Fairbairn is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a handsome child."
Notable people with the surname include:
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Andrew Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
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Bill Fairbairn (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
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Bruce Fairbairn
Bruce Earl Fairbairn (December 30, 1949 – May 17, 1999) was a Canadian record producer. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999, and is considered one of the best of his era. His most successful productions are '' Slippery When Wet'' ...
(1949–1999), Canadian musician, songwriter and producer
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Carolyn Fairbairn, British business and television executive
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Charles Fairbairn, Canadian politician, member for
Victoria South (1890–1896)
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David Fairbairn (politician)
Sir David Eric Fairbairn, (3 March 1917 – 1 June 1994) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1975. He held ministerial office as Minister for Air (1962–19 ...
(1917–1994), Australian politician and cabinet minister
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David Fairbairn (artist) (born 1949), Australian painter and printmaker
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Douglas Fairbairn, co-developer of the Xerox NoteTaker, one of the first portable computers
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George Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
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Ian Fairbairn (rower) (1896–1968), British financier and rower
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Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn, English folk musician
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Irene Fairbairn
Irene Florence Fairbairn, CBE (30 March 1899 – 14 March 1974) served as the Chief Commissioner of Guides Australia. She was a 1947 recipient of the Silver Fish Award, the highest adult award in Girlguiding, awarded for outstanding service to G ...
(1899–1974), Australian Girl Guides’ leader
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Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford, British athlete who competed in 1908 Olympics. (800m & 1500m)
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James Fairbairn
James Valentine Fairbairn (28 July 1897 – 13 August 1940) was an Australian aviator and politician. A World War I fighter pilot, he represented the United Australia Party (UAP) in federal parliament and served as Minister for Air and Civil ...
(1897–1940), Australian politician, Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, killed in the Canberra air disaster, 1940
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John Fairbairn (disambiguation), several people
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Joyce Fairbairn (1939–2022), Canadian senator and cabinet minister
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Kaʻimi Fairbairn
John Christian Kaiminoeauloamekaikeokekumupaa Fairbairn (born January 29, 1994) is an American professional football placekicker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Playing college football for the UCLA Bruins, he was a ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Nicholas Fairbairn
Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn, (24 December 1933 – 19 February 1995) was a Scottish politician and advocate. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinross and Western Perthshire from October 1974 to 1983, and then for Pert ...
(1933–1995), British politician
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Patrick Fairbairn
Patrick Fairbairn (28 January 1805 – 6 August 1874) was a Scottish Free Church minister and theologian. He was Moderator of the General Assembly 1864/65.
Early life and career
He was born in Halyburton, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, on 28 J ...
(1805–1874), Scottish theologian
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Peter Fairbairn (1799–1861), Scottish engineer
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Rhea Fairbairn (1890–1953), Canadian amateur tennis player
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Richard Robert Fairbairn
Richard Robert James Fairbairn (27 May 1867 – 14 October 1941) was a British tramways and bus manager, Justice of the Peace and Liberal Party politician.
Personal life and career
Richard Robert Fairbairn was the son of a London labour leade ...
(1867–1941), British politician
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Robert Fairbairn (1910–1988), Scottish banker and cricketer
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Robert Edis Fairbairn (1879–1953), Canadian pacifist
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Ronald Fairbairn
William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn (; 11 August 1889 – 31 December 1964) was a Scottish psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and a central figure in the development of the object relations theory of psychoanalysis. He was generally known and referred to a ...
(William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, 1889–1964), British psychoanalyst, father of Nicholas Fairbairn
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Steve Fairbairn (1862–1938), Australian-born rowing coach active in Cambridge and London
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Sydney Fairbairn MC (1892–1943), English cricketer and British Army officer
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Thomas Fairbairn, 2nd Baronet (1823–1891), English industrialist and art collector
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Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (politician) (1840–1874), Canadian politician
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Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn (1840-1874), Canadian lawyer and politician
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William Fairbairn
Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scotland, Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder. In 1854 he succeeded George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson to become the third ...
(Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick, 1789–1874), Scottish engineer
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William E. Fairbairn
Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn (; 28 February 1885 – 20 June 1960) was a British soldier and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the Shanghai Police during the interwar ...
(1885–1960), British soldier, police officer, and WWII commando trainer
See also
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Fairburn (disambiguation)
References
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Surnames of Scottish origin