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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 curl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pain (other)
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. Pain may also refer to: Arts * "Pain", a season one episode of ''Stargate Universe'' * "Pain", an episode of ''The Good Doctor'' * ''Pain'' (film), a 1953 Mexican-Spanish musical comedy film * ''Pain'' (journal), a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal * ''Pain'' (video game), an action video game developed by Idol Minds and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3 * '' The Pain – When Will It End?'', a cartoon drawn by Tim Kreider Characters * Nagato (''Naruto'') (also Pain), fictional character in the manga and anime series ''Naruto'' * Pain, a demon from the Disney animated feature ''Hercules'' * The Pain, a character from the ''Metal Gear'' franchise Music Albums * ''Pain'' (Ohio Players album), the second studio album by The Ohio Players * ''Pain'' (Rhino Bucket album), the third studio album released by the hard rock band Rhino Bucket Groups * Pain (musical project), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Payne
Basil Payne (23 June 1923 — 6 January 2012) was an Irish poet and lecturer. Life Payne was educated at Synge Street CBS and University College Dublin. In the 1960s he presented a number of lectures and poetry readings in Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ... including a one-man show at the Gate Theatre. In 1964 and 1966, he won the Guinness International poetry prize. From 1972 to 1978 he lectured in literature at several universities in the USA. His published work amounts to three books and several inclusions in anthologies of Irish poetry. His first book, "Sunlight on a Square", and his final book, "Dark and Light Fantastic", are available in Amazon kindle digital format as is a collection of his Irish Times newspaper articles from the 1960s to the 1980s.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (born Cecilia Helena Payne; – ) was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed in her 1925 doctoral thesis that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. Her groundbreaking conclusion was initially rejected because it contradicted the scientific wisdom of the time, which held that there were no significant elemental differences between the Sun and Earth. Independent observations eventually proved she was correct. Her work on the nature of variable stars was foundational to modern astrophysics. Early life Cecilia Helena Payne was one of three children born in Wendover in Buckinghamshire, England, to Emma Leonora Helena (née Pertz) and Edward John Payne, a London barrister, historian and musician who had been an Oxford fellow. Her mother came from a Prussian family and had two distinguished uncles, historian Georg Heinrich Pertz and the Swedenborgian writer James John Garth Wilkinson; her sister Florence was a pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gillespie and Randy Weston, in addition to his solo work as bandleader. Biography Payne received his first saxophone aged 13, asking his father for the instrument after hearing " Honeysuckle Rose" performed by Count Basie with Lester Young soloing. Payne took lessons from a local alto sax player, Pete Brown, and studied at Boys High School, Bedford-Stuyvesant. Payne began his professional recording career with J. J. Johnson on the Savoy label in 1946. During that year he also began playing with Roy Eldridge, through whom he met Dizzy Gillespie. His earlier recordings would largely fall under the swing category, until Gillespie hired him. Payne stayed on board until 1949, heard performing solos on "Ow!" and "Stay On It". In the early 1950s, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Anthony Payne II
Carl Anthony Payne II (born May 24, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Cole Brown on the FOX sitcom ''Martin'' and Walter "Cockroach" Bradley on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', Carl on '' Rock Me Baby'' (TV series), Curtis on the sitcom ''George Lopez'' (2002–2003), and as Myles Wilson on ''Tyler Perry's Young Dylan''. Early life Payne studied acting at the First All Children's Theater, an off-Broadway repertory theatre company. He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York and Howard University. Acting career Carl Payne is known for his role as Cole Brown on the FOX sitcom ''Martin'' and his recurring role as Theo Huxtable's best friend Cockroach on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show''. Payne played Reynaldo St. James on the BET series '' The Game''. He directed and produced music videos, web series and short films, all while continuing to tour the country as a stand up comic. He even starred in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candie Payne
Candice "Candie" Payne (born 19 December 1981) is an English singer and songwriter. She released her debut album, '' I Wish I Could Have Loved You More'', on Deltasonic in May 2007. She is the sister of singer/songwriter Howie Payne, former frontman of band the Stands, and Sean Payne, the drummer of the Zutons. Early life Payne was born in Liverpool in 1981. Aged four, her family relocated to New York City before moving back when Payne was 10. Initially shunning music, Payne pursued a career in visual art, attending art college and working in a vintage clothing shop in Liverpool town centre. However, Payne became disenchanted with her studies and, after performing with a friend's band, exchanged her interest for music. Career Candie Payne originally began performing with Liverpool band Tramp Attack and Edgar Jones & the Joneses in the early 2000s. She was then introduced to Simon Dine of Noonday Underground with whom she began composing songs. In 2006, Payne release two singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Payne
