Blair

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Blair may be either a given first or last name. The following are some notable persons named Blair:

As a surname

* Alex Blair, Basketball player
* Bill Blair, baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues
* Bill Blair (police chief), Toronto police chief
* Bonnie Blair, Olympic gold medalist in speed skating
* David Blair (several)
* Dennis C. Blair, retired Navy admiral, president of the Institute for Defense Analyses
* Doug Blair (footballer)
* Eric Blair, an author better known by his pen name George Orwell
* Francis Preston Blair, Jr., 19th century American politician
* Harold Blair, Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist
* Henry Blair (child actor), featured actor of Sparky's Magic Piano, a series of children’s audio stories
* Henry W. Blair (1834–1920), United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire
* Hugh Blair (1718–1800), Scottish author
* Hugh Blair (composer) (1864–1932), English musician, composer and organist
* Hugh E. Blair (1909–1967), linguist and co-developer of Interlingua
* Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in London
* James Blair (clergyman), Scottish clergyman and founder of the College of William and Mary
* Jayson Blair, former "New York Times" reporter
* Jimmy Blair (1888-1964), former Scottish international footballer
* Jimmy Blair (1918-1983), Scottish professional footballer
* John Blair, 18th-century American politician and one of the first Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
* Linda Blair, actress
* Lionel Blair, entertainer
* Montgomery Blair, American politician and lawyer
* Natalie Blair, Australian actress
* Preston Blair (1908 - 1994), American animator for Disney, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera
* any of various people named Robert Blair
* Selma Blair, actress
* G. W. Scott Blair (1902-1987) rheologist
* Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; his family includes:
**Cherie Blair (spouse)
**Euan Blair (first child)
**Nicky Blair (second child)
**Leo Blair (fourth child)
**Leo Blair (senior) (father)
**William J. L. Blair (brother)

As a given name

* Blair Brown, actress
* Blair Chenoweth, beauty queen
* Blair Horn, Canadian rower
* Blair Hull, American businessman and politician
* Blair McDonough, Australian actor
* Blair Peach, New Zealand-born teacher and alleged victim of police brutality
* Blair Underwood, actor
* Blair Waldorf, fictional character in Gossip Girl