Lorne is a given name and place name especially popular in Canada, due to the Marquess of Lorne, who was Governor General of Canada (1878–1883). Lorne may refer to:

People

Given name

* Lorne Anderson (1931–1984), Canadian hockey player *

Lorne Atkinson Lorne Atkinson (8 June 1921 – 23 April 2010) was a Canadian cyclist. He competed in four events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed "Ace", Atkinson spent his life involved in cycling in the Vancouver area. Biography Atkinson was born ...

(1921–2010) Canadian cyclist *

Lorne Babiuk Lorne Allan Babiuk, (born January 25, 1946) is a Canadian scientist specializing in immunology, pathogenesis, virology, molecular virology, and vaccinology. He is the Vice-President of Research at the University of Alberta and the former Director ...

(born 1946), Canadian scientist * Lorne Balfe, composer * Lorne Bonnell (1923–2006), Canadian politician * Lorne Calvert (born 1952), Canadian politician *

Lorne Campbell (disambiguation) Lorne Campbell may refer to: * Lorne Campbell (ice hockey) (1879–1957), Canadian ice hockey player * Lorne Campbell (art historian) (born 1946), Scottish art historian * Lorne Argyle Campbell (1871–1947), businessman and political figure in Br ...

* Lorne Cardinal (born 1964), Canadian actor * Lorne Carr (1910–2007), Canadian hockey player * Lorne Chabot (1900–1946), Canadian hockey player *

Lorne Clarke (judge) Lorne O. Clarke, (November 22, 1928 – May 21, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Early life and education Born in Malagash, Nova Scotia, in 1928, he graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.A. i ...

(1928–2016), Canadian judge *

Lorne Clarke (singer) Lorne Clarke is a Canadian singer-songwriter and concert promoter who first began performing in the mid-1970s in the Toronto folk scene. Born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the isolated mining community of Schefferville, Quebec, Clarke has ...

, Canadian singer-songwriter & concert promoter *

Lorne Currie Lorne Campbell Currie (25 April 1871 – 20 June 1926) was a British sailor who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With crew John Gretton, Linton Hope and Algernon Maudslay Algernon Maudslay CBE (10 Jan ...

(1871–1926), British sailor *

Lorne Davis Lorne Austin Davis (July 20, 1930 – December 20, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey player, and later a scout. He played for four teams in the National Hockey League between 1951 and 1960, with the rest of his career spent in the minor leagues. Aft ...

(1930–2007), Canadian hockey player and scout *

Lorne Duguid Lorne Wallace Duguid (April 4, 1910 – March 21, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, born in Bolton, Ontario who played 135 games in the National Hockey League between 1931 and 1937 with the Montreal Maroons, Detroit Red Wings, a ...

(1910–1981), Canadian hockey player *

Lorne Elias Lorne Elias is a Canadian chemist, inventor, and a pioneer in explosives detection technology. He invented the explosives vapour detector, EVD-1, a portable bomb detection instrument deployed at international airports in Canada in the 1980s. He c ...

, Canadian chemist and inventor * Lorne Elliott (born 1974), Canadian comedian * Lorne Entress, American musician *

Lorne Ferguson Lorne Ferguson (May 26, 1930 — March 28, 2008) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger who played 422 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Palmerston, Ontario, he played for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Win ...

(1930–2008), Canadian hockey player * Lorne Frohman, Canadian comedy writer and producer; see ''Pink Lady'' (TV series) *

Lorne Greenaway Lorne Everett Greenaway (8 May 1933 – 13 September 2010) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a rancher and veterinarian by career. Greenaway was born in Bella Coola, British Columbia ...

(1933–2010), Canadian politician * Lorne Greene (1915–1987), Canadian-born television actor * Lorne Henderson (1920–2002), Canadian politician * Lorne Henning (born 1952), Canadian hockey executive *

Lorne Kusugak Lorne Kusugak is a Canadian politician, who is Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut for the electoral district of Rankin Inlet South. Prior to becoming an MLA, Kusugak was the mayor of Rankin Inlet. Kusugak served as the Nunavut Minist ...

, Canadian politician * Lorne Lanning (born 1964), American game designer * Lorne Lofsky (born 1954), Canadian jazz musician *

Lorne Loomer Lorne Kenneth Loomer (March 11, 1937January 1, 2017) was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''coxless fours'' at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Archibald MacKinnon, Walter D'Ho ...

(1937–2017), Canadian rower *

Lorne Mayencourt Lorne Mayencourt (born 1957) is a Canadian politician, who formerly represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal party. Career Mayencourt was first elect ...

