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Bain (surname) Bain or Bains is an English, French, Punjabi (Jat people, Jatt), and Scottish surname. It may also be a variant form of a German surname. Bains shares many of the origins of the surname Baines. Origin of the surname Northern English There are t ...

, origin and list of people with the surname *

Bain of Tulloch The Bain, Bane or Bayne family of Tulloch were a minor Scottish noble family. Origins Despite their name, the Bain family were not part of the Scottish Clan MacBean (McBain). They were in fact a branch or sept of the Clan Mackay, another Highl ...

, Scottish family * Bain Stewart, Australian film producer, husband of

Leah Purcell Leah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's ''Somewhere in the Darkness'', which led to role ...

Saint Bain Saint Bain (or Bainus, Bagne, Bagnus; died ), a disciple of Saint Vandrille, was a bishop of Thérouanne in northwest France, and then abbot of the monastery of Saint Wandrille in Normandy. His feast day is 20 June. Monks of Ramsgate account Th ...

(died c. 711 AD), Bishop of Thérouanne, Abbot of Saint Wandrille

Fictional characters

* Bain (''Wheel of Time''), character from the novels by Robert Jordan *

Sunset Bain Sunset Bain is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a shady businesswoman who occasionally masquerades as Madame Menace. Although very technologically adept, she personally does not have any super-po ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Sheriff Joe Bain John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names. ...

, a character in the work of Jack Vance * Miguel Bain, a character in the film ''

Assassins An assassin is a person who commits targeted murder. Assassin may also refer to: Origin of term * Someone belonging to the medieval Persian Ismaili order of Assassins Animals and insects * Assassin bugs, a genus in the family ''Reduviida ...

'' * Noah Bain, a character in the TV Series It Takes a Thief * Bain, a character from the video game

Payday 2 ''Payday 2'' is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games. The game is a sequel to 2011's '' Payday: The Heist''. It was released in August 2013 for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ...

Companies

Bain & Company Bain & Company is an American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides advice to public, private, and non-profit organizations. One of the Big Three management consultancies, Bain & Company was fou ...

, a global management consulting firm *

Bain Capital Bain Capital is an American private investment firm based in Boston. It specializes in private equity, venture capital, credit, public equity, impact investing, life sciences, and real estate. Bain Capital invests across a range of industry se ...

, a private equity group co-founded by Mitt Romney

Places

Bain, Alberta Bain is a locality in Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan ...

, Canada *

Bain, Iran Ben ( fa, بن, also Romanized as Bain and Ban) is a city in the Central District of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, and serves as capital of the county. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,699 in 3,141 househo ...

River Bain The River Bain is a river in Lincolnshire, England, and a tributary of the River Witham. The Bain rises in the Lincolnshire Wolds at Ludford,J. N. Clarke, (1990), ''The Horncastle and Tattershall Canal'', Oakwood Press, a village on The Vikin ...

, Lincolnshire, England *

River Bain, North Yorkshire The River Bain is a river in North Yorkshire, England. As a tributary of the River Ure, it is one of the shortest, named rivers in England. The river is home to the small scale hydroelectricity project River Bain Hydro located at Bainbridg ...

, England

Other uses

* '' Le Bain'', a painting by Édouard Manet *

Pegas Bain The Pegas Bain is a Czech single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by Pegas 2000 of Prague. Introduced in 2002, it is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 27. ...

, a Czech paraglider design

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