Wayne

 

city (1990 pop. 19,899), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit, on the Lower Rouge River; inc. as a village 1869, and with surrounding areas as a city 1960. It has automobile and aircraft industries and other varied manufactures.

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
• 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 Newton, Las Vegas singer
• Wayne Rooney English football (soccer) player
• Wayne Shelford, New Zealand rugby player
• Wayne Shorter, jazz musician
• P. Wayne Sexton, Sr., North Carolina politician
• Wayne Tunncliffe (Wayne), 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 US Armies
• Elsie Wayne, Canadian politician
• Jeff Wayne, musician
• John Wayne, American actor
• Reggie Wayne, American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

Fictional

There are at least three fictional characters named Wayne:

• Bruce Wayne, the true identity of Batman
• Wayne Arnold, the older brother of the first-person narrative-character on The Wonder Years
• Wayne Palmer, from the television series "24".
• Wayne's World title character

Geographical

Several places in the United States were named after General Anthony Wayne (q.v.): 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

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

Educational instituitions

• Wayne State University, Michigan
• Wayne State College, Nebraska

Other

• Wayne Corporation was a major U.S. manufacturer of school buses and other vehicles.
• Wayne was 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
• Lil Wayne, Rapper

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