Lorne is a given name and place name especially popular in Canada, due to the

Marquess of Lorne A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

, who was Governor General of Canada (1878–1883). Lorne may refer to:

People

Given name

Lorne Anderson Lawrence Robert Anderson (July 26, 1931 – March 20, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League. Born in Renfrew, Ontario, he played with the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a profes ...

(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 Mark Lorne Bonnell (January 4, 1923 – October 9, 2006) was a Canadian physician, provincial politician and senator. Born in Hopefield, Prince Edward Island, the son of Lottie and Harry Bonnell, he received his Doctor of Medicine from Dalh ...

(1923–2006), Canadian politician * Lorne Calvert (born 1952), Canadian politician * Lorne Campbell (disambiguation) *

Lorne Cardinal Lorne Cardinal (born 6 January 1964) is a Canadian stage, television and film actor, best known for portraying Davis Quinton on ''Corner Gas''. He is a former rugby union player. Early life Cardinal was born on a reserve of the Sucker Creek ...

(born 1964), Canadian actor *

Lorne Carr Lorne William Bell Carr (July 2, 1910 — June 9, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, New York Americans, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1933 and 1946. He won th ...

(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), Canadian singer-songwriter & concert promoter * Lorne Currie (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, and Chicago Black Hawks ...

(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 Lorne Henderson (October 31, 1920 – February 7, 2002) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Henderson was a membe ...

(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 electe ...

(born 1957), Canadian politician * Lorne Michaels (born 1944), Canadian-born television producer *

Lorne Molleken Lorne Molleken (born June 11, 1956) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender and coach. Molleken was head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks at the end of the 1999 and the beginning of the 2000 season. He was nominally demoted to an assistant u ...

(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 Lorne Wallace Sam (born December 5, 1984) is a former professional American and Canadian football quarterback. He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Texas-El Paso. Sam has been a m ...

(born 1984), American football player *

Lorne Saxberg Lorne Saxberg (August 6, 1958 – May 6, 2006) was a Canadian television journalist and one of many on-air anchors on CBC Newsworld. Saxberg was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and joined the CBC's radio arm. As host of ''Ontario Morning'' in the ...

(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 Lorne Taylor (born 1944) is a former tenured professor and member of the provincial legislature of Alberta, Canada. Political career Taylor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1993 Alberta general election. He defeated thr ...

(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 Patrick Palles Lorne Elphinstone Welch, (12 August 1916 – 15 May 1998), known as Lorne Welch, was a British engineer, pilot and Colditz prisoner of war. He was educated at Stowe School and became an engineer and then an engine test flight o ...

(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

Fiction

* Lorne (''Angel''), fictional character in the television series ''Angel'' *

Evan Lorne Major Evan Lorne, USAF is a fictional character in the 2004 Canadian–American Sci-Fi Channel television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'', two military science fiction shows about military teams exploring the galaxy via a networ ...

, 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 Lake Lorne, a small freshwater lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, is located immediately south-west of the township of Drysdale. Location and features The lake is a popular birdwatching site and is well known for its variety ...

, Victoria *

Lorne, Victoria Lorne is a seaside town on Louttit Bay in Victoria, Australia. It is situated about the Erskine River and is a popular destination on the Great Ocean Road tourist route. Lorne is in the Surf Coast Shire and at the had a population of 1,114 but ...

* 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) Lorne was an electoral district that existed in the District of Saskatchewan, North-West Territories from 1880 until 1888. The district was one of the first three electoral districts in the Territories. It was created by statutory proclamation in ...

, Northwest Territories *

Lorne Park Lorne Park is a suburban residential neighbourhood located in southwestern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, that was first established as a resort. History Lorne Park shares a common history with Clarkson. Before the arrival of the Europeans, all ...

, 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 Lorne (or Lorn; gd, Latharna) is an ancient province (medieval Latin: ''provincia'') in the west of Scotland, which is now a district in the Argyll and Bute council area. The district gives its name to the ''Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area ...

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 The Lorne plateau lavas are basaltic lava flows extruded in the late Silurian, 424 to 415 million years ago, which are found today in the Oban - Kerrera area of Scotland. Peperite occurs where they flowed into Old Red Sandstone The Old Red Sand ...

Lorne sausage The Lorne sausage, also known as square sausage or slice, is a traditional Scottish food item made from minced meat, rusk and spices. Although termed a sausage, no casing is used to hold the meat in shape, hence it is usually served as square sl ...

, 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