Blain
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People
- Brian BlainBrian BlainBrian Blain was an Australian film and television actor. He is best remembered for his role as Gordon Hamilton in the Seven Network soap opera Sons and Daughters from 1981 to 1987 when the series was cancelled, and his role as Captain Jacob Hilliard in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon...
, Australian actor - John BlainJohn BlainJohn Blain is a Scottish first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler....
, Scottish cricketer - John Blain (Canadian football)John Blain (Canadian football)John Blain is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's the BC Lions. He attended Carson Graham Secondary School, where he joined the rugby and football team. After playing college football at San Jose State University, Blain spent his entire 11-year CFL...
, Canadian football player - Michelle Blain, American writer
- Milton Blain, Australian engineer
- Philippe BlainPhilippe BlainPhilippe Blain is a French former volleyball player and coach.He started playing in the team of his native city, Montpellier. He remained there until 1989, when he moved in Italy to Cuneo...
, French volleyball player and coach - Tony BlainTony BlainTony Elston Blain was an understudy to Ian Smith and Adam Parore, he played in 11 Tests and 38 One Day Internationals for New Zealand, after retiring from the game he went from coaching to a commentator....
, New Zealand cricketer
Places
- Blain, PennsylvaniaBlain, PennsylvaniaBlain is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 252 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, USA - Electoral division of BlainElectoral division of BlainBlain is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997, and is named after Adair Blain, the second member for the federal Northern Territory electorate, and the only Australian sitting MP to ever become a prisoner of war...
, Northern Territory, Australia - Blain, Loire-AtlantiqueBlain, Loire-AtlantiqueBlain is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is twinned with the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, England.-See also:* Château de Blain* Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department...
, France
Other
- Blain (distemper)Blain (distemper)Blain is a distemper occurring in animals, consisting in a bladder growing on the root of the tongue against the windpipe, which at length swelling, stops the breath. It was thought to occur by great chafing, and heating of the stomach.-References:#...
, a swelling on the root of the tongue, occurring in animals - Bláin, another name for the Norse giant YmirYmirIn Norse mythology, Ymir, also called Aurgelmir among the giants themselves, was the founder of the race of frost giants and was later killed by the Borrs.-Etymology:...
- Chilblains, a medical condition similar to frostbite