Aurifaber (the Latinized form of the German surname "Goldschmidt" or "Goldschmied" meaning "gold smith") was a surname borne by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany:
Andreas Aurifaber (1514–1559), physician from Breslau, living in Königsberg Joannes Aurifaber Vratislaviensis (1517–1568), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Breslau, brother of Andreas Joannes Aurifaber Vimariensis (1519–1575), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Weimar
Variation on surname Goldschmid Goldschmidt Goldschmied Goldschmitt Goldsmid Goldsmith