Lane (surname)

Lane is a surname with two separate origins in Britain and Ireland.

A

• Abbe Lane, American actress
• Abigail Lane
• Allen Lane
• Alycia Lane
• Andrew Lane, U.S. musician and conductor
• Andy Lane
• Anita Lane, Australian singer and songwriter
• Anthony Lane, British film reviewer
• Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956), U.S. diplomat

B

• Billy Lane, U.S. motorcycle builder
• Burton Lane (1912–1997), U.S. composer and lyricist

C

• Carla Lane (born 1937), British television writer
• Charles Lane (actor) (born 1905), U.S. actor
• Charles Lane (journalist), Washington Post reporter
• Charles Lane (African-American actor/filmmaker) (born 1953) U.S. actor
• Chei Mi Lane, U.S. author
• Colin Lane, Australian comedian

D

• David Lane (activist) (c. 1955), American social conservative Christian political activist
• David Lane (director), director of the film Thunderbirds are GO and various episodes of Gerry Anderson TV series
• David Lane (lawyer), American lawyer
• David Lane (musician), Australian musician - member of You Am I
• David Lane (politician) (1922–1998), British Conservative Party politician
• David Lane (white nationalist) (1938–2007), American white nationalist leader, author and convict
• David A. Lane (scientist), former president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
• David C. Lane (born 1956), American professor of philosophy and critic of certain new religious movements
• David Ian Lane (born 1961), English stage actor and theatre producer who goes by the name David Ian
• David J. Lane, Canadian astronomer
• Sir David P. Lane (born 1952), British oncologist
• Devinn Lane
• Diane Lane (born 1965), U.S. actress
• Dick Lane (1936–2002), scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art
• Dick Lane (American football) (1928–2002), American football player
• Dick Lane (baseball) (born 1927), U.S. baseball player
• Dick Lane (TV announcer) (1899–1982), television announcer
• Don Lane

E

• Eastwood Lane (1879–1951), U.S. composer
• Edward William Lane (1801–1876), British scholar
• Elizabeth Lane, British lawyer

F

• Fitz Hugh Lane (1804–1865), U.S. painter
• Frank Lane (1896–1981), U.S. baseball executive
• Franklin Knight Lane (1864–1921), Canadian-American politician
• Fred Lane (1975–2000), American football player
• Frederick Lane (1888–1969), Australian swimmer

G

• Gary Lane
• Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane
• George Martin Lane (1823–1897), U.S. scholar
• Gord Lane

H

• Harlan Lane, professor of psychology and linguistics, Northeastern University, Boston
• Harriet Lane (1830–1903), James Buchanan's niece
• Harry Lane
• Homer Lane
• Hugh Lane (1875–1915), Irish(Irish-British) Art Collector and Philanthropist

J

• Jackie Lane (born 1947), British actress
• James D. Lane
• James H. Lane (Senator) (1814–1866), U.S. politician and abolitionist
• James H. Lane (general) (1833–1907), Confederate general
• Jane Lane (author)
• Jani Lane (born 1964), U.S. singer (Warrant)
• Jason Lane
• Jay Lane
• Jeffrey Lane
• Jim Lane (Irish republican)
• Jim Lane (Microsoft)
• Jocelyn Lane (born 1937), model, actress and jewellery designer
• John Lane (publisher) (1854–1925), British publisher
• John Carey Lane, former Mayor of Honolulu
• Jonathan Homer Lane (1819–1880), American astrophysicist and inventor
• Joseph Lane (1801–1881), U.S. general
• Joshua Lane (born 1988), Writer

K

• Kris Lane, professor of Latin American history
• Krista Lane

L

• Lafayette Lane (1842–1896), U.S. politician
• Lana Lane
• Lauren Lane (born 1961), U.S. actress
• Lenny Lane (born 1970), U.S. professional wrestler, real name Leonard Carlson
• Leota Lane (1913–1963), one of the Lane Sisters
• Lisa Lane (born 1938), U.S. chess player
• Lola Lane (1906–1981), one of the Lane Sisters
• Lupino Lane

M

• Mark Lane, author of Rush to Judgment
• Martin Lane, former English footballer
• Mills Lane (born 1936), U.S. judge and boxing referee
• Morgan D. Lane, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

N

• Nathan Lane, (American actor)

P

• Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canadian poet
• Priscilla Lane (1915–1995), one of the Lane Sisters

R

• Ralph Lane (c.1530-1603), English explorer
• Richard James Lane (1800–1872), English master lithographer and line-engraver
• Richard Lane (1936–2002), scholar, author, collector, and dealer of Japanese art
• Richard Lane (architect) (1795–1880), English architect of the late Georgian and early Victorian period.
• Richard Lane (writer) (1918–2008), Australian playwright/dramatist
• Ronnie Lane (1946–1997), British singer and songwriter
• Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968), U.S. writer
• Rosemary Lane (1914–1974), one of the Lane Sisters
• Roy Lane, British racing driver

S

• Sam Lane
• Samantha Lane
• Sarah Lane (born 1976), U.S. television personality
• Selwyn George (Bill) Lane, Australian ornithologist
• Shawn Lane (1963–2003), U.S. musician (Black Oak Arkansas)
• Stan Lane (born 1953), U.S. professional wrestler
• Stanley Lane-Poole

T

• Terry Lane, Australian radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist
• Thomas Lane, various including:
  • Thomas Lane (VC), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas J. Lane
• Tim Lane (disambiguation)
• Tory Lane

V

• Vanessa Lane

W

• Walter P. Lane (1817–1892), Confederate general
• William Lane (1861–1917), Australian labour leader
• William Carr Lane
• William Henry Lane, known as Master Juba
• William Preston Lane, Jr. (1892–1967), U.S. politician

Y

• Yuri Lane, beatboxer

Fictional characters

• Drury Lane (fictional detective), created by Ellery Queen
• Jane Lane (Daria)
• Lois Lane (Superman stories)
• Lucy Lane, Lois Lane's sister
• Sam Lane, Lois & Lucy's father
• Brian Lane (New Tricks)

See also

• Lane
• Laine
• Layne
• Lyne