Payne (surname)
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The surname Payne originates in France and is a variation of the name Payen (Payen; Payens). It is one of the most revered and ancient surnames of the noblesse families of France. The original family lived in Payen, Normandy
, where they held Family seats in Payen and Dauphine
. During the Norman Conquest of England and the great migration, members of this family migrated to England
and Europe
. It is these ancestors that the generations of Paynes that spread out across the world are descendant from. Upon migrating to England, the Payn's were then granted lands and a family seat
in sussex
by Duke William Of Normandy for their distinguished assistance in the battle of Hastings
. The first record of Paynes outside of France was in England in the Domesday Book
shortly after the Norman Conquest. The most notable & historical member of this family is Hugh de Payens, the co-founder & first Grand Master of the Knights Templar
. The Paynes are traditionally a Catholic family although many have attempted to draw a loose connection with the Latin paganus = pagan
due to the Old English word paien being derived from the Latin
word Paganus . There is no hard evidence to support this theory.
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, where they held Family seats in Payen and Dauphine
Dauphine
Dauphine is the female form of the particular French feudal title of Dauphin , applied to the wife of a Dauphin...
. During the Norman Conquest of England and the great migration, members of this family migrated to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It is these ancestors that the generations of Paynes that spread out across the world are descendant from. Upon migrating to England, the Payn's were then granted lands and a family seat
Family seat
A seat or family seat is the principal residence of a family. The residence usually denotes the social, economic, political, or historic connection of the family within a given area. Some families took their dynasty name from their family seat , or named their family seat after their own dynasty...
in sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
by Duke William Of Normandy for their distinguished assistance in the battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II...
. The first record of Paynes outside of France was in England in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
shortly after the Norman Conquest. The most notable & historical member of this family is Hugh de Payens, the co-founder & first Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
. The Paynes are traditionally a Catholic family although many have attempted to draw a loose connection with the Latin paganus = pagan
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
due to the Old English word paien being derived from the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
word Paganus . There is no hard evidence to support this theory.
List of persons with the surname
- A. R. Payne, British rubber scientist and namesake of the Payne effectPayne effectThe Payne effect is a particular feature of the stress-strain behaviour of rubber, especially rubber compounds containing fillers such as carbon black. It is named after the British rubber scientist A. R. Payne, who made extensive studies of the effect...
- Alexander PayneAlexander PayneAlexander Payne, born Alexander Constantine Papadopoulos is an American film director and screenwriter. His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.- Early life :...
(born 1961), U.S. film director and screenwriter - Ben Iden PayneBen Iden PayneBen Iden Payne was an English actor, director and teacher. Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, he was raised and educated in Manchester. He started his career as a walk-on actor in 1899. He served as director of the Abbey Theatre for a short time in 1907 and then returned to Manchester to work with Annie...
(1881–1976), English actor and director - Bruce PayneBruce PayneBruce Martyn Payne is an award winning English character actor and producer and was a member of the 1980's Brit Pack. Although he is best known for his villainous roles, Bruce Payne has played characters across the spectrum...
(born 1960), British actor - Candie PayneCandie PayneCandice "Candie" Payne is an English singer and songwriter from Liverpool. She released her debut album, I Wish I Could Have Loved You More, on Deltasonic in May 2007. She is the sister of singer/songwriter Howie Payne, former frontman of band The Stands and Sean Payne, the drummer of The...
- English singer-songwriter - Carl Anthony Payne (born 1969), American actor best known for playing Cole Brown on the FOXFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
series, MartinMartin (TV series)Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox... - C.D. PayneC.D. PayneC. D. Payne is an American writer of absurdist fiction who is best known for his series of novels about fictional teenager Nick Twisp...
, U.S. novelist - Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinCecilia Payne-Gaposchkin-Further reading:*Rubin, Vera , "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin" in OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics, Nina Byers and Gary Williams, ed., Cambridge University Press ....
