Fairbairn
| Fairbairn | |
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| Related names | Fairchild |
For other uses, see Fairbairn (disambiguation).
Fairbairn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
- 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 (politician) (1917–1994), Australian politician and cabinet minister
- David Fairbairn (artist) (born 1949), Australian painter and printmaker
- 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), several people
- Ian Fairbairn (1896-1968), British financier and rower
- Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn, English folk musician
- 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 (disambiguation), several people
- Joyce Fairbairn (1939-), Canadian senator and cabinet minister
- Nicholas Fairbairn (1933-1995), British Politician
- Patrick Fairbairn (1805-1874), Scottish theologian
- Peter Fairbairn (1799-1861), Scottish engineer
- 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
See also
- Fairburn (disambiguation)