Fairbairn
Fairbairn is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a handsome child." Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Fairbairn, several people
- Bill Fairbairn, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruce Fairbairn, 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
- David Fairbairn , Australian politician and cabinet minister
- David Fairbairn , Australian painter and printmaker
- Douglas Fairbairn, co-developer of the Xerox NoteTaker, one of the first portable computers
- Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust
- George Fairbairn, several people
- Ian Fairbairn, British financier and rower
- Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn, English folk musician
- Irene Fairbairn, Australian Girl Guides’ leader
- Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford, British athlete who competed in 1908 Olympics.
- James Fairbairn, Australian Politician. Minister for Air and Civil Aviation. Killed in the Canberra air disaster, 1940
- Jaxon and Lachlan Fairbairn, an Australian YouTube comedy duo
- John Fairbairn, several people
- Joyce Fairbairn, Canadian senator and cabinet minister
- Ka'imi Fairbairn, American football player
- Nicholas Fairbairn, British Politician
- Patrick Fairbairn, Scottish theologian
- Peter Fairbairn, Scottish engineer
- Rhea Fairbairn, Canadian amateur tennis player
- Richard Robert Fairbairn, British politician
- Robert Fairbairn, Scottish banker and cricketer
- Robert Edis Fairbairn, Canadian pacifist
- Ronald Fairbairn, British psychoanalyst, father of Nicholas Fairbairn
- Steve Fairbairn, Australian born rowing coach active in Cambridge and London
- Sydney Fairbairn MC, English cricketer and British Army officer
- Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet, English industrialist and art collector
- Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn , Canadian politician
- Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn, Invented an artificial green for miniature golf which led to the "American minigolf boom of the early 20th century"
- William Fairbairn, Scottish engineer
- William E. Fairbairn, British soldier, police officer, and WW II commando trainer
- William John Fairbairn – see Bill Fairbairn
- William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn – see Ronald Fairbairn
