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Surname list
Playfair is a Scottish surname. The family is mentioned in Charles Rogers' 1887 book Four Perthshire families: Roger, Playfair, Constable and Haldane of
Playfair_(surname)
Canadian actor (born 1992)
Dylan Playfair (born June 19, 1992) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his starring role as Reilly in Letterkenny (2016–2023). Playfair comes from
Dylan_Playfair
Early block substitution cipher
The Playfair cipher or Playfair square or Wheatstone–Playfair cipher is a manual symmetric encryption technique and was the first literal digram substitution
Playfair_cipher
British polymath (1759–1823)
William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823) was a Scottish engineer and political economist. The founder of graphical methods of statistics
William_Playfair
Topics referred to by the same term
James Playfair may refer to: James Playfair (architect) (1755–1794), Scottish architect James Playfair (minister) (1738–1819), Scottish clergyman James
James_Playfair
Scottish minister and scientist (1748–1819)
John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor
John_Playfair
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1964)
James Playfair (born May 22, 1964) is a Canadian former hockey coach and defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers
Jim_Playfair
British scientist and politician (1818–1898)
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1 May 1818 – 29 May 1898) was a British scientist and Liberal politician who was Postmaster-General from 1873 to 1874
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair
Lyon_Playfair,_1st_Baron_Playfair
British venture capital
Playfair Capital is a British venture capital firm, focused exclusively on pre-seed investing. The headquarters are located in 8 Warner Yard, Clerkenwell
Playfair_Capital
Playfair Football Annual is a compact football annual. It is a reference book primarily covering football in England, Scotland and Europe. It was first
Playfair_Football_Annual
Scottish surgeon (1818–1881)
George Ranken Playfair (1818 - 1881) was a Scottish surgeon, known for being part of the Andaman Committee that surveyed the Andaman Islands in 1857 for
George_Ranken_Playfair
Topics referred to by the same term
William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist. William Playfair may also refer to: William Smoult Playfair (1835–1903), Scottish obstetric
William Playfair (disambiguation)
William_Playfair_(disambiguation)
British writer
Guy Lyon Playfair (5 April 1935 – 8 April 2018) was a British writer, best known for his books about parapsychology and his investigation of the Enfield
Guy_Lyon_Playfair
Group of mountains in Palmer Land, Antarctica
The Playfair Mountains (73°55′S 63°25′W / 73.917°S 63.417°W / -73.917; -63.417 (Playfair Mountains)) are a group of mountains between Swann Glacier
Playfair_Mountains
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Playfair's Terrace are heritage-listed terrace houses located at 1–7 Atherden Street in the inner-city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney
Playfair's_Terrace
British Army officer (1894–1972)
Major-General Ian Stanley Ord Playfair, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (10 April 1894 – 21 March 1972) was a British Army officer and military historian. Born the son
I._S._O._Playfair
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1958)
Larry William Playfair (born June 23, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings
Larry_Playfair
Scottish architect (1790-1857)
William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and
William_Henry_Playfair
Major military campaign of WWII fought in North Africa
Playfair et al. 2004a, pp. 260–261, 264. Bauer 2000, p. 95. Playfair et al. 2004a, p. 267. Mead 2007, p. 331. Playfair et al. 2004a, p. 271. Playfair
North_African_campaign
English actor-manager (1874–1934)
Sir Nigel Ross Playfair (1 July 1874 – 19 August 1934) was an English actor and director, known particularly as actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Nigel_Playfair
Modern formulation of Euclid's parallel postulate
In geometry, Playfair's axiom is an axiom that can be used instead of the fifth postulate of Euclid (the parallel postulate): In a plane, given a line
