Staines (surname)

Staines is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alberto Campbell-Staines (born 1993), Jamaican-born Australian athlete
 * Alfred Staines (1838–1910), British cricketer
 * Bill Staines (1947–2021), American folk singer
 * Charles Staines, Welsh rugby-league footballer
 * Charlie Staines (born 2000), Australian-born Samoan international rugby-league footballer
 * David Staines (born 1946), Canadian literary critic
 * Emery Staines (1874–1959), Australian rules footballer
 * Frank Staines (1876–1937), Australian rules footballer
 * Gary Staines (born 1963), British long-distance runner
 * Gladys Staines (born 1951), Australian missionary
 * Graham Staines (1941–1999), Australian missionary
 * Hubert Staines (1893–1970), Canadian politician
 * John Staines, New Zealand association footballer
 * Laura Staines (born 1953), American rower
 * María Arias Staines (born 1941), Mexican politician
 * Mavis Staines (born 1954), Canadian ballet dancer
 * Michael Staines (1885–1955), Irish politician
 * Mike Staines (born 1949), British-born American rower
 * Paul Staines (born 1967), British political blogger
 * Richard of Staines (d.1277), medieval clerical judge
 * Thomas Staines (1776–1830), Royal Navy officer
 * William Staines (1731–1807), the Lord Mayor of London between 1800 and 1801

Fictional characters

 * Mr Staines, from the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, portrayed by Jack Creley
 * Dr. Christopher Staines, from the 1873 novel A Simpleton by Charles Reade
 * Elsie Staines, from the British fantasy crime drama Ashes to Ashes, portrayed by Rita Davies
 * Emery Staines, from the 2013 mystery novel The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
 * George Staines, birthname of transgender character Gaynor Mason, from the British fantasy crime drama Ashes to Ashes, portrayed by Sara Stewart
 * Monty Staines, from the British sitcom Benidorm, portrayed by John Challis
 * Nikki Staines, from the American legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Callie Thorne
 * Professor Staines, a minor character in 1933 short story Murder at Pentecost, written by Dorothy L. Sayers and featuring Montague Egg
 * Richard Staines, from the 1913 short story Zero by Barry Pain; the story also involves Richard's eventual wife Jane and their son Dick
 * Stanley and Mary-Jane Staines, from the Australian animated children's series Staines Down Drains; the show also included their mother, Betty Staines