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Faber Coat of Arms and Name History

Faber

Origin Displayed: Italian

Origins Available: English, German, Italian

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fabbri, Fabbro, Fabbris, Fabri, Fabro, Fabrey, Fabre, Fabris, Faber, Favro, Faveri, Favero, Favaro, Frau, Fabretto, Favret, Favarin, Fabbrini, Fabbrin, Fabbrucci and many more.

First found in Modena, anciently Mutina, a city in Emilia capital of the province of Modena.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Carlo Agusto Fabricus, who arrived in Canada in 1783 at the age of 30; Bernardo Fabbri whose oath of allegiance was recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1868.

Some noteworthy people of the name Faber

Red Faber, American pitcher in Major League Baseball
Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (1888-1976), was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 until 1933
George Stanley Faber, Anglican theologian
Heinrich Faber (d. 1552), German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
Sandra M Faber (b. 1944), professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California
Johann Lothar von Faber (1817-1896), who took over the industrial dynasty from his father, and was ennobled for his efforts on behalf of German industry, the Faber company is still renowned to this day
Johannes Faber, German theologian
Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), English hymn writer
John Faber (1684-1756), English mezzotint

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RENAISSANCE

The Renaissance was a great rebirth of Classical art, literature, and science. It began in the Italian city-state of Florence in the 14th century and it was characterized by the spread of humanism and the beginning of objective scientific inquiry. Wealthy Florentine merchants and bankers such as the powerful Medici family, saw themselves as the heirs of the great figures of the ancient Roman Empire. Many of these families became the lavish patrons of artists and scholars in order to increase their own prestige and secure political power.