Cameron Payne (born August 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Murray State, and was selected 14th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2015 NBA Draft. After playing two seasons for the Thunder, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls in 2017, where he played for three seasons before being waived in 2019. After being waived, Payne played for the Cleveland Cavaliers on 10-day contracts before heading overseas to play with the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Payne returned to the NBA and signed with the Phoenix Suns in 2020, where he revitalized his career by becoming a key player off the bench, helping the team reach the NBA Finals in 2021. High school career Payne attended Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee. He grew from 5'5' as a freshman to 6'0 as a senior. Despite leading Lausanne Collegiate to a 2013 Division II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Ryburn Payne
Bruce Ryburn Payne (1874-1937) was an American educator. He was the founding president of Peabody College (now part of Vanderbilt University) from 1911 to 1937. Early life Bruce Ryburn Payne was born on February 18, 1874, in Catawba County, North Carolina. His father, Jordan Nathaniel Payne, was a Methodist minister and teacher. His mother was Barbara Anne Eliza Warlick. Payne was educated at the Patton School in Morganton, North Carolina, graduating in 1892. He graduated from Duke University in 1896. He received a master's degree from Duke University in 1902 and a PhD from Columbia University in 1904. Career Payne taught at the Morganton Academy from 1896 to 1899, when he became superintendent for the county. He taught Latin and Greek at Durham High School in Durham, North Carolina, from 1899 to 1902. Payne taught philosophy at the College of William & Mary from 1904 to 1905. He taught at the University of Virginia from 1905 to 1911. While he was at UVA, he created the summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckner H
Buckner may refer to: People * Buckner H. Payne (1799-1889), American clergyman, publisher, and racist pamphleteer *Buckner Thruston (1763–1845), U.S. Senator and judge from Kentucky * Buckner (surname) Music * Buckner & Garcia was an American musical duo consisting of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia Places ;Japan * Buckner Bay, a former name for Nakagusuku Bay on Okinawa * Fort Buckner, a U.S. Army base on Okinawa ;United States * Buckner, Arkansas * Buckner, Kentucky * Buckner, Illinois * Buckner, Missouri * Buckner, Texas * Buckner Mountain Buckner Mountain (sometimes called Mount Buckner) is a tall peak in the North Cascades of Washington (U.S. state), Washington state and in the Stephen Mather Wilderness of North Cascades National Park. At in elevation it is the highest in Skag ... in Washington See also * Bruckner (other) {{disambiguation, geo, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Payne
Bruce Martyn Payne (born 22 November 1958) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in ''Passenger 57'', Jacob Kell in '' Highlander: Endgame'', and Damodar in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and '' Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God''. Payne trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and was identified, in the late 1980s, with the " Brit Pack" of rising young British actors. Early life Payne developed an interest for acting at an early age. In an interview with ''Impact'' (magazine) in 2001, Payne claimed that a crocodile from the play ''Peter Pan'' shouted that it would eat his brother and then proceeded to run upstage. At the age of 14, he was diagnosed with a slight form of spina bifida, which by age 16 required surgery to rectify. Payne was hospitalised for 6 months following the operation. Payne continued school studies, despite a contact with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britton Payne
Britton "Britt" Payne (September 19, 1940 - June 24, 2020) is an American curler. He is a and a 1964 United States men's champion. Payne is the son of his 1964 teammate, Bert Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son .... At the time of the 1964 Scotch Cup he worked in industrial relations. Teams References External links * 1940 births 2020 deaths American male curlers American curling champions Sportspeople from Duluth, Minnesota {{US-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Payne
William Porter Payne (born October 13, 1947) is the former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, having served in that position from 2006 to 2017 and overseeing the introduction of the first women to the club's membership rolls. He was Managing Director of Gleacher & Company, Vice Chairman of Bank of America, Vice Chairman of Premiere Global Services, Inc., Vice Chairman of WebMD, and a member of the Board of Directors of Lincoln National Corporation and Cousins Properties. He is chairman of Centennial Holding Company, an Atlanta-based real estate investment concern. Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, Payne was a leading advocate for bringing the Olympic Games to Atlanta and, in 1996, he was named president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG). Early life and education Born in Athens, Georgia, Payne played football for the hometown University of Georgia; in his sophomore season in 1966, the fourth-ranked Bulldogs lost one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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