# Fairhurst

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'''Fairhurst''' is an English habitational surname, and may refer to a now vanished hamlet near [Parbold](/source/Parbold) in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire).   The name is derived from [Old English](/source/Old_English) fæger (meaning beautiful) with hyrst (wooded hill). 

==People==
*[Angus Fairhurst](/source/Angus_Fairhurst) (1966–2008), English artist working in installation, photography and video
*[Billy Fairhurst](/source/Billy_Fairhurst) (1902–1979), English football player
*[David Fairhurst](/source/David_Fairhurst) (1906–1972), English football player
*[Dick Fairhurst](/source/Dick_Fairhurst) (1911–?), English football player
*[Ed Fairhurst](/source/Ed_Fairhurst) (born 1979), Canadian rugby player
*[Fiona Fairhurst](/source/Fiona_Fairhurst), English textile designer; inventor of the Speedo Fastskin swimsuit
*[Frank Fairhurst](/source/Frank_Fairhurst) (1892–1953), English politician
*[Harry S. Fairhurst](/source/Harry_S._Fairhurst) (1868–1945), British architect
*[Horace Fairhurst](/source/Horace_Fairhurst) (1893–1921), English footballer
*[Liam Fairhurst](/source/Liam_Fairhurst) (1995–2009), British charity fundraiser
*[Mary Fairhurst](/source/Mary_Fairhurst) (1957–2021), American lawyer
*[Sue Fairhurst](/source/Sue_Fairhurst) (born 1974), English-born Australian softball player
*[Susan Sutherland Isaacs](/source/Susan_Sutherland_Isaacs) (née Fairhurst; 1885–1948), British psychologist
*[Theodore Fairhurst](/source/Theodore_Fairhurst) (born 1947), Canadian artist, entrepreneur and mountain climber
*[Waide Fairhurst](/source/Waide_Fairhurst) (born 1989), English footballer
*[William Fairhurst](/source/William_Fairhurst) (?–2018), British and New Zealand chess master and bridge designer

==Company==
*[Fairhurst (company)](/source/Fairhurst_(company)), a British engineering consultancy

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