Fairburn (surname)
The surname Fairburn may refer to:
- Charles Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London Midland & Scottish Railway
- Harold Fairburn, Inspector-General of the Straits Settlements Police
- Jeff Fairburn, British businessman
- Paul Fairburn, British radio broadcaster
- Rex Fairburn, New Zealand poet
- William Armstrong Fairburn, author, naval architect, marine engineer, and industrialist
- William E. Fairbairn, British Royal Marine and police officer.