Fairfax (name)

Fairfax is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer
• Daphne Fairfax, a British comedian
• Edward Fairfax, translator
• Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer), British Admiral and Naval Commander K.C.B., F.R.G.S.,
• James Fairfax (1933–2017), Australian businessman and philanthropist
• John Fairfax (disambiguation), name of several notable people
• Robert Fairfax (disambiguation), name of several notable people
• Ruth Fairfax, first president of the Queensland Country Women's Association
• Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby league footballer
• Thomas Fairfax (Gilling), a 15th/16th-century owner of Gilling Castle in North Yorkshire, England and an ancestor of both Prince William and Kate Middleton
• Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, a Roundhead during the English Civil War
• William Fairfax, 18th-century colonial official and plantation owner in Virginia
• William George Fairfax, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy
• Lord Fairfax of Cameron (multiple individuals), a title in the Peerage of Scotland
• Viscount Fairfax of Emley (multiple individuals), a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Given name:

• Fairfax M. Cone (1903–1977), American businessman
• Fairfax Downey (1893–1990), American writer and military historian
• Fairfax Fenwick (1852–1920), New Zealand cricketer
• Sir Fairfax Moresby (1786–1877), Royal Navy officer
• Fairfax Harrison (1869-1938), American president of Southern Railway and author

Fictional characters:

• Gavin Fairfax, a character played by John D. Collins on the British sitcom series 'Allo 'Allo!
• Colonel Fairfax, a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Yeomen of the Guard.
• Mrs. Fairfax, a character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre

See also

• Fairfax (disambiguation)