Stairs (surname)

Stairs is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * A. Edison Stairs (1924–2010), Canadian politician
 * Denis Stairs (engineer) (1889–1980), Canadian engineer and businessman
 * Denis Stairs (political scientist) (born 1939), Canadian science professor
 * Ernest W. Stairs (1873–1941), Canadian politician
 * Ingrid Stairs, Canadian astronomer
 * Jess M. Stairs (born 1942), American politician
 * John Fitzwilliam Stairs (1848–1904), Canadian businessman and politician
 * Matt Stairs (born 1968), Canadian baseball player
 * William Grant Stairs (1863–1892), Canadian-British explorer, leader of the Stairs Expedition
 * William J. Stairs (born 1956), Canadian politician
 * William Machin Stairs (1789–1865), Canadian merchant, banker, statesman