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Faber may refer to:
[edit] People with the surname Faber
- Basil Faber (1520–1576), Lutheran theologian
- Lady Caroline Faber
- Dave Faber, Lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Faber Drive
- David Faber (author, Holocaust survivor) (born 1926)
- David Faber (CNBC), market news analyst
- David Faber (schoolmaster) (born 1961), British schoolmaster, formerly a politician
- David Faber (printmaker) (born 1950), American master printer
- Eugeniusz Faber (born 1939), former Polish footballer
- 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
- Georg Faber (1877–1966) German mathematician
- George Stanley Faber (1773–1854), Anglican theologian
- Giovanni Faber (1574–1629) German living in Rome: Papal doctor, botanist, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei sometimes called "Johann Faber"
- Heike Faber (born 1965), German actress
- Heinrich Faber (before 1500–1552), German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
- Jack Faber
- Jacob Faber (fl. 1516 – c. 1550), French artist and publisher (active in Switzerland), easily confused with:
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples/Jakob Faber Stapulensis, (c. 1455 – c. 1536), French Renaissance humanist and theologian
- Jacob Faber of Deventer, (1473 – c. 1517) also a Renaissance humanist
- 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
- 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), Dutch novelist
- Pamela Faber (born 1950), American/Spanish linguist
- Patrick Faber (field hockey) (born 1964), Dutch field hockey player
- Peter Faber (1506–1546), beatified French Jesuit theologian
- Pierre Faber (born 1978), German rugby union player
- Red Faber (1888–1976), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Sandra M. Faber (born 1944), professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
[edit] Companies
- Faber (company), company specialized in producing extraction hoods
- Faber and Faber (also known as "Faber and Gwyer"), publishing house in the United Kingdom
- Faber-Castell, German manufacturer of writing instruments
- Faber Music, British sheet music publisher
- Eberhard Faber, German art supply manufacturer best known (in the United States) by their brand of pencil
[edit] In fiction
- Faber College, fictional school providing the setting for the movie National Lampoon's Animal House
- Faber (Fahrenheit 451), character in Ray Bradbury's science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, who creates a listening device
- 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
[edit] Toponymns
[edit] Other uses
- Faber, pseudonym of the italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André
- Faber EP, debut EP by the Canadian rock band Faber Drive
- Faber (grape), grape variety also known as Faberrebe
- FABER test (Flexion Abduction External Rotation), a test for evidence of hip arthritis
- Faber Towers, landmark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
