Pabst is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adolf Pabst (1899–1990), American mineralogist and geologist Daniel Pabst (1826–1910), American furniture maker Frederick Pabst (1836–1904), American brewer Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1885–1967), Austrian film director Guido Frederico João Pabst (1914-1980), Brazilian botanist Hermann Pabst (1842–1870), German historian Johann Heinrich Pabst (1785–1838), German-Austrian physician, philosopher and lay theologian Pavel Pabst (1854–1897), Prussian pianist and composer Thomas Pabst, founder of Tom's Hardware, a computer hardware publication Waldemar Pabst (1880–1970), German soldier and right-wing political activist
