Faber may refer to:

People

Faber (surname) Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names (e.g. Agricola (disambiguation), Agricola for farmer, Nauta (disambiguation), Nauta for sailor), it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. It is also ...

Companies

Faber and Faber Faber and Faber Limited, usually abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. Eliot (an early Faber editor and director), W. H. Auden, Margaret Storey, William Golding, Samuel B ...

(also known as "Faber and Gwyer"), publishing house in the United Kingdom *

Faber-Castell Faber-Castell AG is a manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers)Faber-Castell InternationalOffice Products and art supplies,Faber-Castell InternationalProducts for FineArts and FineWriting ...

, German manufacturer of writing instruments *

Faber Music Faber Music is a British sheet music publisher best known for contemporary classical music. It also publishes music tutor books, and in 2005 acquired popular music publisher International Music Publications. Faber Music has close relations to th ...

, British sheet music publisher *

Eberhard Faber The Eberhard Faber Pencil Company was started by John Eberhard Faber in 1861 in Midtown Manhattan, New York City by the East River at the foot of 42nd Street, on the present site of the United Nations Headquarters. After an 1872 fire, operations mo ...

, German art supply manufacturer best known (in the United States) by their brand of pencil and eraser

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''

Places

Faber, Virginia Faber is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. It is the location of the Monroe Institute. Faber was one of the communities mentioned in several episodes of the television series, ''The Waltons''. The family dra ...

, a community in the United States * Mount Faber, second highest peak in Singapore

Other uses

* ''Faber'', pseudonym of the Italian singer-songwriter

Fabrizio De André Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter, the most prominent ''cantautore'' of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political pro ...

* ''Faber'' (EP), a 2006 EP by Faber Drive * Faber (grape), grape variety also known as ''Faberrebe'' *

FABER test Patrick's test or FABER test is performed to evaluate pathology of the hip joint or the sacroiliac joint. The test is performed by having the tested leg flexed and the thigh abducted and externally rotated. If pain is elicited on the ipsilatera ...

(Flexion Abduction External Rotation), a test for evidence of hip arthritis *

Faber Towers Faber Towers is a twin tower skyscraper in Taman Desa, Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, sep ...

, landmark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia {{disambiguation, geo