Payne (surname) explained
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- Joseph Payne (1808–1876), English educationalist
- Joseph Payne (musician) (1937–2008), English harpsichordist, organist and musicologist
- Joseph Payne (cricketer) (1829–1880), English cricketer
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- 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
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