Kane (surname)

Kane is an Irish surname and is an anglicisation of Cathan meaning war like (see Ó Catháin). It was also a Norwegian name. Notable people with the name include:

Contents 1 Actors 2 Artists 3 Sportspeople 4 Comics artists 5 Musicians and performers 6 Politicians and military people 7 Scholars 8 Science and medical 9 Other 10 Fictional

Actors

• Carol Kane, American actress
• Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer, originally known as Chelsea Staub
• Christian Kane, American actor and country musician
• Joseph Kane, U.S. film director and producer
• Justin Kane, American actor
• Samuel Kane (born 1968), British actor

Artists

• Art Kane, fashion and music photographer (who created the 1958 portrait of 57 jazz musicians, A Great Day in Harlem)
• Herb Kawainui Kane, artist-historian and author
• John Kane, Scottish painter
• Sarah Kane, English playwright

Sportspeople

• Boyd Kane, hockey player for the AHL's Hershey Bears
• Evander Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Winnipeg Jets
• Justin Kane, Australian boxer
• Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• Patrick Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks

Comics artists

• Bob Kane, most famous as the creator of Batman
• Gil Kane, comic book artist

Musicians and performers

• Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
• Candye Kane, American blues and jazz performer
• Kevin Kane, Canadian songwriter
• Eden Kane, British singer
• Miles Kane, British singer of The Rascals

Politicians and military people

• Richard Rutledge Kane, Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate
• Elisha Kent Kane, medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century, member of two arctic expeditions.
• Thomas L. Kane (1822–1883), American Civil War general and founder of Kane, Pennsylvania

Scholars

• Daniel Kane (linguist), Australian linguist, expert on Jurchen and Khitan languages
• Daniel Kane (mathematician) (born 1986), American graduate student
• Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972), Sanskrit scholar and an awardee of the Bharat Ratna
• Thomas R. Kane, American academic

Science and medical

• Evan O'Neill Kane (1861–1932), surgeon who performed several self-operations

Other

• Kane (noble family), a Norwegian noble family

Fictional

• Carter and Sadie Kane, protagonists from the series The Kane Chronicles by #1 New York Times and award-winning author Rick Riordan
• Garrison Kane, comic book character from the Marvel Universe
• Dr. Kane, the sin of "Envy": see Jack (webcomic)
• Kathy/Kate Kane, Batwoman
• Bette Kane, or Betty Kane, the DC Comics Pre-Crisis Bat-Girl
• Executive Officer Kane, character in the film Alien
• Solomon Kane, fictional 16th century Puritan adventurer created by Robert E. Howard
• Reverend Henry Kane, fictional character from the Poltergeist film trilogy
• John Michael Kane, one of the aliases of Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
• Lucas Kane, protagonist of the video game Fahrenheit a.k.a Indigo Prophecy
• Matthew Kane, the protagonist of the computer game Quake 4
• Needles Kane, character in the video game series Twisted Metal originally developed by Singletrac
• Billy Kane, a video game character created by SNK Playmore, appearing in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series.

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