Fairbairn

Fairbairn

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.
* 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 (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.

ee also

* 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 College, a co-educational high school in Goodwood, Cape Town, South Africa
* 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


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