Wain (surname) explained

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

• Bea Wain (1917–2017), American Big Band-era singer
• David Wain (born 1969), American comedian, writer, actor and director
• Edward Wain, aka Robert Towne (born 1934), American screenwriter and director
• John Wain (1925–1994), English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement"
• Louis Wain (1860–1939), English artist known for his drawings featuring anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens
• Louise Wain, English respiratory researcher
• Richard William Leslie Wain (1896–1917), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
• William Wain Prior (1876–1946), Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Danish Army, 1939–1941

See also

• Charles' Wain
• Burmeister & Wain
• Waine Pryce
• Lis Wain Danish folklore Fearless Female Warrior with curls of red and eyes of green