People

• Alexander Payne (born 1961), U.S. movie director and screenwriter
• Ben Iden Payne (1881-1976), English actor and director
• C.D. Payne, U.S. novelist
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), British-American astronomer
• Chris (C.F.) Payne (born 1954), U.S. illustrator
• Cynthia Payne (born 1932), British madam
• David L. Payne (1836-1884), the Father of Oklahoma
• Donald M. Payne (born 1934), U.S. politician
• Freda Payne (born 1942), U.S. singer and actress
• Frederick G. Payne (1904-1978), U.S. politician
• Gareth Payne (1935-2004), Welsh rugby player
• Henry B. Payne (1810-1896), U.S. politician
• Jack Payne (1899-1969), British band leader
• Keith Payne (born 1933), Vietnam veteran, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Rufus Payne, U.S. blues musician
• Sarah Payne (1992-2000), British murder victim
• Scherrie Payne (born 1944), U.S. singer (The Supremes)

Places

Payne is the name of several places in the United States:

• Payne, Georgia
• Payne, Ohio
• Payne County, Oklahoma

Other uses

• Max Payne (computer game)
• Payne-Aldrich tariff
• Clement Payne Movement, Barbados
• Payne is the name of a US TV show patterned after Fawlty Towers