Payne (surname)

The English family name Payne originates in France as a variation of the name Payen (Payen; Payens or Payns). The name was brought to the British Isles as a result of the Norman Conquest of England, and is now common in English-speaking countries. Hugues de Payens from the town of Payns near Troyes moved to London in 1128 to set up a house for the Knights Templar in England.

People surnamed Payne

A

• Aaron Payne (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
• Adreian Payne (1991–2022), American basketball player
• Alexander Payne (born 1961), American film director and screenwriter
• Anthony Payne (1936–2021), English composer, critic and musicologist
• A. R. Payne, British rubber scientist and namesake of the Payne effect

B

• Basil Payne (1923–2012), Irish poet and writer
• Ben Iden Payne (1881–1976), 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 (born 1958), British actor
• Buckner H. Payne (1799–1889), American clergyman, publisher and racist pamphleteer.
• Bruce Ryburn Payne (1874–1937), American educator; founding president of Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University) from 1911 to 1937

C

• Cameron Payne (born 1994), American basketball player
• Candie Payne, English singer-songwriter
• Carl Anthony Payne II (born 1969), American actor best known for playing Cole Brown on the FOX series Martin
• C. D. Payne (C. Douglas Payne), U.S. novelist
• Cecil Payne, American saxophonist
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), British-American astronomer
• C. F. Payne (Chris Fox Payne, born 1954), American illustrator
• Charlotte Payne (born 2002), British hammer thrower
• Chrisette Michele Payne, better known under her stage name Chrisette Michele (born 1982), American singer and songwriter
• Craig Payne boxer
• Cynthia Payne (1932–2015), British madam

D

• Damon Payne (born 2003), American football player
• Dan Payne, Canadian actor
• Daniel Payne (1811–1893), American bishop, educator, college administrator and author
• Daron Payne (born 1997), American football player
• David Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Davy Payne (c. 1949–2003), Northern Irish loyalist
• Déron Payne (born 2002), Trinidadian footballer
• Dolley Madison (née Payne) (1768–1849), First Lady of the United States
• Don Payne (writer), American TV and film writer and producer
• Donald Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Dougie Payne, bassist and vocalist for band Travis
• Douglas Payne (1875–1965), British actor

E

• Eddie Payne, American college basketball coach
• Eddie N. Payne (1873–1951), American politician
• Edgar Alwin Payne (1883–1947), Landscape painter, muralist, Western American artist
• Edna Payne, American actress
• Ernest Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Ethan Payne, English YouTuber, streamer, and internet personality
• Ethel L. Payne (1911–1991), African-American journalist

F

• Fernandus Payne (1881–1977), American zoologist
• Franklin Payne, American politician, Missouri state senator
• Freda Payne (born 1942), American singer and actress
• Frederick G. Payne (1904–1978), American politician

G

• Gareth Payne (1935–2004), Welsh rugby player

H

• Harry Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Henry Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Howard Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Howie Payne, English singer-songwriter
• Humfry Payne (1902–1936), English archaeologist

J

• Jack Payne (disambiguation), several people
• James Dennis Payne, British military aviator
• Jira Payne, American politician
• Jody Payne (1936–2013), American guitarist and musician, with Willie Nelson
• Joe Payne (1984–2020), American heavy metal bassist and guitarist, member of the band Divine Heresy
• Joe Payne (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1975), English footballer
• John Payne (disambiguation), several people named John or Johnny
• J. Carroll Payne (1855–1936), American lawyer
• Joseph Payne (1808–1876), English educationalist
• Joseph Payne (musician) (1937–2008), English harpsichordist, organist and musicologist
• Joseph Payne (cricketer) (1829–1880), English cricketer

K

• Katharine Payne (born 1937), bioacoustics researcher
• Keri-Anne Payne (born 1987), South African-born British swimmer
• Keith Payne (born 1933), Vietnam veteran, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Kevin Payne (disambiguation), several people
• King Payne, Seminole chief

L

• Leonard A. Payne (1894–1919), British military pilot from Swaziland
• Les Payne, American journalist
• Lewis Payne, alias of Lewis Powell (conspirator) (1844–1865), Lincoln assassination conspirator
• Lewis S. Payne (1819–1898), New York politician
• Liam Payne (1993–2024), British singer with the band One Direction
• Louis Payne (1873 – 1954), American character actor
• Luke Payne, American college basketball coach and former player

M

• Mandy Payne, British artist
• Marise Payne, Australian Senator
• Marita Payne, Canadian athlete
• Matthew Payne (born 2002), Supercars race car driver
• Max Payne, fictional character, protagonist of the game series of the same name
• Michael Gustavius Payne (born 1969), Welsh painter
• Michelle Payne (born 1985), Australian jockey

N

• Naomi Payne, British archaeologist
• Nicolle Payne, American Olympic water polo goalkeeper
• Nina Payne, American dancer in Paris

O

• Odie Payne, American blues drummer

P

• Patricia Payne (screenwriter), Australian screenwriter and film producer
• Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano) (born 1942), New Zealand opera singer
• Pheldarius Payne (born 2000), American football player
• Pierre Stephen Robert Payne, novelist, historian and biographer

Q

• Quorey Payne (born 1982), American football player

R

• Roger Payne, biologist and environmentalist
• Ron Payne (1925–2015), Australia politician.
• Ronald Payne (1926–2013), British journalist and espionage author
• Rosanna Catherine Payne (1884–1954), American politician
• Russell Payne (author), English writer and artist
• Rufus Payne, American blues musician

S

• Sally Payne, American actress
• Sam Payne, stage name used by Danish singer Gustav Winckler
• Sandra Payne (disambiguation)
• Sara Payne (born 1969), British campaigner
• Sarah Payne (1992–2000), British murder victim, see Murder of Sarah Payne
• Scherrie Payne (born 1944), 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 (Born 1991)
• Stephen Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Steve Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Sylvia Payne, physician

T

• Theodore Payne, American horticulturist
• Thelston Payne, Barbados and West Indies cricket player
• Thomas Payne (disambiguation), or Tom, several people
• Tim Payne (disambiguation), several people
• Tony Payne, American darts player
• Trip Payne, American puzzle designer

V

• Virginia Payne, American radio actress
• VJ Payne (born 2004), American football player

W

• William Payne (painter) (1760–1830), English painter and etcher who invented the tint Payne's grey
• William H. Payne (1836–1907), American educator and translator
• Wyndham Payne (1888–1974), English artist, illustrator, painter, model-maker and muralist

Z

• Zach Payne, Indiana politician and businessman

See also

• Paine (surname)
• Payn, a list of people with the surname