Playfair's_axiom
Empirical law relating stream size to valley size in erosion studies
In estimating erosion, Playfair's law is an empirical relationship that relates the size of a stream to the valley it runs through. It is better defined
Playfair's_law
Crater on the Moon
John Playfair. It lies along the eastern rim of the eroded satellite crater Playfair G, a formation that is almost twice the diameter of Playfair itself
Playfair_(lunar_crater)
English actor and singer (1869–1918)
Wyndham Playfair (20 October 1869 – 28 August 1918) was an English actor and singer. Beginning in Victorian burlesque and comic operas, Playfair became
Arthur_Playfair
Scottish politician, army officer and photographic pioneer
Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair (20 February 1787 – 19 January 1861) was a Scottish politician, army officer and photographic pioneer. He was Provost of St Andrews
Hugh_Lyon_Playfair
Playfair Cricket Monthly was a monthly British cricket magazine that ran from April 1960 to April 1973, when it was absorbed by The Cricketer. Its comprehensive
Playfair_Cricket_Monthly
Battle in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
p. 372. Playfair 2004, p. 73. Playfair 2004, pp. 86–87. Playfair 2004, pp. 87–88. Playfair 2004, pp. 89–90. Playfair 2004, p. 90. Playfair 2004, p. 91
Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1889-1974)
Air Marshal Sir Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, KBE, CB, CVO, MC (22 November 1889 – 23 November 1974) was a commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the
Patrick_Playfair
James Playfair (8 July 1860 – 25 May 1937) was noted for his entrepreneurship in the Great Lakes shipping, lumbering, grain handling, and industrial manufacturing
James_Playfair_(businessman)
British novelist
Jocelyn Noel Christine Playfair (née Malan; 21 August 1904 – 14 May 1997) was a British novelist. She was born in Lucknow, British India, the daughter
Jocelyn_Playfair
Claim of supernatural activity
(SPR) such as paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse and writer Guy Lyon Playfair, believed the haunting to be genuine, while others like Anita Gregory and
Enfield_poltergeist
English civil servant and businessman
Sir Edward Wilder Playfair KCB (17 May 1909 – 21 March 1999) was an English civil servant and businessman. Edward Playfair was born in London on 17 May
Edward_Playfair
Scottish minister, academic and author (1736–1819)
James Playfair FRSE (1736–1819) was a Scottish minister, academic and author and a figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He was born on 7 December 1736
James_Playfair_(minister)
TS Playfair is a traditionally-rigged brigantine training ship operated by Brigs Youth Sail Training formerly Toronto Brigantine Inc., a sail-training
TS_Playfair
British soldier, diplomat, naturalist and author
(Robert) Lambert Playfair KCMG (21 March 1828 – 18 February 1899) was a British soldier, diplomat, naturalist and author. Lambert Playfair was a grandson
Lambert_Playfair
British architect (1755–1794)
James Playfair (5 August 1755 – 23 February 1794) was a Scottish architect who worked largely in the neoclassical tradition. Playfair was born 175 in
James_Playfair_(architect)
Extinct barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Playfair, of St Andrews in the County of Fife, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 September 1892 for the scientist
Baron_Playfair
Horse race course
Spokane Spokane Playfair Race Course (known as the Spokane Interstate Fair from 1901–1935) was the home of horse racing in Spokane, Washington, from 1901
Playfair_Race_Course
Australian rules footballer
Henry Playfair (born 22 January 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian
Henry_Playfair
Australian actress (1926–2026)
Wendy Playfair Williams (28 August 1926 – 11 March 2026) was an Australian theatre, radio, television and film character actress, best known for her roles
Wendy_Playfair
Song from Descendants 2
Name" is a song performed by China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty, and Dylan Playfair that was released as a single on June 2, 2017, by Walt Disney Records.
