Kane (surname)

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KanePronunciation| /ˈkeɪn/

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Language(s)| English
Origin
Language(s)| 1\. Old English
2\. Welsh
3\. Manx
4\. Irish
5\. Old French
6\. Transalpine Gaulish (likely)
Word/name| 1\. Cana
2\. cain
3\. Mac Cathain
4\. Ó Catháin
5\. cane
6\. Caen
Meaning| 1\. male given name
2\. 'beautiful'
3\. 'son of Cathan'
4\. 'descendant of Cahan'
5\. 'reed'
6\. placename in Normandy
Region of origin| England, Scotland, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)| Cane
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Kane is an English-language surname. It has multiple origins. It is derived from the old English name (k)cana.[4] In Ireland, however, the name is of different origins as an anglicisation of Mac Catháin, and in Scotland is a sept of Clan MacMillan.[citation needed]

## Artists

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* Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
* Amory Kane, American composer and musician
* Art Kane, fashion and music photographer (who created the 1958 portrait of 57 jazz musicians, A Great Day in Harlem)
* Arthur Kane, American bassist of the New York Dolls
* Barbara Sanchez-Kane, Mexican fashion designer
* Ben Kane, English novelist, specialising in historical fiction.
* Ben Kane (record producer), American record producer
* Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
* Bob Kane, most famous as the co-creator of Batman
* Candye Kane (1965–2016), American blues and jazz performer
* Carol Kane, American actress
* Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer, originally known as Chelsea Staub
* Chris Kane, Australian guitarist and songwriter of Eye of the Enemy
* Christian Kane, American actor and country musician
* Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
* Clinton Kane (born 1998/1999), Australian singer, songwriter, and musician
* David Kane (pianist), US/Scottish composer and jazz pianist
* Eden Kane (born 1940), British singer
* Gil Kane, comic book artist
* Greg Kane (musician) (born 1966), Scottish musician, and co-member of Hue and Cry
* Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer.
* Harry Kane (illustrator) (1912–1988), American illustrator and artist
* Henry B. Kane (1902–1971), American illustrator, photographer, and author of nature books for children
* Herb Kawainui Kane, artist-historian and author.
* John Kane (artist), Scottish painter
* Joseph Kane, U.S. film director and producer
* Justin Kane, American actor
* Kevin Kane (musician), Canadian songwriter
* Kimberly Kane, American pornographic actress
* Miles Kane, British singer
* Phil Kane, Scottish keyboard player of The Silencers
* Samuel Kane (born 1968), British actor
* Sarah Kane, English playwright
* Thommy Kane, Actor, filmmaker, Songwriter and composer
* Tom Kane, American voice actor

## Sportspeople

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* Ben Kane (footballer), Australian Australian rules footballer
* Boyd Kane, hockey player for the AHL's Hershey Bears
* Conor Kane (footballer), Irish footballer
* DeAndre Kane, American basketball player in the Israeli Premier League and EuroLeague
* Evander Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Edmonton Oilers
* George Francis Kane (born 1948), American chess master
* Harry Kane (born 1993), English footballer
* Harry Kane (baseball) (1883–1932), American baseball player
* Harry Kane (hurdler) (born 1933), British hurdler
* Herbie Kane (born 1998), English footballer
* Jim Kane (disambiguation), multiple people
* Justin Kane, Australian boxer
* Patrick Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
* Rick Kane (1954–2009), NFL running back played for the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins
* Sanoussi Kane (born 2001), American football player
* Stanley Kane, English footballer
* Todd Kane, English footballer
* Tony Kane, Irish footballer

## Politicians and military people

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* Elisha Kent Kane, medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century, member of two arctic expeditions
* Elizabeth Kane (1836–1909), American physician, writer, philanthropist, and women's rights activist. Married to Thomas L. Kane
* Frank E. Kane (born 1932), Canadian politician
* James Kane (1895–1964), Australian politician
* Kathleen Kane (born 1966), Pennsylvania lawyer and former attorney general convicted of felony perjury
* Michael N. Kane (1851–1924), American lawyer, judge, and politician
* Richard Rutledge Kane, Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate
* Thomas L. Kane (1822–1883), American Civil War general and founder of Kane, Pennsylvania. Married to Elizabeth Kane.

## Scholars

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* Charles L. Kane, American theoretical physicist
* Daniel Kane (linguist), Australian linguist, expert on Jurchen and Khitan languages
* Daniel Kane (mathematician) (born 1986), American mathematician
* Josephine Kane, British academic and historian of architecture
* Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972), Sanskrit scholar and an awardee of the Bharat Ratna
* Ruth Kane, New Zealand professor of education
* Thomas R. Kane, American academic

## Science and medical

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* Evan O'Neill Kane (1861–1932), surgeon who performed several self-operations
* Gordon L. Kane, scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics
* Jasper H. Kane, (1903–2004), American biochemist
* Katherine Sophia Kane (1811–1886), Irish botanist
* Shanley Kane, American technology writer
* Suzanne Amador Kane, American scientist

## Other

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* Agnes Kane Callum (1925–2015), American genealogist
* Carol Kane (businesswoman), co-founder and joint CEO of Boohoo.com
* Conor Kane (journalist), Irish journalist
* Nichola Kane, Scottish broadcast journalist
* Kane (noble family), a Norwegian noble family
* Vincent Kane, British news reporter

## Fictional

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* Adam Kane, protagonist in one of Dead Rising 3 expansion missions.
* Barry Kane from Saboteur
* Bette Kane, or Betty Kane, the DC Comics Pre-Crisis Bat-Girl
* Billy Kane, a video game character created by SNK Playmore, appearing in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series
* Carter and Sadie Kane, protagonists from the series The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
* Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane
* Erica Kane, fictional character from the American television soap opera All My Children
* Fergus K. Kane from Lady in the Lake
* Garrison Kane, comic book character from the Marvel Universe
* Gilbert Kane, character in the film Alien
* Reverend Henry Kane, fictional character from the Poltergeist film trilogy
* John Kane, a fictional character who appeared in a number of episodes of "So Weird", portrayed by Canadian-British actor Mackenzie Gray
* John Michael Kane, one of the aliases of Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
* Kathy/Kate Kane, Batwoman
* Lucas Kane, protagonist of the video game Fahrenheit a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy
* Marcus Kane from The 100 (TV series)
* Marshall Kane from Community
* Matthew Kane, the protagonist of the computer game Quake 4
* Needles Kane, character in the video game series Twisted Metal originally developed by Singletrac
* Solomon Kane, fictional 16th century Puritan adventurer created by Robert E. Howard
* Will Kane from High Noon

## References

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1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. p. 438\. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
2. ^ Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (1991) [1958]. A Dictionary of English Surnames (3 ed.). London and New York: Routledge. pp. 546–547, 562. ISBN 0-415-05737-X.
3. ^ "Cane Name Meaning & Cane Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
4. ^ "Cane Name Meaning & Cane Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

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