# Fairchild (name)

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 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

## Characters

* Miss Fairchild : From 'Hearts and Hands' by O. Henry
* Caitlin Fairchild : From Prime Earth, DC Comics
* Nikki Fairchild : From the Stark trilogy by J Kenner
* Fairchild family : From Shadowhunters (Netflix show)
* Simon Fairchild : From the Magnus Archives