Wayne

Wayne

Wayne is of English origin and means "wagon maker".

People

Given name

Wayne is the given name of men such as:

*Wayne Bennett (rugby league footballer), Australian rugby league coach
*Wayne C. Booth, literary critic
*Wayne Brabender, a Spanish sports player
*Wayne Brady, an American comedian, singer, and television personality
*Wayne Bridge, English football (soccer) player
*Wayne Coyne, musician
*Wayne Erdman, Canadian judoka
*Wayne Gordon, Canadian boxer
*Wayne Gould, New Zealand-born popularizer of sudoku
*Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
*Wayne Huizenga, U.S. businessman
*Wayne Inouye, U.S. businessman
*Wayne Knight, actor
*Wayne Newton, Las Vegas singer
*Wayne Rooney, English football (soccer) player
*P. Wayne Sexton, Sr., North Carolina politician
*Wayne Shelford, New Zealand rugby player
*Wayne Shorter, jazz musician
*Wayne Static, lead singer of alt-metal band Static-X
*Wayne Tunncliffe (Wayne or Wayne Allen), a DJ on Metro Radio
*Wayne Turner, African American professional basketball player
*Wayne Wang, film director
*Wayne Wilcox, an actor, most notably Marty from "Gilmore Girls" and "Rent"

Surname

Those with the surname of Wayne include:
*Anthony Wayne, general in the American colonial and United States armies
*David Wayne (singer), musician (Metal Church)
*Elsie Wayne, Canadian politician
*Jeff Wayne, musician
*James Moore Wayne, (1790-1867), US congressman
*John Wayne, American actor
*Reggie Wayne, American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

Fictional

*Bruce Wayne, the true identity of Batman
*Wayne Arnold, the older brother of the first-person narrative-character on "The Wonder Years"
*Wayne Campbell, "Wayne's World (film)" title character
*Wayne Holden, the main character of "Lost Planet"
*Wayne Palmer, from the television series "24"

Geographical

In the United States:
*Wayne, Illinois
*Wayne, Kansas
*Wayne, Maine
*Wayne, Michigan
*Wayne, Nebraska
*Wayne, New Jersey
*Wayne, New York
*Wayne, Ohio
*Wayne, Oklahoma
*Wayne, Pennsylvania
*Wayne, West Virginia
*Wayne, Wisconsin

Educational instituitions

* Wayne State University, Michigan
* Wayne State College, Nebraska

Other

*Wayne Corporation, formerly a major U.S. manufacturer of school buses and other vehicles
*Wayne, a 1904 car assembled by Byron F. "Barney" Everitt, later of E-M-F Company
*Pauline Wayne, U.S. President William H. Taft's pet cow
*Lil Wayne, an American rapper

ee also

*wain
*WAYN (acronym)


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