Fairbrother is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Barrie Fairbrother
Barrie Edward Fairbrother (born 30 December 1950 in Hackney, London, England), is an English footballer who played as a forward for Orient and Millwall in the Football League before moving to Australia where he played for Mooroolbark and Brisba ...
, (born 1950), English football player
* Helen Fairbrother, English winner of the Miss International crown
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Ian Fairbrother
Ian Fairbrother (born 2 October 1966) is an English retired footballer. He spent the majority of his career in the United States.
He spent his youth career with Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers, but began his professional career in 1984 ...
(born 1966), English football player
* John Fairbrother (born 1941), English footballer
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Jack Fairbrother
John Fairbrother (16 August 1917 – October 1999, born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) was an English professional football goalkeeper, best known for his time at Newcastle United shortly after the Second World War where he won a FA C ...
(1917–1999), English football goalkeeper
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Keith Fairbrother
Keith Fairbrother (born 8 May 1944) Scrum.com is a former Chairman and
(born 1944), English chairman and rugby union player of Coventry RFC
* Nan Fairbrother (1913–1971), English writer and lecturer on landscape and land use
* Neil Fairbrother (born 1963), English cricket player
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Nicola Fairbrother
Nicola Kim Fairbrother MBE (born 14 May 1970) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 7th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent judoka.
Judo career
Fairbrother's first significant succe ...
(born 1970), judoka from England
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Russell Fairbrother
Elwin Russell Fairbrother is a lawyer and former New Zealand politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2008.
Early years
Fairbrother, who is commonly known by his middle name, was born into a truck driving family an ...
, New Zealand lawyer and politician
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Sarah Fairbrother
Sarah Fairbrother (calling herself ''Louisa'' and known from 1859 as ''Mrs FitzGeorge''; 31 October 1814 – 12 January 1890) was an English actress and the mistress of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, a male-line grandson of George III. As th ...
(1816–1890), English actress and the mistress of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
* Sydney Fairbrother (1872–1941), British actress
* Tim Fairbrother (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union player
* Tony Fairbrother (1926–2004), aeronautical engineer, flight test engineering on the maiden flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet airliner