Cline (surname)

Cline is a surname. It is an anglicisation of the German name Klein and Gaelic Clyne. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Cline, American computer scientist
• Aleisha Cline (born 1970), Canadian skier
• Alex Cline (born 1956), American drummer
• Alfred Leonard Cline (1888–1948), American serial killer
• Alice C. Parker, née Cline, American electrical engineer
• Amy F. Cline (born 1974), American judge
• Ben Cline (born 1972), American politician
• Bill Cline (born 1943), American football player
• Bob Cline (1933–2020), American politician
• Bruce Cline (1931–2025), Canadian ice hockey player
• Cass A. Cline (1850–1926), American pioneer
• Catherine Ann Cline (1927–2005), American historian and author
• Charles Cline (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Cline (1958–2019), American businessman
• Curly Ray Cline (1923–1997), American fiddler
• Cyrus Cline (1856–1923), American politician
• David Cline (activist) (1947–2007), American veterans activist
• David B. Cline (1933–2015), American physicist
• Donald Cline, American fertility specialist, biological father of at least 96 people
• Edward Cline (born 1946), American screenwriter and director
• Edward F. Cline (1891–1961), American screenwriter
• Emma Cline, American writer
• Emmanuael Cline, the namesake of the Cline Town in Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Eric Cline (born 1955), Canadian politician
• Eric H. Cline (born 1960), American archaeologist
• Ernest Cline (born 1972), American comedian and screenwriter
• Ezra Cline (1907–1984), American bassist
• Genevieve R. Cline (1877–1959), American judge
• Gloria Griffen Cline (1923–1973), American historian
• Henry Cline (1750–1827), English surgeon
• Hernán Cline (born 1973), Uruguayan cyclist
• Hollis Cline, American neuroscientist
• Howard F. Cline (1915–1971), American historian
• Isaac Cline (1861–1955), American meteorologist
• Jackie Cline (born 1960), American football player
• James J. Cline (1899–1969), American football coach
• Judy Wills Cline (born 1948), American trampoline gymnast
• Kameron Cline (born 1998), American football player
• Keita Cline (born 1974), Virgin Island athlete
• Leonard Cline (1893–1929), American novelist
• Leticia Cline (born 1978), American model
• Madelyn Cline (born 1997), American actress
• Maggie Cline (1857–1923), Irish-American singer
• Mark Cline (born 1961), American artist
• Martin Cline (born 1934), American geneticist
• Melanie Cline (born 1975), American motocross racer
• Melissa S. Cline, American biologist
• Milton W. Cline (1825–1911), American sailor
• Monk Cline (1858–1916), American baseball player
• Nels Cline (born 1956), American guitarist and composer
• Ollie Cline (1925–2001), American football player
• Patsy Cline (1932–1963), American country music singer
• Ray S. Cline (1918–1996), American intelligence officer
• Russ Cline, American lacrosse executive
• Russell Cline (born 1965), American currency trader
• Sperry Cline (1881–1964), Canadian policeman
• Sue Cline (1946–2021), American politician
• Terry Cline (born 1958), American psychologist
• T. J. Cline (born 1994), American-Israeli basketball player
• Tony Cline (1948–2018), American football player
• Tony Cline Jr. (born 1971), American football player
• Troy Cline (born 1969), American stock car racing driver
• Ty Cline (born 1939), American baseball player
• Victor Cline (1925–2013), American psychoanalyst
• William R. Cline (born 1941), American economist

See also

• Clyne (surname), people with the surname "Clyne"
• Kline (surname), people with the surname "Kline"
• Klein (surname), people with the surname "Klein"