Nairne (surname)

Nairne (surname)

Nairne is a surname and may be:

  • Alexander Robert Sandy Nairne (born 1953), a British art museum director
  • Andrew Nairne, British executive director for Arts Strategy at Arts Council England
  • Carolina, Baroness Nairne (1766–1845), a Scottish songwriter and song collector
  • General Sir Charles Edward Nairne KCB (1836–1899), Commander-in-Chief in India
  • Edward Nairne (1726–1806), an English optician and scientific instrument maker
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John Nairne (1731–1802), a Scottish-Canadian soldier and seigneur
  • Sir John Gordon Nairne (1861–1945), British director of the Bank of England and a BBC governor
  • Sir Patrick Nairne (born 1921), a senior British civil servant
  • Rob Nairne (born 1954), a former American football linebacker
  • Thomas Nairne (died 1715), a Scottish trader
  • William Murray Nairne (1657–1730), 2nd Baron Nairne

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