Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names (e.g. Agricola for farmer, Nauta for sailor), it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. Notable people with the surname include:
Armin Faber, German World War II pilot
Ate Faber (1894–1962), Dutch fencer
Basil Faber (1520–1576), Lutheran theologian
Carla Faber (born 1971), Dutch art historian and politician
Caroline Faber (1923-2016), English peer, daughter of PM Harold Macmillan
Dave Faber, singer and guitarist of Faber Drive
David Faber (born 1926), Polish Holocaust survivor
David A. Faber (born 1942), United States federal judge
David Faber (born 1950), American master printer
David Faber (born 1961), British schoolmaster, formerly a politician
David Faber (born 1964), American market news analyst
Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham (1852–1931), British peer
Donna Faber (born 1971), American tennis player
Edmund Faber, 1st Baron Faber (1847–1920), British Conservative politician
Emmanuel Faber (born 1964), French CEO
Erik Faber (born 1977), Norwegian pop/rock singer-songwriter
Ernest Faber (born 1971), Dutch footballer
Erwin Faber (1891–1989), Austrian actor
Eugeniusz Faber (born 1939), Polish footballer
Felix Faber (1441–1502), Swiss/German Dominican theologian
François Faber (1887–1915), Luxembourgian cyclist
Frands Faber (1897–1933), Danish field hockey player
Frédéric Théodore Faber (1782–1844), Belgian landscape and genre painter
Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), British hymn writer and theologian
Geke Faber (born 1952), Dutch politician
Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), British academic, publisher and poet, founder of Faber and Faber Limited
Georg Faber (1877–1966), German mathematician
George S. J. Faber (born 1959), co-founder of British production company Company Pictures
George Stanley Faber (1773–1854), Anglican theologian
Giovanni Faber né Johann Faber (1574–1629), German papal doctor, botanist, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei
Gordon Faber (1930–2014), American politician, in Oregon
Heike Faber (born 1965), German actress
Heinrich Faber (before 1500–1552), German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
Horst Faber (born 1910s), German figure skater
Jack Faber (1903–1994), American microbiologist and lacrosse coach
Jacob Faber (fl. 1516 – c. 1550), French artist and publisher (active in Switzerland), easily confused with:
Jacob Faber Stapulensis (c. 1455 – c. 1536), French Renaissance humanist and theologian
Jacob Faber of Deventer (1473 – c. 1517), Dutch Renaissance humanist
Jared Faber, American musician, composer and producer
Jelle Faber (1924–2004), Dutch-Canadian theologian
Joachim Faber (born 1950), German lawyer and business executive
Johann Faber (1478–1541), German Catholic theologian
Johann Augustanus Faber (1470–1531), Swiss theologian
Johann Faber of Heilbronn (1504–1558), German Catholic preacher
John Faber Junior (1684–1756), Dutch portrait painter active in London
John Faber Senior (c. 1660 – 1721), Dutch portrait engraver active in London
John Eberhard Faber (1822–1879), German-born American pencil manufacturer
Jules Faber, Australian cartoonist and illustrator
Julian Faber (1917–2002), British insurance businessman
Karl Faber (1773–1853), German historian
Kaspar Faber (1730–1784), German founder of the stationery company Faber-Castell
Keith Faber (born 1966), American (Ohio) politician
Klaas Carel Faber (1922–2012), Dutch collaborator with the Nazis
Leslie Faber (1879–1929), English stage actor
Linda Faber (born 1960), Dutch freestyle swimmer
Lo Faber (born 1966), American guitarist and songwriter
Lykele Faber (1919–2009), Dutch commando and radio operator during World War II
Marc Faber (born 1946), Swiss economist and investor
Mark Faber (1950–1991), English cricketer
Mary Faber (born 1979), American singer, actress, and dancer
Matthew Faber, American television actor
Matthias Faber (1586–1653), German Jesuist priest
Michel Faber (born 1960), Dutch novelist
Oscar Faber (1886–1956), British structural engineer
Pamela Faber (born 1950), American/Spanish linguist
Patrick Faber (born 1964), Dutch field hockey player
Patrick Faber (born 1978), Belizean politician
St. Peter Faber (1506–1546), co-founder of the Society of Jesus
Peter Faber (1810–1877), Danish songwriter, photographer and telegraphy expert
Peter Faber (born 1943), Dutch film and television actor
Philip Faber (1564–1630), Italian Franciscan theologian and philosopher
Phyllis M. Faber (born 1927), American botanist
Pierre Faber (born 1978), German rugby union player
Rasmus Faber (born 1979), Swedish DJ, pianist and music producer
Red Faber (1888–1976), American baseball pitcher
Roland Faber (born 1960), American theologian
Sami Faber (born 1987), American ice hockey player
Sandra M. Faber (born 1944), American astronomer
Simon Faber (born 1968), German politician and mayor
Steve Faber, American screenwriter
Tobias Faber (1915–2010), Danish architect
Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
Vance Faber (born 1944), American mathematician
Walter Vavasour Faber (1857–1928), English Conservative politician and soldier
Wenzel Faber (1455–1518), Bohemian astronomer, astrologer and theologian
William F. Faber, American Episcopalian bishop
William F. Faber (Wisconsin) (1858-1951), American politician
Fictional characters:
Faber, a former professor in Fahrenheit 451
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
