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Fairchild is a common surname derived from the Old English words for fair or beautiful and the word child. Originally a given name, early records of its use as a surname are found in Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.
List of persons with the surname
Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670), son of William Fairchild (b.1577 in Essex England)
A Alexa Fairchild (born 1994), Belgian equestrian athlete Amy Fairchild, American historian
B Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer/songwriter Benjamin L. Fairchild (1863–1946), New York State Republican congressman
C Cassius Fairchild (1829–1868), Wisconsin Democratic Party Leader and Union Army colonel, U.S. Civil War Charles S. Fairchild (1842–1924), New York State Attorney General, 38th United States Secretary of Treasury
D David Fairchild (1869–1954), industrial botanist, plant explorer, son-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell David Fairchild (California politician) (1791–1866) Dylan Fairchild (born 2003), American football player
E Edward Henry Fairchild (1815–1889), abolishionist educator, first President of Berea College Edward T. Fairchild (Wisconsin associate justice) (1872–1965), jurist, Wisconsin Supreme Court Edward Thomson Fairchild (1854–1917), New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (U. of New Hampshire) president Edwin C. Fairchild (1874–1955), British socialist activist
F Frank Fairchild Wesbrook (1868–1918), first University of British Columbia president Fred Rogers Fairchild (1877–1966), American educator and economist
G George Thompson Fairchild (1838–1901), college educator, president of Michigan State University and Kansas State University George Winthrop Fairchild (1854–1924), American politician, and co-founder of IBM Graham Fairchild (1906–1994), entomologist, grandson of Alexander Graham Bell
H Henry Pratt Fairchild (1880–1956), American sociologist, co-founder of Planned Parenthood Herman LeRoy Fairchild (1850–1943), American geologist and college educator, early proponent of theorizing meteorite impact Hiram Orlando Fairchild (1845–1925), speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
J James Fairchild (1817–1902), president of Oberlin College Jim Fairchild American singer/songwriter guitarist, Band member of Modest Mouse Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), first Wisconsin State Treasurer, and first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin John Fairchild, American basketball player
K Karen Fairchild, singer in American Country band, Little Big Town Kelly Fairchild, American ice hockey player
L LeRoy Fairchild, founded the Masonic order, the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in 1889 Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Civil War Brigadier General, three-term Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Minister to Spain, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic Lydia Fairchild, one of only 30 known worldwide cases of chimerism
M Megan Fairchild, American ballet dancer Morgan Fairchild, American actress Muir S. Fairchild (1894–1950), Four-star General, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
R Robert Fairchild, American ballet dancer
S Sherman Fairchild (1896–1971), industrialist inventor, founder of Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild-Strato, Fairchild-Hiller, Fairchild Recording, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument Stuart Fairchild (born 1996), American baseball player
T Thomas E. Fairchild (1912–2007), Wisconsin Attorney General, appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court and U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
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