(1900–1979), British-American astronomer - C.F. Payne (born 1954), American illustrator
- Chrisette MicheleChrisette MicheleChrisette Michele Payne , known professionally as Chrisette Michele, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter....
(born 1982), Grammy award American singer-songwriter was born Chrisette Michele Payne - Craig PayneCraig PayneCraig Payne is a former US-American boxer best known for winning the National Golden Gloves in 1983.-Amateur:Payne won the National Golden Gloves in 1983 beating a young Mike Tyson ....
boxer - Cynthia PayneCynthia PayneCynthia Payne is a retired English party hostess who made the headlines in the 1970s and 1980s when she was accused of being a madam and of running her brothel at 32 Ambleside Avenue, in Streatham, in the south-west of London, England.Payne first came to national attention in 1978 when police...
(born 1932), British madam - David L. PayneDavid L. PayneDavid Lewis Payne was an American soldier and pioneer. Payne is considered by some to be the "Father of Oklahoma" for his work in opening the state to settlement....
(1836–1884), the Father of Oklahoma - David N. Payne (born 1944), British academic, expert in photonics
- David Payne (politician)David Payne (politician)David Payne is a politician and former member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, from the constituency of Vachon...
(born 1944), Canadian politician - Donald M. PayneDonald M. PayneDonald Milford "Don" Payne is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses most of the city of Newark, parts of Jersey City and Elizabeth, and some suburban communities in Essex and Union counties...
(born 1934), U.S. politician - Dougie PayneDougie PayneDougie Payne is the bassist and backing vocalist of the Scottish band, Travis.-Career:...
, bassist and vocalist for band Travis - Edgar Alwin PayneEdgar Alwin PayneEdgar Alwin Payne was an American Western landscape painter and muralist.-Early life:Payne was born in Washburn, Barry County, Missouri, in the heart of the Ozarks. Washburn is in southwest Missouri, only nine miles from the Arkansas border. But that wouldn’t stop this turn-of-the-century Missouri...
(1883–1947), Landscape painter, muralist, Western American artist - Edwin Payne, English lecturer in orthodontics and OTA council member
- Ernest PayneErnest PayneErnest "Ernie" Payne was a British track cycling racer. Born in Worcester, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and went on to play football, including two games as an amateur for Manchester United.-Background:Payne was born in a cottage at 221 London Road,...
(1884–1961), English cyclist and Olympic gold medallist - Ethel L. PayneEthel L. PayneEthel L. Payne was an African American journalist. Known as the "First Lady of the Black Press", she was a columnist, lecturer, and free-lance writer. She combined advocacy with journalism as she reported on the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s...
(1911–1991), award-winning journalist - Fernandus PayneFernandus PayneFernandus Payne was an American zoologist, geneticist and educator.Panye was born in Shelbyville, Indiana. He received a B.Sc. from Valparaiso University in 1901 and a B.A. from Indiana University in 1905, and a M.A. in 1906...
(1881–1977), American zoologist - Freda PayneFreda PayneFreda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...
(born 1942), American singer and actress - Frederick G. PayneFrederick G. PayneFrederick George Payne was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He was born in Lewiston, Maine....
(1904–1978), American politician - Gareth PayneGareth PayneGareth Webb Payne was an international rugby union player. He played club rugby for Pontypridd RFC and after joing the Royal Engineers he also represented the Army.-Notes:...
(1935–2004), Welsh rugby player - Harry PayneHarry PayneHarry Thomas Payne was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wales on one occasion...
(1907–2000), Welsh rugby player - Henry B. PayneHenry B. PayneHenry B. Payne was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in both houses of the United States Congress....
(1810–1896), American politician - Henry C. PayneHenry C. PayneHenry Clay Payne was U.S. Postmaster General from 1902 to 1904 under Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. He died in office and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
(1843–1904), American politician and railroad executive - Howard Payne (athlete) (1931–1992), English hammer thrower
- Humfry PayneHumfry PayneHumfry Gilbert Garth Payne was an English archaeologist, director of the British School of Archaeology in Athens from 1929 to his death.-Personal:...
