Fassbender
Fassbender is a surname of German origin. It is a variant of the word Fassbinder , which means "cooper ".
Notable people with the name include:
Hedwig Fassbender (born 1954), German mezzo-soprano and academic
Heike Fassbender , German mathematician
Joseph Fassbender (1903–1974), German painter and draughtsman
Jürgen Fassbender (born 1948), German tennis player
Max Fassbender (1868–1934), German cinematographer
Michael Fassbender (born 1977), Irish actor living in Portugal
Peter Fassbender (born 1946), Canadian politician
Susan Fassbender (1959–1991), English singer, songwriter, and musician
See also
Surnames derived from occupation
Cooper and its specializations
English German/Yiddish
Kubel , Kübler , Kiefer , Kieffer , Küfner , Küffner , Ganter
Fassbender , Fassbinder , Fässler , Bender , Binder
Böttcher/Boettcher , Böttger , Büttner , Bittner , Bodner
Schäffler , Scheffler , Schedler , Schoeffler
Reif , Reiff
Other Germanic Romance Slavic
Bečvář
Bednarz , Bednarski , Bednarek , Bednarczyk , Bednář , Bednařík
Bodnar
Bondar , Bondarenko , Bondarik , Bondarchuk , Bondarev , Bondarevsky , Bondarewski
Bocharov , Bochkarev /Bochkaryov
Baltic Other