John Payne

John Payne may refer to:

  • John Payne (actor) (1912–1989), American film actor and singer
  • John Payne (American football) (born 1933), American football coach
  • John Payne (bishop of Liberia) (1815–1874), missionary bishop from the Episcopal Church to Liberia
  • John Payne (bishop of Meath) (died 1507)
  • John Payne (engraver) (1607–1647), English engraver
  • John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English Catholic priest martyr
  • John Payne (poet) (1842–1916), English poet and translator
  • John Payne (politician) (1871–1942), New Zealand politician
  • John Payne (rugby) (1858–1942), English rugby union footballer
  • John Payne (singer) (born 1958), lead singer and bassist of Asia
  • John Payne (umpire) (1844–1928), Test match umpire
  • John Payne (voice actor) (born 1960), English-born Canadian voice actor
  • John Barton Payne (1855–1935), United States Secretary of the Interior, 1920–1921
  • John D. Payne (born 1950), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • John Howard Payne (1791–1852), American actor and playwright
  • John Somers Payne (born 1926), Irish Olympic sailor
  • John Willett Payne (1752–1803), British admiral
  • John William Payne (politician) (1877–1933), Louisiana sheriff
  • Johnny Payne, dramatist, novelist, scholar, and professor
  • Jack Payne (John Wesley Vivian Payne, 1899–1969), British bandleader
  • "Sunshine" Sonny Payne (John William Payne, born 1925), American radio presenter

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