What's My Name (Descendants song)
What's_My_Name_(Descendants_song)
Series of battles in Tunisia during the Second World War
Playfair 2004, p. 179. Playfair 2004, p. 186. Playfair 2004, p. 189. Playfair 2004, p. 278. Playfair 2004, p. 284. Playfair 2004, p. 355. Playfair 2004
Tunisian_campaign
Major theatre of operations during the Second World War
Playfair, et al. (1954), pp. 51, 53. Playfair, et al. (1954), pp. 24–25. Playfair, et al. (1954), p. 41. Playfair, et al. (1954), pp. 48–49. Playfair
Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II
1941 campaign during World War II
ISBN 978-1-84884-336-3. Playfair 1956, pp. 182–183. Playfair 1956, pp. 192, 332. Playfair 1956, p. 186. Playfair 1956, p. 179. Playfair 1956, p. 183. Patterson
Anglo-Iraqi_War
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Playfair Street Terraces is a heritage-listed former residence and now shops located at 17–31 Playfair Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks
Playfair_Street_Terraces
British periodical
Playfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is
Playfair_Cricket_Annual
American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)
Blair Boswell Burnett Burns Cullen Ferguson Hume Hutcheson Hutton Mill Playfair Reid Smith Stewart Serbia Obradović Mrazović Spain Aranda Cadalso Charles
Benjamin_Franklin
World War II campaign against Italy from 1940 to 1941
National WWII Museum. Playfair 1959, p. 2. Playfair 1959, pp. 6–7, 69. Playfair 1959, pp. 38–40. Playfair 1959, p. 93. Playfair 1959, p. 166. Stewart
East African campaign (World War II)
East_African_campaign_(World_War_II)
American author of food books (1940–2021)
Susan Roberta Playfair (August 23, 1940 – February 7, 2021) was an American author, who wrote two books on the industry and food of the US region of New
Susan_Playfair
Australian swimmer
Judith White Playfair (born 14 September 1953) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay
Judy_Playfair
Campaign fought in Libya and Egypt during WWII
41–43. Playfair 2004d, p. 113. Playfair 2004d, p. 188. Playfair 2004d, pp. 119, 187, 206. Macksey 1971, p. 33. Playfair 2004d, pp. 46, 121. Playfair 2004d
Western_Desert_campaign
Part of the Tunisia Campaign of World War II
Watson 2007, pp. 73–74. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 287. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 293. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 292. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 294. Anderson
Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass
Australian rugby league footballer
Alfred Donald Playfair (1871–1943) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League's inaugural season of 1908. Alfred was a member of
Alfred_Playfair
Military confrontation in North Africa during the Second World War
pp. 1–3. Playfair 2004a, pp. 2–4. Playfair 2004a, pp. 4–6. Playfair 2004a, pp. 6–8. Playfair 2004a, pp. 9–11. Playfair 2004a, p. 28. Playfair 2004a, pp
Siege_of_Tobruk
English polymath (1642–1727)
Blair Boswell Burnett Burns Cullen Ferguson Hume Hutcheson Hutton Mill Playfair Reid Smith Stewart Serbia Obradović Mrazović Spain Aranda Cadalso Charles
Isaac_Newton
Battle of World War II
589. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 279. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 281n and 283. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 284–285. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 281. Playfair et
First_Battle_of_El_Alamein
Australian politician
Thomas Playfair (1832 – 15 November 1893) was an English-born Australian butcher, ship's providore, politician and benefactor. John Thomas Playfair, known
Thomas_Playfair
1942 battle during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II
Montanari 1993, p. 206. Playfair 2004a, p. 224. Toppe 1990, p. A-8-25. Playfair 2004a, pp. 223–224. Mead 2007, p. 298. Playfair 2004a, pp. 224–225. Walker
Battle_of_Gazala
Second World War battle in Libya
833. Hinsley 1994, pp. 206–207. Playfair 2004, p. 216. Playfair 2004, pp. 216–218. Carver 2002, pp. 68–69. Playfair 2004, p. 219. Carver 2002, p. 69
Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim
Building in London, England
Kensington district of London. It was the home of the actor manager Nigel Playfair and was subsequently the home of Mark Birley who founded Annabel's nightclub
