Gaines (surname)

For the Indian surname, see Gain (surname).

Gaines is an English surname of Norman origin.

Notable people with the surname Gaines include:

• Brian R. Gaines (born c. 1938), British systems scientist and engineer
• Cassie Gaines (1948–1977), American singer; backup singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd, sister of Steve
• Charles Gaines (writer) (born 1942), American writer and outdoorsman
• Charles Gaines (basketball) (born 1981), American basketball player
• Chris Gaines (1999–1999), fictional alter ego of American country singer Garth Brooks
• Chris Gaines (gridiron football) (born 1965), American football player
• Clarence Gaines (1923–2005), American basketball coach
• Corey Gaines (born 1965), American basketball player and coach
• Smokey Gaines (1940–2020), American basketball player
• David Gaines (racing driver) (1963–1990), American race car driver
• Earl Gaines (1935–2009), American blues singer
• Edmund P. Gaines (1777–1849), United States Army officer, brother of George Strother
• Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019), African American author
• George Gaines (set decorator) (1933–1986), American art director
• George Strother Gaines (1784–1873), American leader in the Mississippi Territory, brother of Edmund
• Grady Gaines (1934–2021), American blues tenor saxophonist
• Greg Gaines (disambiguation), multiple people
• Grenville Gaines (1854–1922), American politician and lawyer
• Innis Gaines (born 1998), American football player
• John Gaines (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jon Gaines II (born 1999), American football player
• Lloyd L. Gaines, (born 1911, disappeared 1939), American civil rights litigant
• Max Gaines (1894–1947), American comic book publisher, father of William
• Randal Gaines (born 1953), American politician
• Reece Gaines (born 1981), American basketball player
• Richard Gaines (1904–1975), American actor
• Riley Gaines (born 2000), American women's swimmer and activist
• Rowdy Gaines (born 1959), American swimmer
• Roy Gaines (1937–2021), American blues guitarist
• Ruth Gaines-Shelton (1872–1934), American educator and writer
• Sheldon Gaines (born 1964), American football player
• Stanley F. Gaines (1891–1950), American politician from Mississippi
• Stanley O. Gaines, American psychologist
• Steve Gaines (1949–1977), American musician, guitarist and songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Walter Lee Gaines (1881–1950), American dairy scientist
• William Gaines (disambiguation), multiple people