Playfair

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[edit] Real people

Playfair is a surname, and may refer to

• Andrew W. Playfair (1790–1868), Canadian politician, son of William
• Henry Playfair (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
• Ian Stanley Ord Playfair (1894-1972), a general in the British Army
• James Playfair (1755-1794), Scottish architect, brother of John and William, father of William Henry
• Jim Playfair (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player and coach, brother of Larry
• John Playfair (1748-1819), Scottish scientist, brother of James and William
• Judy Playfair (born 1953), Australian swimmer
• Larry Playfair (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player and announcer, brother of Jim
• Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898), promoter of the Playfair cipher, manual symmetric encryption technique
• Sir Nigel Playfair (1874–1934), British actor and theater manager
• Patrick Playfair (1889–1974), British air marshal in WWI & WWII
• Wendy Playfair, Australian actress
• William Playfair (1759-1823), Scottish engineer and political economist, inventor of statistical graphics, brother of James and John
• William Henry Playfair (1790-1857), Scottish architect (National Gallery of Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy), son of James

[edit] Other uses

• PlayFair - software that removes Apple's FairPlay DRM file encryption, now succeeded by Hymn
• Playfair Project
• Playfair cipher - a manual encryption technique invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone
• Playfair Cricket Annual

There is more than one crater named Playfair:

• Playfair (lunar crater)
• Playfair (crater on Mars)