German book publisher
- Emmanuel Faber, French CEO
- Erik Faber, Norwegian pop/rock singer-songwriter
- Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
- Erwin Faber, Austrian actor
- Eugeniusz Faber, Polish footballer
- Felix Faber, Swiss/German Dominican theologian
- Floreta Faber, Albanian ambassador to the United States
- François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist
- Frands Faber, Danish field hockey player
- Frédéric Théodore Faber, Belgian landscape and genre painter
- Frederick William Faber, British hymn writer and theologian
- Frederik Faber, Danish ornithologist
- Gastón Faber, Uruguayan footballer
- Geke Faber, Dutch politician
- Geoffrey Faber, British academic, publisher and poet, founder of Faber and Faber Limited
- Georg Faber, German mathematician
- George Henry Faber, British insurance underwriter and Liberal Party politician
- George S. J. Faber, co-founder of British production company Company Pictures
- George Stanley Faber, Anglican theologian
- Giovanni Faber né Johann Faber, German papal doctor, botanist, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei
- Gordon Faber, American politician, in Oregon
- Heike Faber, German actress
- Heinrich Faber, German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
- Horst Faber, German figure skater
- Jack Faber, American microbiologist and lacrosse coach
- Jacob Faber, French artist and publisher, easily confused with:
- Jacob Faber Stapulensis, French Renaissance humanist and theologian
- Jacob Faber of Deventer, Dutch Renaissance humanist
- Jared Faber, American musician, composer and producer
- Jean-Paul Faber, French sports shooter
- Jeannette Faber, American long-distance runner
- Jelle Faber, Dutch-Canadian theologian
- Joachim Faber, German lawyer and business executive
- Johan Adam Faber, Flemish composer
- Johann Faber, German Catholic theologian
- Johann Faber of Heilbronn, German Catholic preacher
- Johann Augustanus Faber, Swiss theologian
- Johann Joachim Faber German landscape painter
- John Faber Junior, Dutch portrait painter active in London
- John Faber Senior, Dutch portrait engraver active in London
- John Faber, Kansas politician
- John Eberhard Faber, German-born American pencil manufacturer
- Jules Faber, Australian cartoonist and illustrator
- Julian Faber, British insurance businessman
- Karl Faber, German historian
- Kaspar Faber , German founder of the stationery company Faber-Castell
- Katherine Faber, American researcher
- Keith Faber, American politician
- Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch collaborator with the Nazis
- Leslie Faber, English stage actor
- Linda Faber, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- Lo Faber, American guitarist and songwriter
- Lothar von Faber, German industrialist, born Lothar Faber
- Lucien Faber, Luxembourgian racewalker
- Lykele Faber, Dutch commando and radio operator during World War II
- Marc Faber, Swiss economist and investor
- Marjolein Faber, Dutch politician
- Mark Faber, English cricketer
- Martin Hermann Faber, German painter, architect, and cartographer
- Mary Faber, African slave trader
- Mary Faber, American singer, actress, and dancer
- Mary Eliza Faber, English novelist and non-fiction writer
- Matthew Faber,, American television actor
- Matthias Faber, German Jesuist priest
- Michael Faber, British economist
- Michael Faber, German footballer
- Michel Faber, Dutch novelist
- Oscar Faber, British structural engineer
- Olaf Wildeboer Faber, Spanish swimmer of Dutch origin
- Pamela Faber, American/Spanish linguist
- Patrick Faber, Dutch field hockey player
- Patrick Faber, Belizean politician
- St. Peter Faber, co-founder of the Society of Jesus
- Peter Faber, Danish songwriter, photographer and telegraphy expert
- Peter Faber, Dutch film and television actor
- Philip Faber, Italian Franciscan theologian and philosopher
- Phyllis M. Faber, American botanist
- Pierre Faber, German rugby union player
- Rasmus Faber, Swedish DJ, pianist and music producer
- Red Faber, American baseball pitcher
- Roland Faber, American theologian
- Samantha "Sam" Faber, American ice hockey player
- Sandra Faber, American astronomer
- Simon Faber, German politician and mayor
- Steve Faber, American screenwriter
- Tanaquil Faber, French classical scholar
- Tobias Faber, Danish architect
- Urijah Faber, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Vance Faber, American mathematician
- Walter Vavasour Faber, English Conservative politician and soldier
- Wenzel Faber, Bohemian astronomer, astrologer and theologian
- William F. Faber , American Episcopalian bishop
- William F. Faber , American politician
- Faber, a former professor in Fahrenheit 451
- Emil Faber, Founder of Faber College in the film Animal House
- Henry Faber, German spy in the Ken Follett novel Eye of the Needle
- Jacky Faber, female protagonist in the novel Bloody Jack and its sequels
- Mike Faber, character in Homeland