Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia: **

Gaius Fabricius Luscinus Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, son of Gaius, was said to have been the first of the Fabricii to move to ancient Rome, his family originating from Aletrium. In 284 BC he was one of the ambassadors to Tarentum, successfully keeping peace, and was ...

, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome * Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his Latinized name Johann Fabricius *

Carel Fabritius Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style ...

(sometimes spelled Fabricius, 1622–1654), Dutch painter *

David Fabricius David Fabricius (9 March 1564 – 7 May 1617) was a Frisian pastor who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587–1615). David Fabricius (Latinization of his prope ...

(1564–1617), German theologian and astronomer, discoverer of the variable star Mira *

Ernst Fabricius Ernst Christian Andreas Martin Fabricius (Darmstadt, 6 September 1857 – Freiburg im Breisgau, 22 March 1942) was a German historian, archaeologist and classical scholar. Between 1882 and 1888 he participated in excavations in Greece and Asia Min ...

(1857–1942), German historian, archaeologist and classical scholar *

Georg Fabricius Georg Fabricius (; 23 April 1516– 17 July 1571) was a Protestant German poet, historian and archaeologist who wrote in Latin during the German Renaissance. Life Fabricius was born as Georg Goldschmidt in Chemnitz in Saxony on 23 April 151 ...

(1516–1571), German poet, historian and archaeologist *

Hieronymus Fabricius Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (; 20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomy, anatomist and surgeon known in medicine, medical science as "The Father of Embryology." Lif ...

or Girolamo Fabrizio (1537–1619), Italian anatomist * Hildanus Fabricius (Wilhelm Fabry) (1560–1634), German anatomist and surgeon * Jan Fabricius (1871-1964), Dutch journalist and playwright *

Johan Christian Fabricius Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...

(1745–1808), Danish botanist and entomologist *

Johan Fabricius Johan Johannes Fabricius (24 August 1899 – 21 June 1981), who published in English as Johan Wigmore Fabricius, was a Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer. Fabricius was born in Bandung, Java. He wrote approximately 60 books, among the ...

(1899–1981), Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer *

Johann Albert Fabricius Johann Albert Fabricius (11 November 1668 – 30 April 1736) was a German classical scholar and bibliographer. Biography Fabricius was born in Leipzig, son of Werner Fabricius, director of music in the church of St. Paul at Leipzig, who was the ...

(1668–1736), German classical scholar, publisher, and librarian *

Johann Phillip Fabricius Johann Philipp Fabricius (22 January 1711 – 23 January 1791) was a German Christian missionary and a Tamil scholar in the later part of his life. He arrived in South India in 1740 to take charge of a small Tamil Lutheran congregation in Madras a ...

(1711–1791), German Christian missionary in southern India *

Johannes Fabricius Johann Goldsmid, better known by his Latinisation of names, Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius (8 January 1587 – 19 March 1616), eldest son of David Fabricius (1564–1617), was a Frisians, Frisian astronomer and a modern era discoverer of suns ...

, (1587–1615) Frisian astronomer, discoverer of sunspots * Nanna Øland Fabricius (1985–) Danish singer-songwriter *

Otto Fabricius Otto Fabricius (6 March 174420 May 1822) was a Danish missionary, naturalist, ethnographer, and explorer of Greenland. Biography Otto Fabricius was born in Rudkøbing on the island of Langeland, Denmark, where his father was a rector. In his ...

(1744–1822) Danish missionary, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer of Greenland *

Werner Fabricius Fabricius Werner (1633-1679), an organist and composer of note, was born April 10, 1633, at Itzehoe, Holstein. As a boy he studied music under his father, Albert Fabricius, organist in Flensburg, and Paul Moth, the Cantor there. He went to the Gym ...

, German composer *

Alexander Carpenter Alexander Carpenter, Latinized as ''Fabricius'' (), was the English author of the ''Destructorium viciorum'', a religious work popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. Some published editions of the work bear the author's name as "''Alexander Anglu ...

, Latinized ''Fabricius'', (''fl.'' 1429), English religious philosopher and author * B. Fabricius, pseudonym of Heinrich Theodor Dittrich, German philologist and librarian

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