# 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), 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

* 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
* 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
* 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

### 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