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'''Wayne''' is of English origin and means "wagon maker".
== People ==
=== Given name ===
'''Wayne''' is the given name of men such as:
*[[Wayne Bennett (rugby league footballer)]], Australian rugby league coach
*[[Wayne C. Booth]], literary critic
*[[:es:Wayne Brabender|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''
=== Surname ===
Those with the surname of '''Wayne''' include:
*[[Anthony Wayne]], general in the American colonial and United States armies
*[[David Wayne (singer)|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
=== 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"
*Drain my wayne, English slang meaning [[to urinate]]
== Geographical ==
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Several places in the United States were named after General [[Anthony Wayne]]:
*[[Wayne, Illinois]]
*[[Wayne, Michigan]]
*[[Wayne, New Jersey]]
*[[Wayne, New York]]
*[[Wayne, Ohio]]
*[[Wayne, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Wayne County, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Wayne, West Virginia]]
*[[Wayne County, Indiana]]
*[[Wayne County, Michigan]] (home of [[Wayne State University]])
*[[Wayne County, New York]]
*[[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
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Other U.S. places named '''Wayne''' include:
*[[Wayne, Maine]]
*[[Wayne, Nebraska]] (home of [[Wayne State College]])
*[[Wayne, Oklahoma]]
*[[Wayne, Wisconsin]]
*[[Wayne County, Utah]]
*[[Wayne Township, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Wayne County Mississippi]]
*[[Wayne County Tennessee]]
*[[Waynesboro Mississippi]]
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== Educational instituitions ==
* [[Wayne State University]], Michigan
* [[Wayne State College]], Nebraska
== 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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