Auerbach and Averbuch and Aberbach is a German surname, commonly Jewish, derived from a toponym meaning meadow-brook. Notable people with this surname include the following: Abraham Auerbach (died 1846), German rabbi Abraham Dov Auerbach (1926–2008), Israeli rabbi Abraham Dov Auerbach (Tiberias) (1935–2021), Israeli rabbi Alan J. Auerbach (born 1951), American economist Alexander Auerbach (born 1988), German handball player Alexander Andreevich Auerbach (1844–1916), Russian mining engineer, industrialist, creator and organizer of production, scientist Alfred Auerbach (1873–1954), German actor and writer Arnold Auerbach (disambiguation), multiple people Arnold M. Auerbach (1912–1998), American screenwriter Artie Auerbach (1903–1957), American comedian, press photographer Auerbach (Jewish family), a family of scholars in the 16th to 19th centuries Baruch Auerbach (1793–1864), German-Jewish educator Beatrice Fox Auerbach (1887–1968), philanthropist, president and director of G. Fox & Co. from 1938 to 1959 Ben Auerbach (1919–1993), American professional basketball player Benjamin Auerbach (1855–1940), German physician Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach (1808–1872), German Orthodox rabbi Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882), German-Jewish poet and author Chaim Auerbach (1839–?), Polish rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach (1883–1954), Israeli rabbi Charlotte Auerbach (1899–1994), German-Jewish geneticist Christopher Auerbach-Brown (born 1970), American composer and music educator Cornelia...