Fairclough is a surname. A variant form is
Faircloth. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adam Fairclough, British historian of the United States
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Anna Fairclough (born 1957), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
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Arthur Fairclough (manager) (born 1873), Soccer manager
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Arthur Bradfield Fairclough (1896–1968), Canadian First World War flying ace
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Ben Fairclough (born 1989), English soccer player
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Chris Fairclough (born 1964), soccer player
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David Fairclough (born 1957), Liverpool footballer in the 1970s
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Dennis Fairclough, Computing & Networking professor
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Ellen Fairclough (1905–2004), first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
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Eric Fairclough, Canadian politician
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Leonard Fairclough (1853–1927), English stonemason
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founder of Leonard Fairclough & Son, a construction firm
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Les Fairclough (1902–1951), English professional rugby league player
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Lora Fairclough (born 1970), English professional golfer
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Mick Fairclough (born 1952), Irish professional soccer player
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Norman Fairclough (born 1941), linguist
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Paul Fairclough (born 1950), soccer manager
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Percy Fairclough (1858–1947), English amateur footballer
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Peter Fairclough (cricketer) (1887–1952), English cricketer
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Peter Fairclough (footballer) (1893–1953), English footballer
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Peter Fairclough (musician) (b. 1956), English jazz drummer, instructor at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
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Richard Fairclough (divine) (1621–1682), nonconformist divine
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Samuel Fairclough (1594–1677), English nonconformist divine
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Wilfred Fairclough (1907–1996), English artist, engraver and printmaker.
Fictional characters
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Len Fairclough, character in the soap opera Coronation Street
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Rita Fairclough, character in the soap opera Coronation Street
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Stanley Fairclough, character in the soap opera Coronation Street
See also
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Fairclough Homes, UK housebuilder part of Centex Corporation
