Fairbank (surname) explained

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

• Alfred John Fairbank (1895-1982), British calligrapher, type-designer
• Calvin Fairbank (1816-1898), American abolitionist
• Christopher Fairbank (born 1953), British actor
• Herbert S. Fairbank, American engineer
• Janet Fairbank (1903-1947), American operatic singer
• Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878-1951), American author
• John K. Fairbank (1907-1991), American; historian of China at Harvard U
• N. K. Fairbank (1829-1903), American businessman
• Richard Fairbank, American founder and CEO of Capital One
• Samuel B. Fairbank (1822–1898), American evangelist and naturalist in India
• Valerie Baker Fairbank (born 1949), American judge
• William M. Fairbank (1917–1989), American physicist

See also

• Fairbanks (surname)
• Fairbanks family