Playfair
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Real people
Playfair is a surname, and may refer to
- Andrew W. Playfair (1790–1868), Canadian politician, son of William
- Henry Playfair (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
- Ian Stanley Ord Playfair (1894-1972), a general in the British Army
- James Playfair (1755-1794), Scottish architect, brother of John and William, father of William Henry
- Jim Playfair (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player and coach, brother of Larry
- John Playfair (1748-1819), Scottish scientist, brother of James and William
- Judy Playfair (born 1953), Australian swimmer
- Larry Playfair (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player and announcer, brother of Jim
- Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898), promoter of the Playfair cipher, manual symmetric encryption technique
- Sir Nigel Playfair (1874–1934), British actor and theater manager
- Patrick Playfair (1889–1974), British air marshal in WWI & WWII
- Wendy Playfair, Australian actress
- William Playfair (1759-1823), Scottish engineer and political economist, inventor of statistical graphics, brother of James and John
- William Henry Playfair (1790-1857), Scottish architect (National Gallery of Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy), son of James
Other uses
- PlayFair - software that removes Apple's FairPlay DRM file encryption, now succeeded by Hymn
- Playfair Project
- Playfair cipher - a manual encryption technique invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone
- Playfair Cricket Annual
There is more than one crater named Playfair: