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 & Faber Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply 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, C. S. Lewis, Margaret S ...

, publishing house in the United Kingdom *

Faber-Castell Faber-Castell AG is a German privately-held multinational corporation, multinational manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers)Faber-Castell InternationalOffice Products and art supplies,Fa ...

, 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 with ...

, 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 ...

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

In fiction

Faber College Faber may refer to: People * Faber (surname) Companies * Faber & Faber Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. E ...

, fictional school providing the setting for the movie ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' *

Faber (Fahrenheit 451) ''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The novel follows in the viewpoint of Guy Montag, a fir ...

, 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 Mount Faber, formerly Telok Blangah Hill, is a hill about in height, located in the town of Bukit Merah in the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. It overlooks the Telok Blangah area and the western parts of the Central Are ...

, second highest peak in Singapore

Other uses

* ''Faber'', pseudonym of the Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André * ''Faber'' (EP), a 2006 EP by Faber Drive * Faber (grape), grape variety also known as ''Faberrebe'' * FABER test (Flexion Abduction External Rotation), a test for evidence of hip arthritis * Faber Towers, landmark in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia {{disambiguation, geo