Layne is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *

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 *

David Layne David "Bronco" Layne (born Sheffield, 29 July 1939) is an English former footballer most famous for playing for Sheffield Wednesday and his involvement in the British betting scandal of 1964. Playing career Rotherham United Layne started his ...

(born 1939), British soccer player for Sheffield Wednesday *

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 *

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 *

Kenny Layne Kenneth Layne (born July 22, 1981) is an American 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 of Honor No More. He i ...

(born 1981), Professional wrestler *

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 *

Marcia Layne Marcia Layne is a British playwright whose play ''Off Camera'' won the 2003 Alfred Fagon Award. The award honours the best new play by a playwright of Caribbean or African descent living in the United Kingdom. She is a writer and producer with Hid ...

, British playwright * Oscar Willis Layne (born 1918), Panamanian cyclist *

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 * Shontelle Layne (born 1985), Barbadian singer *

Tamrat Layne Tamrat Layne Admassu ( gez, ታምራት ላይኔ አድማሱ; born 1955) is an Ethiopian former politician and a converted born-again Christian. He had served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the Transitional Government of Ethiopia after ...

(born 1995), Ethiopian politician Given name: *

Layne Abeley Lisi Harrison's young adult novel series, The Clique revolves around the lives of five girls: Massie Block, Alicia Rivera, Dylan Marvil, Claire Lyons, and Kristen Gregory. Together they collectively make up The Pretty Committee, an Alpha clique ...

, 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 ...

The Clique Series ''The Clique'' is a young adult novel series written by Canadian author Lisi Harrison and originally published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series was reprinted by Poppy books. The series revolves around ...

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Layne Beachley Layne Collette Beachley (born 24 May 1972) is a former professional surfer from Manly, New South Wales. She won the World Championship seven times. Currently she is the chair of Surfing Australia. Surfing career At the age of 16 Beachley ...

, seven time women's surf World Champion *

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 *

Layne Redmond Layne Redmond (August 19, 1952 – October 28, 2013) was an American drummer, frame drum expert, writer, teacher, historian, and mythologist. Drum maker Remo created a frame drum designed by Redmond as their first Signature Series product. Th ...

. American drummer, writer and teacher *

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 ...

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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