Gaines

Gaines

Gaines is the name of two towns in the United States:
* Gaines, New York
* Gaines, Michigan, Village ofAnd two townships:
* Gaines Township, Genesee County, Michigan, a civil township in which the above village is located
* Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan, a charter township

Gaines is also the family name of:
* Brian R. Gaines (born 1938(?)) British systems scientist and engineer.
* Charles Gaines (author), "Pumping Iron", "Stay Hungry"
* Charles Gaines, Ft. Worth, Texas fire chief
* David Gaines (composer), a musician and composer
* David Gaines (basketball player), a retired American professional basketball player
* David Gaines (race car driver), a NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division race car driver
* Edmund P. Gaines (1777–1849), United States Army officer, brother of George Strother Gaines
*Ernest J. Gaines (born 1933), African American author
* George Gaines (set decorator), Academy Award winner for Best Art Direction
* George Strother Gaines (1784–1873), American leader in the Mississippi Territory, brother of Edmund P. Gaines
* Jacques Gaines, Canadian singer, lead singer of Soul Attorneys
* Max Gaines (died 1947), pioneering American comic book publisher, father of William Gaines
* Reece Gaines (born 1981), American professional basketball player
* Roy Gaines (born 1937), American blues guitarist
* Steve Gaines (1949–1977), American musician, guitarist and songwriter for Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
* William Gaines (1922–1992), American publisher of EC Comics, founder of "Mad" magazine
* William Gaines (professor), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and professor of journalism


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