(1902–1936), English archaeologist - John Payne (actor)John Payne (actor)John Payne was an American film actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC western television series The Restless Gun.-Background:Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia...
(1912–1989), American movie actor and singer - John Payne (voice actor)John Payne (voice actor)John Payne is an English-born Canadian voice actor who works for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, Canada. He has played several roles in anime, most notably Ramba Ral in Mobile Suit Gundam and Rasetsu in InuYasha....
(born 1960), Canadian voice actor - John Payne (poet)John Payne (poet)John Payne was an English poet and translator, from Devon. Initially he pursued a legal career, and associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Later he became involved with limited edition publishing, and the Villon Society.He is now best known for his translations of Boccaccio's Decameron, The...
(1842–1917), English poet and translator - John Payne (politician)John Payne (politician)John Payne was a New Zealand politician.-Early years:Payne was born in Manchester, England. His father was clerk to a solicitor, and Payne himself initially took up office employment, but later migrated to New Zealand. There, he worked as a farmhand and a goldminer before turning to accountancy...
(1871–1942), New Zealand politician - John Payne (singer)John Payne (singer)John Payne is a British musician, best known as the lead singer and bassist of Asia from 1992 to 2006 and from June 2007 with ASIA Featuring John Payne....
(born 1958), former lead singer and bassist of Asia - John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582)
- John D. PayneJohn D. PayneJohn D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 106th District and was elected in 2002. Payne currently serves on the House Liquor Control, Local Government, and Tourism and Recreational Development Committees....
(born 1950), Pennsylvania politician - John Howard PayneJohn Howard PayneJohn Howard Payne was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had most of his theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home! Sweet Home!", a song he wrote in 1822 that became widely popular in the United States, Great Britain, and the...
(1791–1852), American actor and playwright - John Barton PayneJohn Barton PayneJohn Barton Payne was United States Secretary of the Interior from 1920 through 1921 under Woodrow Wilson.-Life and career:...
(1855–1935), former American Secretary of the Interior - John Willett PayneJohn Willett PayneRear-Admiral John Willett Payne was a senior, veteran officer of the British Navy who also served as a close friend, advisor and courtier to Prince George before and during his first regency...
(1752–1803), British admiral - John William Payne (1877–1933), Louisiana sheriff
- Johnny PayneJohnny PayneJohnny Payne is dramatist, novelist, scholar, and has been a professor at the University of Texas at El Paso and Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton campus. He has been head of a Northwestern University creative writing program in Cusco, Peru...
, writer - Jack PayneJack PayneJack Payne was a British dance music bandleader.-Career:John Wesley Vivian Payne was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, the only son of a music warehouse manager...
, (1899–1969) British bandleader - Jack Payne (footballer)Jack Payne (footballer)Jack Stephen Payne is a footballer currently with Gillingham of Football League One. He made his debut in a League Two match against Chester City on 25 October 2008, and signed a 18-month contract some three months later. He plays as a midfielder. He was voted Young Player of the Year for...
(born 1991) - Joseph PayneJoseph PayneJoseph Payne was an English educationalist and the first Professor of Education at the College of Preceptors in London.-Biography:He was born in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk...
(1808–1876), English educationalist - Joe Payne (footballer)Joe Payne (footballer)Joseph "Joe" Payne was an English international footballer, best known as the scorer of 10 goals in a match for Luton Town against Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936. This is still a record in The Football League...
(1914–1975), English footballer - Joseph Payne (musician)Joseph Payne (musician)Joseph Payne was a British/Swiss German harpsichordist, clavichordist, organist and musicologist, best known for his pioneering recordings of early keyboard music....
