Payne (name)
The surname Payne originates in France as a variation of the name Payen. The name was brought to the British Isles by French nobility as a result of the Norman Conquest of England, and now is most common in English-speaking countries.People surnamed Payne
A
- Aaron Payne, Australian rugby league footballer
- Adreian Payne, American basketball player
- Alexander Payne, U.S. film director and screenwriter
- Anthony Payne, British composer
- A. R. Payne, British rubber scientist and namesake of the Payne effect
B
- Basil Payne, Irish poet and writer
- Ben Iden Payne, English actor and director
- Bert Payne, American curler
- Bill Payne, American pianist
- Billy Payne, American advocate and golf administrator
- Britton Payne, American curler
- Bruce Payne, British actor
- Buckner H. Payne, American clergyman, publisher and racist pamphleteer.
- Bruce Ryburn Payne, American educator; founding president of Peabody College from 1911 to 1937
C
- Cameron Payne, American basketball player
- Candie Payne, English singer-songwriter
- Carl Anthony Payne II, American actor best known for playing Cole Brown on the FOX series Martin
- C. D. Payne, U.S. novelist
- Cecil Payne, American saxophonist
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-American astronomer
- C. F. Payne, American illustrator
- Chrisette Michele Payne, better known under her stage name Chrisette Michele, American singer and songwriter
- Craig Payne boxer
- Cynthia Payne, British madam
D
- Daron Payne, American football player
- David Payne, several people
- Davy Payne, Northern Irish loyalist
- Don Payne, American TV and film writer and producer
- Donald Payne, several people
- Dougie Payne, bassist and vocalist for band Travis
- Douglas Payne, British actor
E
- Eddie Payne, American college basketball coach
- Eddie N. Payne, American politician
- Edgar Alwin Payne, Landscape painter, muralist, Western American artist
- Edna Payne, American actress
- Ernest Payne, English cyclist and Olympic gold medallist
- Ethel L. Payne, award-winning journalist
F
- Fernandus Payne, American zoologist
- Franklin Payne, American politician, Missouri state senator
- Freda Payne, American singer and actress
- Frederick G. Payne, American politician
G
- Gareth Payne, Welsh rugby player
• Gerald Payne, American Football playerH
- Harry Payne, several people
- Henry Payne, several people
- Howard Payne, several people
- Humfry Payne, English archaeologist
J
- John Payne, several people named John or Johnny
- Jack Payne, several people
- Jody Payne, American guitarist and musician, with Willie Nelson
- Joe Payne, American heavy metal bassist and guitarist, member of the band Divine Heresy
- Joe Payne , English footballer
- J. Carroll Payne, American lawyer
- Joseph Payne, English educationalist
- Joseph Payne , English harpsichordist, organist and musicologist
- Joseph Payne , English cricketer
- James Payne , American, philanthropist, Son of Jim and Patti Payne
K
- Katharine Payne, bioacoustics researcher
- Keri-Anne Payne, South African-born British swimmer
- Keith Payne, Vietnam veteran, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Kevin Payne, several people
- King Payne, Seminole chief
L
- Laura Payne, YouTuber and award-winning Promo Producer
- Les Payne, award-winning journalist
- Lewis Payne, alias of Lewis Powell , Lincoln assassination conspirator
- Lewis S. Payne, New York politician
- Liam Payne, British singer with the band One Direction
- Louis Payne, American character actor
- Luke Payne, American college basketball coach and former player
M
- Matthew Payne, A Hospital Maintenance Engineer
- Mandy Payne, British artist
- Marise Payne, Australian Senator
- Michael Gustavius Payne, Welsh painter
- Michelle Payne, Australian jockey
N
- Nicolle Payne, Olympic water polo American goalkeeper
P
- Patricia Payne, Australian screenwriter and film producer
- Patricia Payne , New Zealand opera singer
- Pierre Stephen Robert Payne, novelist, historian and biographer
Q
- Quorey Payne, American football player
R
- Roger Payne, biologist and environmentalist
- Ron Payne, Australia politician.
- Ronald Payne, British journalist and espionage author
- Rosanna Catherine Payne, American politician
- Russell Payne, English writer and artist
- Rufus Payne, American blues musician
S
- Sally Payne, American actress
- Sam Payne, stage name used by Danish singer Gustav Winckler
- Sara Payne, British campaigner
- Sarah Payne, British murder victim, see Murder of Sarah Payne
- Scherrie Payne, American singer, member of The Supremes
- Sean Payne, drummer for British band The Zutons
- Stanley G. Payne, historian of modern Spain and European fascism
- Stefan Payne, Football Player
- Stephen Payne, several people
- Steve Payne, several people
T
- Theodore Payne, American horticulturist
- Tim Payne, several people
- Tony Payne, American darts player
- Trip Payne, American puzzle designer
V
- Virginia Payne, American radio actress
W
- William H. Payne, American educator and translator