John Payne

John Payne may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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

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

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

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