Fairbairn (surname)
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Fairbairn is a surname, and may refer to:
- Andrew Fairbairn (disambiguation)
- Bill Fairbairn (William John Fairbairn, 1947-), Canadian ice hockey player.
- Bruce 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)
- David Fairbairn (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)
- Ian Fairbairn (1896-1968), British financier and rower
- Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford, British athlete who competed in 1908 Olympics. (800m & 1500m)
- James 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.
- John Fairbairn (educator), Educator, newspaper proprietor and politician in the Cape Colony; founder of Old Mutual plc
- Joyce Fairbairn (1939-), Canadian senator and cabinet minister.
- Nicholas Fairbairn (1933-1995), British Politician.
- Patrick Fairbairn (1805-1874), Scottish theologian
- 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.
- Sydney Fairbairn MC (1892–1943), English cricketer and British Army officer.
- Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet (1823-1891), English industrialist and art collector
- 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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