Famous People with Name Fairbanks

Mabel Fairbanks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mabel Fairbanks: was an African-American figure skater and coach. She fell in love with figure skating in the 1930s when she saw Sonya Henie in movies. She could not skate in the 1930s because she was not allowed to join a skating club due to being African-American. She w

Charles Warren Fairbanks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Warren Fairbanks: was a Senator from Indiana (1897-1905) and the 26th Vice President of the United States (1905-1909). Born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Ohio, Fairbanks's ancestry traced back to Puritan followers of Oliver Cromwell, with Jonathan Fayerbankes the

Erastus Fairbanks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Erastus Fairbanks: was an American manufacturer and Whig politician.Erastus was a member of the state legislature in 1836-1838, and the 21st and 26th Governor of Vermont in 1852-1853 and 1860–1861, during his second term rendering valuable aid in the equipment and dispatch

Horace Fairbanks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Horace Fairbanks: was the 36th Governor of Vermont from 1876 to 1878.In 1871 he presented to St. Johnsbury the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, incorporating a free public library containing 8,000 volumes and an art gallery. He was a trustee of the University of Vermont and Andove

Joseph Fairbanks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Fairbanks: was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1776 to 1785.