Fairbrother is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Barrie Fairbrother, (born 1950), a retired English football playerHelen Fairbrother, an English winner of the Miss International crownIan Fairbrother (born 1966), a retired English football playerJack Fairbrother (1917–1999), an English professional football goalkeeperKeith Fairbrother (born 1944), a former English chairman and rugby union player of Coventry RFCNan Fairbrother (1913–1971), an English writer and lecturer on landscape and land useNeil Fairbrother (born 1963), a former English cricket playerNicola Fairbrother (born 1970), a retired judo ka from EnglandRussell Fairbrother, a lawyer and former New Zealand politicianSarah Fairbrother (1816–1890), an English actress and the mistress of Prince George, Duke of CambridgeTim Fairbrother (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union playerTony Fairbrother (1926–2004), aeronautical engineer, flight test engineering on the maiden flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet airliner