Auerbach and Averbuch is a German surname, commonly Jewish, derived from a toponym meaning meadow brook. Sometimes it is modified to Auerbacher, meaning someone coming from a meadow brook. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Arnold M. Auerbach (1912–1998), American screenwriterArtie Auerbach (1903–1957), American comedian, press photographerAuerbach (Jewish family), a family of scholars in the 16th to 19th centuriesBen Auerbach (1919–1993), American professional basketball playerBerthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish writerCharlotte Auerbach (1899–1994), German-Jewish geneticistDan Auerbach (born 1979), American guitarist and vocalist for The Black KeysEllen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographerErich Auerbach (photographer) (1911–1977), Czech-Jewish photographerErich Auerbach (1892–1957), German-Jewish philologistFrank Auerbach (born 1931), German-born British painterHeinrich Auerbach (ex. Heinrich Stromer) (1482–1542), physician and senator of LeipzigHerman Auerbach (1901–1942), Polish mathematicianInge Auerbacher (born 1934), German-American chemist and Holocaust survivorLarry Auerbach (born 1923), iconic American television directorLeopold Auerbach (1828–1897), German anatomist (see Auerbach's plexus below)Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian composer, pianist and poet.Meir Auerbach, first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of JerusalemOscar Auerbach (1905–1997), Jewish-American pathologistRed Auerbach (1917–2006), Boston Celtics coach and founder of the Red Auerbach Basketball SchoolRick Auerbach (born 1950), American baseball playerSol Auerbach (1906–1986), American Communist historian better known as James S. AllenStevanne Auerbach (born 1938), also known as Dr. Toy, American educator, child development expert, and writerYael Averbuch (born 1986), American soccer playerYuri Averbakh (born 1922), Russian chess grandmasterA prominent family of rabbis in Jerusalem, including:Shlomo Zalman AuerbachChaim Yehuda Leib AuerbachShmuel AuerbachEzriel (or Azriel) Auerbach