Wayne
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Wayne is of English origin and means "wagon maker"; the Wayne Corporation was a major U.S. manufacturer of school buses and other vehicles.
Wayne is the given name of men such as:
- Wayne C. Booth, literary critic
- Wayne Gould, New Zealand-born popularizer of sudoku
- Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player
- Wayne Huizenga and Wayne Inouye, U.S. businessmen
- Wayne Newton, Las Vegas singer
- Wayne Rooney English football (soccer) player
- Wayne Shelford, New Zealand rugby player
- Wayne Shorter, jazz musician
- Wayne Wang, film director
Those with the surname of Wayne include:
- U.S. general Anthony Wayne
- U.S. actor John Wayne
- Canadian politician Elsie Wayne
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 Several places in the U.S. were named after Gen. Wayne:
- Wayne, