John Payne

John Payne may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * J. D. Payne (born 1979/1980), American screenwriter
 * John Howard Payne (1791–1852), American actor and playwright
 * John Payne (actor) (1912–1989), American film actor and singer
 * "Sunshine" Sonny Payne (John William Payne, 1925–2018), American radio presenter
 * Johnny Payne, American dramatist, novelist, scholar, and university professor
 * John Payne (voice actor) (born 1960), English-born Canadian voice actor
 * John Payne (engraver) (1607–1647), English engraver
 * John Payne (poet) (1842–1916), English poet and translator
 * John Payne (singer) (born 1958), British singer for rock band Asia

Politics

 * John Barton Payne (1855–1935), American politician, lawyer and judge, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1920–1921
 * SS John Barton Payne, a Liberty ship
 * John D. Payne (born 1950), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives


 * John Otunba Payne (1839–1906), Nigerian administrator and diarist
 * John Payne (New Zealand politician) (1871–1942), New Zealand politician
 * John Payne (Queensland politician) (1860–1928), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Religion

 * John Payne (bishop of Meath) (died 1507), Irish bishop
 * John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English Catholic priest and martyr
 * John Payne (bishop of Liberia) (1815–1874), American missionary from the Episcopal Church to Africa

Sports

 * John Payne (cricketer, born 1828) (1828–1887), English cricketer, father of the below
 * John Payne (rugby union, born 1858) (1858–1942), English rugby union footballer and cricketer, son of the above
 * John Payne (footballer, born 1889)
 * John Payne (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1981), British footballer
 * John Payne (American football) (1933–2019), American football coach
 * John Payne (Australian footballer) (born 1950), Australian rules footballer
 * John Payne (umpire) (1844–1928), Australian cricket umpire
 * John Somers Payne (1926–2013), Irish Olympic sailor
 * John Payne (rugby union, born 1980), Australian-born Tongan rugby union player

Other

 * John Willett Payne (1752–1803), British admiral