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
Jennifer Fairbank (born 1979), American Miss Hawaii
John K. Fairbank (1907-1991), American East Asian scholar
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
