Layne is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Bobby Layne
Robert Lawrence Layne (December 19, 1926 – December 1, 1986) was an American football quarterback who played for 15 seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears in 1948, the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit ...
(1926–1986), American football player
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David Layne (born 1939), British soccer player for Sheffield Wednesday
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Jerry Layne
Jerry Blake Layne (born September 28, 1958) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League between 1989 and 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wore uniform number 24 in the NL, but when M ...
(born 1958), Major League Baseball umpire
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Justin Layne
Justin Layne (born January 12, 1998) is an American football cornerback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State.
Early years
Layne attended Benedictine High School in Clevelan ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Kenny Layne
Kenneth Layne (born July 22, 1981) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, actor, dancer, and television personality better known by his ring name, Kenny King. He currently wrestles for Impact Wrestling, where he is a member ...
(born 1981), Professional wrestler
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Lancelot Layne
Lancelot Layne (died 28 July 1990) was a rapso artist from Trinidad and Tobago.
Biography
Lancelot Layne was born to a Ms. Ethel Strawn (''née'' Serrano) and raised in Gonzales, Trinidad, a village near Port of Spain. He had a start in many loca ...
(died 1990), Trinidadian rapper
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Marcia Layne, British playwright
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Oscar Willis Layne (born 1918), Panamanian cyclist
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Raheem Layne
Raheem Layne (born July 2, 1999) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Indiana and was signed by the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in . Early life and ...
(born 1999), American football player
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Shontelle Layne (born 1985), Barbadian singer
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Tamrat Layne (born 1995), Ethiopian politician
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Layne Abeley, character from
Lisi Harrison
Elyse E. "Lisi" Harrison (née Gottlieb; born on July 29, 1970) is a Canadian novelist. She writes young adult fiction and is well known for her three series ''The Clique'', ''Alphas'' and ''Monster High
Monster High is an American multime ...
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The Clique Series.
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Layne Beachley, seven time women's surf World Champion
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Layne Flack
Layne Flack (May 18, 1969 – July 19, 2021) was an American professional poker player from Rapid City, South Dakota, residing in Montana and Nevada.
Poker career
Flack started playing cards with his grandparents, but became engrossed in th ...
, poker professional
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Layne Redmond. American drummer, writer and teacher
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Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician, songwriter and the original lead singer of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part ...
, lead singer of
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne ...
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Stacy Layne Matthews
The third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' began airing on January 24, 2011. Thirteen drag queens competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a headlining spot on the Absolut Tour, a lifetime supply of Kryolan makeup, and a cash pr ...
, American drag queen
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Arnold Layne
"Arnold Layne" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd. Released on 10 March 1967, it was the band's first single release. It was written by Syd Barrett.
Lyrics
The song's title character is a transvestite whose strange hobby is stealing wo ...
", song by Pink Floyd
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