Fairbairn

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Fairbairn is a surname, and may refer to:

• Andrew Fairbairn (Disambiguation page)
• Bill Fairbairn (William John Fairbairn, 1947-), Canadian ice hockey player.
• Bruce Fairbairn (Bruce Earl Fairbairn, 1949-1999), Canadian musician, songwriter and producer.
• Carolyn Fairbairn, Former member of the BBC Executive Board. Director of corporate development and strategy at ITV.
• Charles Fairbairn, Canadian politician, member for Victoria South (1890-1896)
• Charles Victor Fairbairn (1890-?), Elected Bishop of the Free Methodist Church 1939.
• David Fairbairn (The Hon. Sir David Eric Fairbairn DFC KBE, 1917-1994), Australian politician and cabinet minister. Nephew of James Fairbairn.
• Douglas Fairbairn, Co-developer of the Xerox NoteTaker, one of the first portable computers.
• Douglas Fairbairn, Author of the novel Shoot.
• Esmée Fairbairn - see Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust
• George Fairbairn (Disambiguation page)
• Ian Fairbairn - see Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust
• Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford, British athlete who competed in 1908 Olympics. (800m & 1500m)
• James Fairbairn (James Valentine Fairbairn, 1897-1940), Australian Politician. Minister for Air and Civil Aviation. Killed in the Canberra air disaster, 1940.
• James Fairbairn, Author of Fairbairn's Book of Crests of Families of Great Britain and Ireland, (2 Vols.) T.C. & E.C. Jack, London, 1905.
• Jean Fairbairn, fictional reporter in Lillian Stewart Carl's Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron series of novels.
• John Fairbairn, Author and translator. Authority on the games of Go and Shogi.
• Joyce Fairbairn (1939-), Canadian senator and cabinet minister.
• Nicholas Fairbairn (Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn, 1933-1995), British Politician.
• Rhea Fairbairn (1890-1953), Canadian amateur tennis player.
• Robert A. Fairbairn, part owner of American thoroughbred racehorse High Quest.
• Ronald Fairbairn (William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, 1889-1964), British psychoanalyst, father of Nicholas Fairbairn.
• Steve Fairbairn (1862-1938), Australian born rowing coach active in Cambridge and London.
• Thomas Edward Fairbairn (1924-),U.S.A. born inventor, Author, Publisher, Ebooks, News Service,great grand son many times removed of Sir William Fairbairn Engineer
• Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (politician) (1840-1874), Canadian politician.
• Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn, Invented (in 1922) an artificial green for miniature golf which led to the "American minigolf boom of the early 20th century".
• William Fairbairn (Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick, 1789-1874), Scottish engineer.
• William E. Fairbairn (1885-1960), British soldier, police officer, and WW II commando trainer.
• William John Fairbairn (1947-) - see Bill Fairbairn.
• William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (1889-1964) - see Ronald Fairbairn.
• Fairbairn - Mythical heroic progenitor of the Clan Armstrong who, dressed in full armour, lifted the king of Scotland onto his own horse with one arm.

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• Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust One of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in England, based in Mayfair, London.
• Fairbairn Airbase, RAAF Base Fairbairn, Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Fairbairn (Business Park) and Fairbairn, Canberra all refer to the same piece of land in Canberra named after James Fairbairn.
• Fairbairn Baronets of Ardwick, British Baronetcy created for Sir William Fairbairn.
• Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour, English company involved in landmark legal decision Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v. Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour
• Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, sometimes referred to as "a Fairbairn", developed by William E. Fairbairn (and Eric A. Sykes).
• List of hobbit families#Fairbairn Fictional descendants, in The Lord of the Rings, of Elanor Gardner
• William Fairbairn & Sons Locomotive manufacturer in Manchester, England established 1839 by Sir William Fairbairn
• Fairburn