Kane (surname) explained
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| Kane |
| Language: | English |
| Language origin: | 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. (likely) |
| Origin: | 1. Cana
2. cain
3. Mac Cathain
4. Ó Catháin
5. cane
6. Caen |
| Meaning: | 1. male given name
2. 'beautiful'
3. 'son of Cathan'
4. 'descendant of Cahan'
5. 'reed'
6. placename in Normandy |
| Region: | England, Scotland, Ireland |
| Variant Forms: | Cane |
| Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
Kane is an English-language surname. It has multiple origins. In Scotland, it could be a sept of Clan MacMillan.
Artists
- Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
- Amory Kane, American composer and musician
- Art Kane, fashion and music photographer (who created the 1958 portrait of 57 jazz musicians, A Great Day in Harlem)
- Arthur Kane, American bassist of the New York Dolls
- Barbara Sanchez-Kane, Mexican fashion designer
- Ben Kane, English novelist, specialising in historical fiction.
- Ben Kane (record producer), American record producer
- Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
- Bob Kane, most famous as the co-creator of Batman
- Candye Kane (1965–2016), American blues and jazz performer
- Carol Kane, American actress
- Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer, originally known as Chelsea Staub
- Chris Kane, Australian guitarist and songwriter of Eye of the Enemy
- Christian Kane, American actor and country musician
- Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
- Clinton Kane (born 1998/1999), Australian singer, songwriter, and musician
- David Kane (pianist), US/Scottish composer and jazz pianist
- Eden Kane (born 1940), British singer
- Gil Kane, comic book artist
- Greg Kane (musician) (born 1966), Scottish musician, and co-member of Hue and Cry
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer.
- Harry Kane (illustrator) (1912–1988), American illustrator and artist
- Henry B. Kane (1902–1971), American illustrator, photographer, and author of nature books for children
- Herb Kawainui Kane, artist-historian and author.
- John Kane (artist), Scottish painter
- Joseph Kane, U.S. film director and producer
- Justin Kane, American actor
- Kevin Kane (musician), Canadian songwriter
- Kimberly Kane, American pornographic actress
- Miles Kane, British singer
- Phil Kane, Scottish keyboard player of The Silencers
- Samuel Kane (born 1968), British actor
- Sarah Kane, English playwright
- Thommy Kane, Actor, filmmaker, Songwriter and composer
- Tom Kane, American voice actor
Sportspeople
- Ben Kane (footballer), Australian Australian rules footballer
- Boyd Kane, hockey player for the AHL's Hershey Bears
- Conor Kane (footballer), Irish footballer
- DeAndre Kane, American basketball player in the Israeli Premier League and EuroLeague
- Evander Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Edmonton Oilers
- George Francis Kane (born 1948), American chess master
- Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Kane (baseball) (1883–1932), American baseball player
- Harry Kane (hurdler) (born 1933), British hurdler
- Herbie Kane (born 1998), English footballer
- Jim Kane (disambiguation), multiple people
- Justin Kane, Australian boxer
- Patrick Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Rick Kane (1954–2009), NFL running back played for the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins
- Sanoussi Kane (born 2001), American football player
- Stanley Kane, English footballer
- Todd Kane, English footballer
- Tony Kane, Irish footballer
Politicians and military people
- Elisha Kent Kane, medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century, member of two arctic expeditions
- Elizabeth Kane (1836-1909), American physician, writer, philanthropist, and women's rights activist. Married to Thomas L. Kane
- Frank E. Kane (born 1932), Canadian politician
- James Kane (1895–1964), Australian politician
- Kathleen Kane (born 1966), Pennsylvania lawyer and former attorney general convicted of felony perjury
- Michael N. Kane (1851–1924), American lawyer, judge, and politician
- Richard Rutledge Kane, Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate
- Thomas L. Kane (1822–1883), American Civil War general and founder of Kane, Pennsylvania. Married to Elizabeth Kane.
Scholars
Science and medical
Other
Fictional
- Adam Kane, protagonist in one of Dead Rising 3 expansion missions.
- Barry Kane from Saboteur
- Bette Kane, or Betty Kane, the DC Comics Pre-Crisis Bat-Girl
- Billy Kane, a video game character created by SNK Playmore, appearing in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series
- Carter and Sadie Kane, protagonists from the series The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
- Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane
- Erica Kane, fictional character from the American television soap opera All My Children
- Fergus K. Kane from Lady in the Lake
- Garrison Kane, comic book character from the Marvel Universe
- Gilbert Kane, character in the film Alien
- Reverend Henry Kane, fictional character from the Poltergeist film trilogy
- John Kane, a fictional character who appeared in a number of episodes of "So Weird", portrayed by Canadian-British actor Mackenzie Gray
- John Michael Kane, one of the aliases of Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
- Kathy/Kate Kane, Batwoman
- Lucas Kane, protagonist of the video game Fahrenheit a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy
- Marcus Kane from The 100 (TV series)
- Marshall Kane from Community
- Matthew Kane, the protagonist of the computer game Quake 4
- Needles Kane, character in the video game series Twisted Metal originally developed by Singletrac
- Solomon Kane, fictional 16th century Puritan adventurer created by Robert E. Howard
- Will Kane from High Noon
Notes and References
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- Book: Reaney. P. H.. Wilson. R. M.. A Dictionary of English Surnames. 3. London and New York. Routledge. 1958. 1991. 0-415-05737-X. 546-547, 562.
- Web site: Cane Name Meaning & Cane Family History at Ancestry.co.uk® . 2022-08-29 . www.ancestry.co.uk.
