Fairfax (name)
Fairfax is both a surname of Scottish origin which means "fair hair", 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, British Admiral and Naval Commander K.C.B., F.R.G.S.,
- James Fairfax, Australian businessman and philanthropist
- John Fairfax, name of several notable people
- Justin Fairfax, American Democratic politician and lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia
- Robert Fairfax, name of several notable people
- Ruth Fairfax, first president of the Queensland Country Women's Association
- Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby league footballer
- Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, a Roundhead during the English Civil War
- Thomas Fairfax, 16th-century owner of Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire
- 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, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Viscount Fairfax of Emley, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
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