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.

A

 * Aaron Payne (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Adreian Payne (1991–2022), American basketball player
 * Alexander Payne (born 1961), U.S. film director and scrneenwriter
 * 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

 * 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
 * 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 (born 1993), 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
 * 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

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
 * 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

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