John Fair was a lawyer and notary born in approximately 1857 in Ontario. He moved to Montreal and worked as a notary, and was apartner in the firm Fair & Cameron Notaries, along with John Alexander Cameron. He also worked with William McLennan as McLennan & Fair and McLennan, Fair & Cameron. He married Louisa Margaret Rankin on 25 October 1893. He died sometime after 1921.

Andrew Martin Fairbairn was born on November 4, 1838, in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland.

He was a Scottish theological scholar. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Berlin, and at the Evangelical Union Theological Academy in Glasgow. He entered the Congregational church ministry and held pastorates at Bathgate, West Lothian, and Aberdeen. He became principal of Airedale College, Bradford, England (1877-1886) and the first principal of Mansfield College, Oxford. He delivered the Muir lectures at Edinburgh University (1878–1882), the Gifford lectures at Aberdeen (1892–1894), the Lyman Beecher lecture at Yale (1891–1892), and the Haskell lectures in India (1898–1899). He was a member of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education (1894–1895), and of the Royal Commission on the Endowments of the Welsh Church in 1906. In 1883, he was chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. He was a prolific writer on theological subjects. He was awarded Doctor of Divinity degrees from Edinburgh and Yale universities, and a Doctor of Laws from the University of Aberdeen.

In 1868, he married Jane Young Shields (1843–1927). He died on February 9, 1912, in London, England.

Herman Le Roy Fairchild was born on April 29, 1850, in Montrose, Pennsylvania.

He was an American educator and geologist. He graduated from Cornell University with a B.Sc. degree in 1874. He was Professor of Geology and Natural History at the University of Rochester (1888-1920) and a curator of the Geological museum from 1896. He was primarily interested in the glacial geology of western New York, having accurately mapped its proglacial lakes. He was an early proponent of the theory of meteorite impact causing craters such as that of Meteor Crater, Arizona. He co-founded the Geological Society of America, served as its Secretary from 1891 to 1906 and President from 1912 to 1913. In 1894, he served as General Secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a member of the New York State Board of Geographic Names (1913-1923). He wrote many monographs and articles on glacial geology.

In 1875, he married Sarah Alice Egbert (1848–1923). In 1924, he married Philomena “Minnie” C. Michael (1874–). He died on November 29, 1943, in Rochester, New York.

Edmond Pierre Hippolyte Fairmaire was a renowned French entomologist recognized for his extensive research on insects. He focused on Coleoptera (beetles). He was a prolific writer, describing numerous new species and publishing significant papers on entomology throughout his career.