Wain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bea Wain Beatrice Ruth Wain (April 30, 1917 – August 19, 2017) was an American Big Band-era singer and radio personality born in the Bronx, New York City. She had several hits with Larry Clinton and His Orchestra, including "My Reverie", "Deep Purple" ...

(1917–2017), American Big Band-era singer * David Wain (born 1969), American comedian, writer, actor and director *Edward Wain, aka

Robert Towne Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz;'' Easy Riders, Raging Bulls'' by Peter Biskind page 30, 1999 Bloomsbury edition November 23, 1934) is an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He started with writing films for Roger ...

(born 1934), American screenwriter and director *

John Wain John Barrington Wain CBE (14 March 1925 – 24 May 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group known as " The Movement". He worked for most of his life as a freelance journalist and author, writing and re ...

(1925–1994), English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement" *

Louis Wain Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphized large-eyed cats and kittens. Later in life, he was confined to mental institutions and struggl ...

(1860–1939), English artist known for his drawings featuring anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens * Louise Wain, English respiratory researcher *

Richard William Leslie Wain Richard William Leslie Wain VC (5 December 1896 – 20 November 1917) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

(1896–1917), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross *

William Wain Prior William Wain Prior (18 July 1876 – 9 March 1946) was a Danish Lieutenant general and the Chief of the Royal Danish Army from 1939 to 1941. Life and career Following the death of Johan Christian Lund, in 1931, Prior became chief of the Gener ...

(1876–1946), Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Danish Army, 1939–1941

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