People
- Given name
- Fairfax Moresby
- Surname
- Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer
- Daphne Fairfax
- Edward Fairfax, translator
- Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer), British Admiral and Naval Commander K.C.B., F.R.G.S.,
- John Fairfax, name of several notable people
- Lord Fairfax of Cameron (multiple individuals), a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- 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
- William Fairfax, 18th century colonial official and plantation owner in Virginia
- William George Fairfax, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy
- Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, a Roundhead during the English Civil War
- Gavin Fairfax, a character played by John D. Collins on the British sitcom series 'Allo 'Allo!
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