Paine is a surname. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland records it as a variant of Payne, along with Pain, Payn, Pane, Payen, Payan, Panes, and Pagan. The name Payne is believed to derive from the medieval English personal name Pagan.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Paine (1861–1937), American author and biographer
- Albert Ingraham Paine (1874–1949), English soldier and cricketer
- Allie Paine (1919–2008), American college basketball player
- Augustus G. Paine, Sr. (1839–1915), American financier
- Augustus G. Paine, Jr. (1866–1947), American paper manufacturer and bank official
- Charles Jackson Paine (1833–1916), American Civil War general and America's Cup yachtsman
- Eleazer A. Paine (1815–1882), American Civil War general
- Elijah Paine (1757–1842), U.S. Senator from Vermont
- Ephraim Paine (1730–1785), Continental Congressman from New York
- George Paine (disambiguation), several people
- Godfrey Paine (1871–1932), Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer
- Halbert E. Paine (1826–1905), American Civil War general
- Harriet Evans Paine (1822–1917), Texas storyteller and oral historian
- James Paine (disambiguation), multiple people
- John Paine (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lyman Paine (1901–1978), American architect
- Lynn S. Paine, American economist
- Mary Wheaton Paine (1936–2015), American actress
- Michael Paine (1928–2018), acquaintance of purported assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
- Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence or any of several Americans by this name
- Roxy Paine (born 1966), American artist
- Ruth Paine (born 1932), American woman who inadvertently played a role in the Kennedy Assassination
- Sumner Paine (1868–1904), American Olympic marksman
- Terry Paine (born 1939), English footballer
- Thomas Paine (disambiguation), several people
- Thomas Paine (1739–1809), U.S. Founding Father and author of Common Sense, Rights of Man and The Age of Reason
- Tim Paine (born 1984), Australian cricketer
- William Paine (disambiguation), several people
See also
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; (Historian), Peter Mcclure (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland. ISBN 9780199677764. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
