Wayne
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Wayne is of English origin and means "wagon maker".
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[edit] People
[edit] Given name
Wayne is the given name of men such as:
- Lil Wayne, rapper
- 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
[edit] Surname
Those with the surname of Wayne include:
- Anthony Wayne, general in the American colonial and United States armies
- David Wayne, musician (Metal Church)
- Elsie Wayne, Canadian politician
- Jeff Wayne, musician
- James Moore Wayne, (1790-1867), USA Congressman
- John Wayne, American actor
- Reggie Wayne, American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
[edit] 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"
[edit] Geographical
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Several places in the United States were named after General Anthony Wayne (q.v.): |
Other U.S. places named Wayne include:
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[edit] Educational instituitions
- Wayne State University, Michigan
- Wayne State College, Nebraska
[edit] 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
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