John Payne

John Payne may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

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* J. D. Payne (born 1979/1980), American screenwriter
* John Howard Payne (1791–1852), American actor and playwright
* John Payne (actor) (1912–1989), American film actor and singer
* "Sunshine" Sonny Payne (John William Payne, 1925–2018), American radio presenter
* Johnny Payne, American dramatist, novelist, scholar, and university professor
* John Payne (voice actor) (born 1960), English-born Canadian voice actor
* John Payne (engraver) (1607–1647), English engraver
* John Payne (poet) (1842–1916), English poet and translator
* John Payne (singer) (born 1958), British singer for rock band Asia

## Politics

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* John Barton Payne (1855–1935), American politician, lawyer and judge, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1920–1921
* SS John Barton Payne, a Liberty ship
* John D. Payne (born 1950), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
* John Otunba Payne (1839–1906), Nigerian administrator and diarist
* John Payne (New Zealand politician) (1871–1942), New Zealand politician
* John Payne (Queensland politician) (1860–1928), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

## Religion

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* John Payne (bishop of Meath) (died 1507), Irish bishop
* John Payne (martyr) (1532–1582), English Catholic priest and martyr
* John Payne (bishop of Liberia) (1815–1874), American missionary from the Episcopal Church to Africa

## Sports

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* John Payne (cricketer, born 1828) (1828–1887), English cricketer, father of the below
* John Payne (rugby union, born 1858) (1858–1942), English rugby union footballer and cricketer, son of the above
* John Payne (footballer, born 1889)
* John Payne (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1981), British footballer
* John Payne (American football) (1933–2019), American football coach
* John Payne (Australian footballer) (born 1950), Australian rules footballer
* John Payne (umpire) (1844–1928), Australian cricket umpire
* John Somers Payne (1926–2013), Irish Olympic sailor
* John Payne (rugby union, born 1980), Australian-born Tongan rugby union player

## Other

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* John Willett Payne (1752–1803), British admiral

## See also

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* John Payn (disambiguation)
* John Paine (disambiguation)
* Jack Payne (disambiguation)
* John Bayne (disambiguation)

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