Playfair
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Playfair is a surname, and may refer to
- Andrew W. Playfair
- Henry Playfair
- Ian Stanley Ord Playfair (1894-1972), a general in the British Army
- James Playfair (–1794), Scottish architect, brother of the above
- Jim Playfair
- John Playfair (1748–1819), Scottish scientist, brother of the above
- Judy Playfair
- Larry Playfair
- Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818–1898), promoter of the Playfair cipher, manual symmetric encryption technique
- Nigel Playfair
- Wendy Playfair
- William Playfair (1759–1823), Scottish engineer and political economist, inventor of statistical graphics
- William Henry Playfair (1790–1857), Scottish architect (National Gallery of Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy)
[edit] See also
- Baron Playfair
- PlayFair - a software that removes Apple's FairPlay DRM file encryption
- Playfair Enterprises
- Playfair Project
- Playfair cipher - a manual encryption technique invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone
There is more than one crater named Playfair:
- Playfair (lunar crater)
- Playfair (crater on Mars)
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