Patrick Fairbairn (1805 – 1874) was a Scottish minister and theologian. He joined the Free Church of Scotland after the Disruption of 1843. 

On his magisterial commentary on Ezekiel, Charles Spurgeon remarked, “This exposition has gained for its author a high place among elucidators of difficult parts of Scripture. Dr. Fairbairn has a cool judgment and a warm heart; he has cast much light upon Ezekiel’s wheels, and has evidently felt the touch of the live coal, which is better still.”