Fairfax (name)
Fairfax is both a surname 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 (Royal Navy officer), British Admiral and Naval Commander K.C.B., F.R.G.S.,
- John Fairfax (disambiguation), name of several notable people
- Robert Fairfax (disambiguation), name of several notable people
- Ruth Fairfax, first president of the Queensland Country Women's Association
- Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby league footballer
- Thomas Fairfax (Gilling), a 15th/16th-century owner of Gilling Castle in North Yorkshire, England and an ancestor of both Prince William and Kate Middleton
- Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, a Roundhead during the English Civil War
- 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 (multiple individuals), a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Viscount Fairfax of Emley (multiple individuals), a title in the Peerage of Ireland
Given name:
- Fairfax M. Cone (1903–1977), American businessman
- Fairfax Downey (1893–1990), American writer and military historian
- Fairfax Fenwick (1852–1920), New Zealand cricketer
- Sir Fairfax Moresby (1786–1877), Royal Navy officer
Fictional characters:
- Gavin Fairfax, a character played by John D. Collins on the British sitcom series 'Allo 'Allo!
- Colonel Fairfax, a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Yeomen of the Guard.
See also
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