Thurloe_Lodge
Physician and academic
Smoult Playfair FRCP (27 July 1836 – 13 August 1903) was a leading Scottish obstetric physician and academic. In 1896 a trial, Kitson v. Playfair, found
William_Smoult_Playfair
Encryption technique
The Two-square cipher, also called double Playfair, is a manual symmetric encryption technique. It was developed to ease the cumbersome nature of the large
Two-square_cipher
World War II British military operation
p. 331. Playfair 1957, p. 265. Playfair 1957, pp. 260–261. Playfair 1957, pp. 263, 265. Macksey 1972, p. 68. Playfair 1957, p. 281. Playfair 1957, pp
Operation_Compass
1941 British offensive in World War II
205–206. Playfair 2004, p. 209. Joslen 2003, p. 50. Playfair 2004, p. 211. Chappell 1987, p. 19. Long (1953), p. 526. Playfair (2004), p. 214. Playfair (2004)
Syria–Lebanon_campaign
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
Blair Boswell Burnett Burns Cullen Ferguson Hume Hutcheson Hutton Mill Playfair Reid Smith Stewart Serbia Obradović Mrazović Spain Aranda Cadalso Charles
Thomas_Jefferson
Andrew William Playfair (1790 – September 1868) was a military man and politician in Canada West. Playfair was born in Paris, France, in 1790, the son
Andrew_W._Playfair
Dutch boy band
MainStreet was a Dutch boy band, consisting of Nils Käller, Daan Zwierink, Owen Playfair and Rein van Duivenboden. The group gained attention after participating
MainStreet_(band)
South African-British chef, broadcaster, and writer (born 1940)
Conservative Party on 15 September 2025. In October 2016, Leith married John Playfair, a retired clothes designer; the couple originally lived apart in separate
Prue_Leith
1890 book by Fr. Francis J. Finn S.J.
Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Francis J. Finn S.J., originally published in 1890, and written for youths ages
Tom_Playfair
Part of National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh
Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. The gallery houses Scotland's
Scottish_National_Gallery
Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796
Blair Boswell Burnett Burns Cullen Ferguson Hume Hutcheson Hutton Mill Playfair Reid Smith Stewart Serbia Obradović Mrazović Spain Aranda Cadalso Charles
Catherine_the_Great
World War II army in North Africa and Italy
110. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 1–3. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 6–8. Gibbs 1976, pp. 484–486. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 100, 208–211. Playfair et al.
Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)
Australian rower (born 1991)
Hamish Playfair (born 21 December 1991) is an Australian rower. He is a four-time national champion and an Australian representative at World Rowing Championships
Hamish_Playfair
William Forbes Playfair (1852 – 16 May 1918) was a British businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. G. W. F. Playfair was born in
George William Forbes Playfair
George_William_Forbes_Playfair
Scottish virologist
Sir Patrick Playfair Laidlaw FRS FRCP (26 September 1881 – 20 March 1940) was a Scottish virologist. Laidlaw was born in Glasgow, the son of Robert Laidlaw
Patrick_Laidlaw
Cricket played at the highest domestic standard
repudiated by both Wisden and Playfair Cricket Annual. Wisden agreed with Frindall by commencing its first-class records in 1815. Playfair supports Webber, and
First-class_cricket
German philosopher (1724–1804)
Blair Boswell Burnett Burns Cullen Ferguson Hume Hutcheson Hutton Mill Playfair Reid Smith Stewart Serbia Obradović Mrazović Spain Aranda Cadalso Charles
Immanuel_Kant
leeftijd overleden (in Dutch) Knox, David (12 March 2026). "Vale: Wendy Playfair | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2026. "Judy Pace, Actress
2026_in_film
British diplomat (1905–1988)
John Playfair Price (4 July 1905 – 5 May 1988) was a British diplomat, and a former President of the Oxford Union. The son of William Arthur Price by his
John_Playfair_Price
Geometric axiom
contingent on his other postulates, is Playfair's axiom, named after the Scottish mathematician John Playfair, which states: In a plane, given a line
Parallel_postulate
System to replace plaintext with ciphertext
(see the Playfair cipher main article for a diagram). Special rules handle double letters and pairs falling in the same row or column. Playfair was in military