(1941–2008), English harpsichordist, organist and musicologist - Joe PayneJoe PayneJoseph "Joe" Payne was born in Tampa, Florida in 1984. He is a heavy metal bassist and guitarist. Until 2011, Joe Payne played bass in the metal band Divine Heresy with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, vocalist Travis Neal and ex-Vital Remains and Hate Eternal drummer Tim Yeung.Joe Payne joined...
(born 1984), American bassist - Keith PayneKeith PayneKeith Payne VC, OAM is an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces, during the Vietnam War...
(born 1933), Vietnam veteran, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross - Kevin Payne (disambiguation), multiple people
- King PayneKing PayneKing Payne was a son of the Seminole high chief Cowkeeper and succeeded him as leading chief of the Seminoles upon his death in 1783. He led his people against the Spanish and Americans from Georgia and established a number of towns and villages, including Paynes Town in Paynes Prairie, both of...
, Seminole chief - Lewis Payne, the pseudonym of American Civil War assassin Lewis Powell
- Liam James Payne, English singer and part from the boyband One Direction
- Marise PayneMarise PayneMarise Ann Payne is an Australian politician. She is a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales. Senator Payne was appointed to the Senate on 9 April 1997, and elected in 2001 for a full term, and again in 2007.-Early life:...
, Australian Senator - Michael Gustavius PayneMichael Gustavius PayneMichael Gustavius Payne is a Welsh artist who uses symbolism derived from western art and mythology together with contemporary signifiers, to make paintings , that often have a surreal quality.-Early life:...
(born 1969), Welsh painter - Nicolle PayneNicolle PayneNicolle Katherine Payne is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
, Olympic water polo American goalkeeper - Pierre Stephen Robert PaynePierre Stephen Robert PaynePierre Stephen Robert Payne , was a novelist, historian, poet, and biographer.Born in Cornwall, the son of an English naval architect, and with a French mother. He worked as a shipbuilder and then for a time with the Inland Revenue. In 1941 he became an armament officer and chief camouflage...
, novelist, historian and biographer - Roger PayneRoger PayneRoger Searle Payne is a biologist and environmentalist famous for the 1967 discovery of Whale song among Humpback whales. Payne later became an important figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling.Payne studied at Harvard University and Cornell...
, biologist and environmentalist - Rufus PayneRufus PayneRufus Payne was an early 20th century American blues musician from Greenville, Alabama who was more widely known by his nickname Tee Tot.-Biography:Payne's nickname of "Tee Tot" is a pun for "teetotaler"...
, American blues musician - Sam Payne, Danish singer, pseudonym of Gustav WincklerGustav WincklerGustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator....
- Sara Payne (born 1969), British campaigner
- Sarah Payne (1991–2000), British murder victim
- Scherrie PayneScherrie PayneScherrie Payne is an American singer. The younger sister of singer/actress Freda Payne, Scherrie Payne was the co-lead singer of The Supremes from 1973 to 1977, after Jean Terrell left the group in the fall of 1973...
(born 1944), American singer (The SupremesThe SupremesThe Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
) - Sean Payne, drummer for British band The Zutons
- Stanley G. PayneStanley G. PayneStanley George Payne is a historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He retired from full time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department of History. Payne is one of the most famous modern theorists of fascism...
, historian of modern Spain and European fascism - Stefan PayneStefan PayneStefan Steve Payne is a footballer, whose favoured position is striker and is currently playing for Gillingham.-Playing career:...
, Football Player (Born 1991) - Stephen Payne (disambiguation), multiple people
- Theodore PayneTheodore PayneTheodore Payne was born in Northamptonshire, England on June 19, 1872 and served an apprenticeship in horticulture. He first saw California native plants at The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew in England in 1891...
, American horticulturist - Tim Payne (rugby union), English rugby union player
- Tony PayneTony PayneTony Payne is an American darts player. He is also well known for publishing an article in the Bulls Eye News magazine famously titled "Thermonuclear Cricket". The article discusses Payne's strategies on how to play a better cricket game...
, American darts player