(born 1957), Canadian politician * Lorne Michaels (born 1944), Canadian-born television producer * Lorne Molleken (born 1956), Canadian hockey player * Lorne Nystrom (born 1946), Canadian politician * Lorne Peterson, Canadian special effect artist *

Lorne Reznowski Lorne Reznowski (January 5, 1929 – November 9, 2011) was a Canadian professor of English at the University of Manitoba and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. Background He was the son of Ukrainian-Canadians Lorne William Reznowski and ...

(1929–2011), Canadian politician * Robert Lorne Richardson (1860–1921), Canadian journalist *

Lorne Rubenstein Lorne Rubenstein (born 25 June 1948 in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian golf journalist and author. He was the golf columnist for the Globe and Mail in Canada from 1980 to 2013. Rubenstein has written 16 books about golf. He maint ...

(born 1948), Canadian sports journalist * Lorne Sam (born 1984), American football player * Lorne Saxberg (1958–2006), Canadian television anchorman *

Lorne Spicer Lorne Spicer (born 16 September 1965 in Upminster, Greater London) is an English television presenter best known for presenting reality shows on the BBC's daytime output. Spicer started out as a reporter for BBC Radio Norfolk, and later wrote a ...

(born 1965), British television presenter *

Lorne Stamler Lorne Alexander Joseph Stamler (born August 9, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 116 games in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets ...

(born 1951), Canadian hockey player * Lorne Taylor (born 1944), Canadian politician *

Lorne Trottier Lorne M. Trottier, OC (born 15 June 1948) is a Canadian engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded Matrox, a computer corporation that specializes in computer graphics. Trottier sits as an advisor to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission. ...

(born 1948), Canadian businessman * Lorne Welch (1916–1998), British engineer and pilot *Lorne Gump Worsley (1929–2007), Canadian hockey player

Surname

Dúghall of Lorne Dúghall of Lorne r de Ergadia(died 1403) was a late 14th century and early 15th century prelate in the Kingdom of Scotland. Probably a MacDúghaill (MacDougall) from the province of Lorne in Argyll, he appears to have studied at the Universit ...

(died 1403), Scottish prelate * Marion Lorne (1883–1968), American actress *

Tommy Lorne Tommy Lorne (7 December 1890 – 17 April 1935) was a Scottish music hall comedian of the 1920s. Life Born Hugh Gallagher Corcoran in Kirkintilloch, he grew up in Glasgow. Lorne famously wore white make-up, boots that were too large, a jacket th ...

(1890–1935), Scottish comedian *Marquess of Lorne, courtesy title for the heir to the

Dukedom of Argyll Duke of Argyll ( gd, Diùc Earraghàidheil) is a title created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. The earls, marquesses, and dukes of Argyll were for several centuries among the most powerful ...

Fiction

* Lorne (''Angel''), fictional character in the television series ''Angel'' * Evan Lorne, fictional character in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' * Lorne Malvo, fictional character in the television series ''Fargo''

Places

Australia

* Lake Lorne, Victoria * Lorne, Victoria * Lorne, New South Wales, near

Camden Haven River Camden Haven River, an open and Breakwater (structure), trained intermediate wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and feature ...

Canada

Rural Municipality of Lorne The Rural Municipality of Lorne is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on February 14, 1880. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially ma ...

, Manitoba * Lorne, New Brunswick, a local service district in Restigouche County *

Lorne Parish, New Brunswick Lorne is a civil parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Riley Brook and the parish of Lorne, both of which were m ...

, in Victoria County * Lorne (electoral district), Northwest Territories * Lorne Park, Ontario *

Mount Lorne Mount Lorne is a hamlet in Canada's Yukon. The hamlet is considered a local advisory area with an advisory council providing local government. Mount Lorne is located just south of Whitehorse, comprising rural residential areas along the South Klond ...

, Yukon * Mount Lorne (electoral district), Yukon Territory

Scotland

* Firth of Lorn * Lorne, Scotland

United States

Lorne, Minnesota Lorne is an unincorporated community in Minnesota Falls Township, Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. History Lorne was laid out in 1898, and named for Marquess of Lorne A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués ...

Lorne, Virginia Lorne is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atla ...

Other uses

* Lorne plateau lavas * Lorne sausage, a traditional Scottish large square sausage served in slices *Marquess of Lorne, courtesy title for the Duke of Argyll's eldest son and heir, currently Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Lorne