Fairbanks (surname)

Fairbanks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Arthur Fairbanks (1864–1944), American art historian and administrator
 * Avard Fairbanks (1897–1987), American sculptor
 * Charles Rufus Fairbanks (1790–1841), Canadian lawyer, judge, entrepreneur and politician
 * Charles W. Fairbanks (1852–1918), American politician, Vice President of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt
 * Charles H. Fairbanks (1913–1984), American archaeologist and anthropologist
 * Chuck Fairbanks (1933–2013), American football coach
 * Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (1852–1913), American women's suffragist
 * Dana Fairbanks, fictional character in American TV drama The L Word
 * Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939), American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
 * Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909–2000), American actor and naval officer
 * Edward Fairbanks (1850–1924), Canadian merchant and politician
 * Erastus Fairbanks (1792–1864), American manufacturer and politician
 * Franklin Fairbanks (1828–1895), American businessman and politician
 * Gene Fairbanks (born 1982) Australian professional rugby union footballer
 * George Rainsford Fairbanks (1820-1906), American lawyer, politician and fruit grower
 * Horace Fairbanks (1820–1888), American politician, Governor of Vermont
 * Jason Fairbanks (1780–1801), American murderer
 * Jerry Fairbanks (1904–1995), American film and TV producer and director
 * John B. Fairbanks (1855–1940), American Latter-day Saint artist
 * Jonathan Fairbanks (1594–1668), English colonist in New England
 * Jonathan Leo Fairbanks (born 1933), American artist
 * Joseph Fairbanks (1718–1796), Canadian merchant and politician
 * E. LeBron Fairbanks (born 1942), American retired minister in the Church of the Nazarene
 * Lloyd Fairbanks (born 1953), former Canadian football player
 * Lucile Fairbanks (1917–1999), American actress
 * Mabel Fairbanks (1915–2001), American figure skater and coach
 * Madeline and Marion Fairbanks (1900–1989 and 1900–1973), American twins, stage and film actresses
 * Nola Fairbanks (1924–2021), American actress
 * Ortho R. Fairbanks (1925–2015), American artist
 * Pete Fairbanks (born 1993), American baseball player
 * Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks (1857–1943), American prospector, entrepreneur and pioneer
 * Richard M. Fairbanks (1941–2013), American lawyer, diplomat and businessman
 * Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796–1886), American inventor
 * William Fairbanks (1894–1945), American actor