Fairey may refer to:

People

Charles Richard Fairey Sir Charles Richard Fairey MBE FRAeS (5 May 1887 – 30 September 1956), also known as Richard Fairey, was an English aircraft manufacturer. Early life Charles Fairey was born on 5 May 1887 in Hendon, Middlesex and educated at the Merchant Ta ...

, British aircraft manufacturer *

David Fairey David Harold Richardson Fairey (born 17 August 1940) is a former English cricketer. Fairey was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-pace. Born in Linton, Cambridgeshire, he was also a field hockey player. Fairey made his debut ...

, English cricketer *

Francis Fairey Francis Thrower Fairey (November 11, 1887 – November 4, 1971) was a Canadian politician, who served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1957. He was a teacher by career. He was first elected at the Victoria ...

(1887 - 1971), Canadian politician *

Jim Fairey James Burke Fairey (born September 22, 1944) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played from 1968-1973 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian ...

, baseball player *

Mike Fairey Michael Edward Fairey ( June 1948 - 20 November 2022 ) is the chairman of Hastings Insurance since June 2015. He was previously deputy chief executive of Lloyds TSB bank. He is the chairman of the trustees of the Lloyds TSB Pension Funds. He is non ...

, British businessman *

Shepard Fairey Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989 he designed the " Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker cam ...

, American artist, designed the Barack Obama "Hope" poster

Companies

Fairey Aviation Company The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire. Notable for the design of a number of important military a ...

, British aircraft company **

Avions Fairey Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation that built aircraft for the Belgian government. It subsequently separated from the UK parent and became SONACA. History In the late 1920s, the ''Aéronautique Mili ...

, the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation Company * Fairey Marine Ltd, a shipbuilding company based on the River Hamble, Southampton, England

Aircraft

Many "Fairey" aircraft were made by the Fairey Aviation Company — see Fairey Aviation Company § Aircraft

Other

Fairey Fireflash Fireflash was the United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force. Constructed by Fairey Aviation, the missile utilised radar beam riding guidance. Fireflash had relatively limited performance and requi ...

was the first British air-to-air missile *

Fairey Band The Fairey Band is a brass band based in Heaton Chapel in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The band has achieved fame in modern music circles with its appearances playing Acid Brass although they still play traditional brass band music and part ...

is a brass band based in Heaton Chapel in Stockport, Greater Manchester {{disambig