John Payne may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* J. D. Payne (born 1979/1980), American screenwriter *

John Howard Payne John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home! Sweet Home ...

(1791–1852), American actor and playwright *

John Payne (actor) John Howard Payne (May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989) was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in ''Miracle on 34th Street'' and the NBC Wes ...

(1912–1989), American film actor and singer *

"Sunshine" Sonny Payne John William Payne (November 29, 1925 – February 10, 2018), better known as "Sunshine" Sonny Payne, was an American radio host, who had presented blues music as the host of the ''King Biscuit Time'' radio show on KFFA in Helena, Arkansas fr ...

(John William Payne, 1925–2018), American radio presenter *

Johnny Payne The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ...

, American dramatist, novelist, scholar, and university professor * John Payne (voice actor) (born 1960), English-born Canadian voice actor *

John Payne (engraver) John Payne (1607–1647) was an English engraver, who was one of the earliest exponents of the art of engraving in England. His best work was the finest produced by a native-born engraver working during the reign of Charles I. Biography Payne ap ...

(1607–1647), English engraver *

John Payne (poet) John Payne (23 August 1842 – 11 February 1916) was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career and had associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later he became involved with limited edition publishing and the ...

(1842–1916), English poet and translator * John Payne (singer) (born 1958), British singer for rock band Asia

Politics

John Barton Payne John Barton Payne (January 26, 1855January 24, 1935) was an American politician, lawyer and judge. He served as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1920 until 1921 under Woodrow Wilson's administration. Early life and career Payne w ...

(1855–1935), American politician, lawyer and judge, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1920–1921 **

SS John Barton Payne SS ''John Barton Payne'' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Barton Payne, the counsel for the Emergency Fleet Corporation during World War I, Chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board from 1919 ...

, a Liberty ship *

John D. Payne John D. Payne is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 106th District and was elected in 2002. Payne served on the House Liquor Control, Local Government, and Tourism and ...

(born 1950), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives *

John Otunba Payne John Augustus Otunba Payne (1839 – 1906) was a Nigerian sheriff, administrator and diarist who was a prominent personality in Lagos during the nineteenth century. He was a Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Lagos and he also served as a re ...

(1839–1906), Nigerian administrator and diarist *

John Payne (New Zealand politician) John Payne (23 November 1871 – 27 January 1942) was a New Zealand politician. Early years Payne was born in Manchester, England. His father was clerk to a solicitor, and Payne himself initially took up office employment, but later migrated t ...

(1871–1942), New Zealand politician * John Payne (Queensland politician) (1860–1928), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Religion

John Payne (bishop of Meath) John Payne, Bishop of Meath (c. 1430–1506), held that office from 1483 until his death in 1506; he was also Master of the Rolls in Ireland. He is best remembered for his part in the coronation of Lambert Simnel, the pretender to the Crown of ...

(died 1507), Irish bishop *

John Payne (martyr) John Payne (1532–1582) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Background John Payne was born at Peterborough in 1532. He was probably a mature man when he went to the English Coll ...

(1532–1582), English Catholic priest and martyr * John Payne (bishop of Liberia) (1815–1874), American missionary from the Episcopal Church to Africa

Sports

John Payne (cricketer, born 1828) John Brown Payne (1 July 1828 – 23 September 1887) was an English first-class cricketer. Payne was born in July 1828 at Knutsford, Cheshire. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Manchester against Sussex at Eccles in 1858, taking fig ...

(1828–1887), English cricketer, father of the below *

John Payne (rugby union, born 1858) John Henry Payne (19 March 1858 – 4 January 1942) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for England national rugby union team, England, and Lancashire County Rugby Football Union, Lanc ...

(1858–1942), English rugby union footballer and cricketer, son of the above * John Payne (footballer, born 1889) *

John Payne (footballer, born 1906) John Frederick Payne (3 January 1906 – 1981) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Brentford F.C., Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion, ...

(1906–1981), British footballer *

John Payne (American football) John D. Payne (May 15, 1933 – May 18, 2019) was an American collegiate and professional football coach. He served as head coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1973–1976), Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1978–1980) and Ottawa Rough Riders (1996) of ...

(1933–2019), American football coach * John Payne (Australian footballer) (born 1950), Australian rules footballer *

John Payne (umpire) John William Payne (c. 1844 – 12 May 1928 at Glebe, New South Wales, Glebe, Sydney) was a Australian Test Cricket Umpires, Test match umpire. Payne officiated in one match between Australian cricket team, Australia and English cricket team, ...

(1844–1928), Australian cricket umpire * John Somers Payne (1926–2013), Irish Olympic sailor *

John Payne (rugby union, born 1980) John Payne was born on the 1 February 1980 in Manly. He is an Australian-born Tongan former rugby union player. He played as a centre. Career Payne was first capped for the Tonga national team on 30 November 2002, during the match against ...

, Australian-born Tongan rugby union player

Other

John Willett Payne John Willett Payne (23 April 1752 – 17 November 1803) was an officer of the Royal Navy who also served as a close friend, advisor and courtier to Prince George before and during his first regency. Payne was notorious as a rake and scoundre ...

(1752–1803), British admiral

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