Substitution_cipher
2025 film by Kurtis David Harder
Georgina Campbell, Lisa Delamar, Jonathan Whitesell, Veronica Long, and Dylan Playfair in supporting roles. The film is a co-production between Canada and the
Influencers_(film)
Circular statistical graph of proportionality
presented. The earliest known pie chart is generally credited to William Playfair's Statistical Breviary of 1801. Pie charts are very widely used in the business
Pie_chart
Memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland
city of Edinburgh and was designed by Scottish architect William Henry Playfair. Dugald Stewart was a professor at the University of Edinburgh and a key
Dugald_Stewart_Monument
Australian politician, military officer and meat exporter
Brigadier Thomas Alfred John Playfair, DSO, OBE, VD (13 October 1890 – 9 August 1966) was an Australian politician, military officer and meat exporter
Thomas_Alfred_John_Playfair
American paranormal investigators and authors
"turned up once" and that Ed Warren told Playfair the Warrens "could make a lot of money [...] out of" the case. Playfair corroborated the claim that the Warrens
Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren
2017 song from Descendants 2
Booboo Stewart, China Anne McClain, Mitchell Hope, Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair. The song peaked at number 77 in the Billboard Hot 100. "Dove Cameron Chart
It's Goin' Down (Descendants song)
It's_Goin'_Down_(Descendants_song)
Simple and widely known encryption technique
Polybius square ADFGVX Bifid Nihilist Tap code Trifid VIC cipher Square Playfair Two-square Four-square Substitution Affine Atbash Autokey Caesar Chaocipher
Caesar_cipher
Monument in City of Edinburgh, Scotland
designed during 1823–1826 by Charles Robert Cockerell and William Henry Playfair and is modeled upon the Parthenon in Athens. Construction started in 1826
National_Monument_of_Scotland
Type of substitution cipher
Polybius square ADFGVX Bifid Nihilist Tap code Trifid VIC cipher Square Playfair Two-square Four-square Substitution Affine Atbash Autokey Caesar Chaocipher
Pigpen_cipher
Dispatch of German and Italian troops to North Africa during the Second World War
pp. 6–8. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 9–11. Playfair et al. 2004, pp. 25–26. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 28. Playfair et al. 2004, p. 29. Playfair et al. 2004
Operation_Sonnenblume
2012 film by John Poliquin
to Grave Encounters (2011), it stars Richard Harmon, Leanne Lapp, Dylan Playfair, Stephanie Bennett, and Howard Lai as a group of fans of the original Grave
Grave_Encounters_2
British Army command defending the Middle East
5311. Playfair, p. 33 Playfair, p. 478 Playfair (1956), p. 239 Playfair (1956), p. 240 Playfair, p. 458 Playfair, p. 41 Playfair, pp. 48–49 Playfair, p.
Middle_East_Command
Allied attack against Axis, North Africa, WWII, 1941
117. Playfair 2004, p. 97. Playfair 2004, p. 30. Playfair 2004, p. 15. Rommel 1982, p. 156. Playfair 2004, p. 100. Rommel 1982, p. 178. Playfair 2004
Operation_Crusader
2022 Canadian film
Sasso, Jon Voight, Laura Mennell, Megan Charpentier, Kaya Coleman, Dylan Playfair, Bradley Stryker and Skyler Shaye. Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Kyle Will Sasso
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
Dangerous_Game:_The_Legacy_Murders
Type of chart
Commonly one compares two or more quantities with an area chart. William Playfair is usually credited with inventing the area charts as well as the line
Area_chart
English physicist and inventor (1802–1875)
stereoscope (a device for displaying three-dimensional images) and the Playfair cipher (an encryption technique). Charles Wheatstone was born in Westgate
Charles_Wheatstone
Division of the British Army, active from 1938 to 1958
150. Playfair et al. 2004a, pp. 1–3. Crow 1971, p. 17. Playfair et al. 2004a, pp. 6–8. Gibbs 1976, pp. 484–486. French 2001, p. 37. Playfair et al.
7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)
Art museum in Edinburgh, Scotland
Princes Street in the centre of the city. It was built by William Henry Playfair in 1822–6. Along with the adjacent National Gallery of Scotland, their
Royal Scottish Academy Building
Royal_Scottish_Academy_Building
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