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, British business and television executive
- 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
- 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
- John Fairbairn, several people
- Joyce Fairbairn, Canadian senator and cabinet minister
- Kaʻimi 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, Canadian lawyer and politician
- William Fairbairn, Scottish engineer
- William E. Fairbairn, British soldier, police officer, and WWII commando trainer