Fairfax (name)

Fairfax is both a surname of English (Yorkshire and Northumberland, with a few branches later settling in Scotland) origin which means "fair hair", and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:
 * Alan Fairfax (1906–1955), Australian cricketer
 * Betty Fairfax (?-2010), American educator, counselor, and philanthropist
 * 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.,
 * James Fairfax (1933–2017), Australian businessman and philanthropist
 * Jean E. Fairfax (1920-2019), American educator, civil rights worker, community organizer, and philanthropist
 * John Fairfax (disambiguation), name of several notable people
 * John Fairfax (delegate) (1762-1843), manager for George Washington
 * John Fairfax (minister) (1623–1700), English ejected minister
 * John Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1830–1900), British peer with American citizenship
 * John Fairfax (poet) (1930–2009), English poet
 * John Fairfax (rower) (1937–2012), British ocean rower and adventurer


 * Justin Fairfax, American Democratic politician and lieutenant governor of Virginia
 * Lance Fairfax (1894–1974), New Zealand baritone in Australia
 * Lettice Fairfax (1876-1948)
 * Michael Fairfax (born 1953), English sculptor
 * Robert Fairfax (disambiguation), several people:
 * Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1707–1793)
 * Robert Fairfax (rear-admiral) (1666–1725)
 * Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521), English Renaissance composer


 * Ruth Fairfax, first president of the Queensland Country Women's Association
 * Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby league footballer
 * Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, parliamentarian general in the English Civil War
 * Thomas Fairfax (Gilling), 16th-century owner of Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire
 * Warwick Oswald Fairfax, (1901–1987), Australian businessman, journalist and playwright
 * Warwick Fairfax (born 1960), Australian businessman, son of W. O. Fairfax
 * 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
 * Fairfax Harrison (1869–1938), American president of Southern Railway and author
 * 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.
 * Mrs. Fairfax, a character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre
 * Jane Fairfax, a character in Jane Austen's novel Emma
 * Gwendolyn Fairfax, a character in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest
 * Abigail Fairfax, a character from the 2022 adventure comedy film The Lost City, who is egotistical, eccentric billionaire seeking to find the treasure of the eponymous lost city.