PayneOrigin Word/name| France Other names Variant form(s)| Pain, Paine, Pane, Pagan 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. ## Contents * 1 People surnamed Payne * 1.1 A * 1.2 B * 1.3 C * 1.4 D * 1.5 E * 1.6 F * 1.7 G * 1.8 H * 1.9 J * 1.10 K * 1.11 L * 1.12 M * 1.13 N * 1.14 O * 1.15 P * 1.16 Q * 1.17 R * 1.18 S * 1.19 T * 1.20 V * 1.21 W * 1.22 Z * 2 See also ## People surnamed Payne[edit] ### A[edit] * Aaron Payne (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer * Adreian Payne (1991–2022), American basketball player * Alexander Payne (born 1961), U.S. 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[edit] * 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[edit] * 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 * Chrisette Michele Payne, better known under her stage name Chrisette Michele (born 1982), American singer and songwriter * Craig Payne boxer * Cynthia Payne (born 1932), British madam ### D[edit] * 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 * 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[edit] * 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 (1884–1961), English cyclist and Olympic gold medallist * Ethan Payne, English YouTuber, streamer, and internet personality * Ethel L. Payne (1911–1991), African-American journalist ### F[edit] * 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[edit] * Gareth Payne (1935–2004), Welsh rugby player ### H[edit] * 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[edit] * Jira Payne, American politician * John Payne (disambiguation), several people named John or Johnny * Jack Payne (disambiguation), several people * 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 * J. Carroll Payne (1855–1936), American lawyer * Joseph Payne (1808–1876), English educationalist * Joseph Payne (musician) (1941–2008), English harpsichordist, organist and musicologist * Joseph Payne (cricketer) (1829–1880), English cricketer ### K[edit] * 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[edit] * 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[edit] * 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[edit] * Naomi Payne, British archaeologist * Nicolle Payne, American Olympic water polo goalkeeper ### O[edit] * Odie Payne, American blues drummer ### P[edit] * 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[edit] * Quorey Payne (born 1982), American football player ### R[edit] * 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[edit] * Sally Payne, American actress * Sam Payne, stage name used by Danish singer Gustav Winckler * 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[edit] * Theodore Payne, American horticulturist * Thomas Payne (disambiguation), several people * Tim Payne (disambiguation), several people * Tony Payne, American darts player * Trip Payne, American puzzle designer ### V[edit] * Virginia Payne, American radio actress ### W[edit] * William H. Payne (1836-1907), American educator and translator ### Z[edit] * Zach Payne, Indiana politician and businessman ## See also[edit] * Paine (surname) * Payn, a list of people with the surname Surname list This page lists people with the surname Payne. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.