Playfair (surname)
Playfair is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew W. Playfair, Canadian politician, son of William
- Sir Edward Playfair, British civil servant and businessman
- Henry Playfair, Australian rules footballer
- Hugh Lyon Playfair, Provost of St Andrews
- Ian Stanley Ord Playfair, a general in the British Army
- James Playfair, Scottish architect, brother of John, Robert and William, father of William Henry
- Jim Playfair, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, brother of Larry
- John Playfair, Scottish scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy; brother of James, Robert and William
- Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
- Sir Lambert Playfair, British soldier and author
- Larry Playfair, Canadian ice hockey player and announcer, brother of Jim
- Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, promoter of the Playfair cipher, manual symmetric encryption technique
- Sir Nigel Playfair, British actor and theater manager
- Patrick Playfair, British air marshal in World War I & World War II
- Robert Playfair, solicitor before the Supreme Courts of Scotland, brother of John, James and William.
- Wendy Playfair, Australian actress
- William Playfair, Scottish engineer and political economist, inventor of statistical graphics, brother of James, Robert and John
- William Henry Playfair, Scottish architect, son of James
- John Playfair Price, British diplomat
