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. It is a variant of the word ''Fassbinder'', which means "

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Hedwig Fassbender Hedwig Fassbender (born 23 October 1954) is a German operatic mezzo-soprano and academic voice teacher. She has appeared in leading roles at major European opera houses, including some soprano roles such as Wagner's Isolde and Sieglinde. Car ...

(born 1954), German mezzo-soprano and academic *

Heike Fassbender Heike Fassbender is a German mathematician specializing in numerical linear algebra. She is a professor in the Institute for Computational Mathematics at the Technical University of Braunschweig, and the president for the 2017–2019 term of the G ...

(born 1963), German mathematician *

Heinrich Fassbender Heinrich Fassbender (24 May 1899 – 22 June 1971) was a German politician and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, fed ...

(1899–1971), German politician *

Joseph Fassbender Joseph Fassbender (Faßbender) (14 April 1903 in Cologne – 5 January 1974 in Cologne) was a German painter and draughtsman. Life and art During the 1920s Fassbender was trained in painting by Richard Seewald at the Kölner Werkschulen. Sin ...

(1903–1974), German painter and draughtsman *

Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender (, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player. On the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Ass ...

(born 1948), German tennis player * Max Fassbender (1868–1934), German cinematographer *

Michael Fassbender Michael Fassbender (; born 2 April 1977) is a German-Irish actor. His accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number nine on ''The Irish Ti ...

(born 1977), German-Irish actor *

Peter Fassbender Peter Fassbender (born 1946) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election after a career at the municipal level. He was elected to represent the electoral district of ...

(born 1946), Canadian politician * Susan Fassbender (1959–1991), English singer, songwriter, and musician

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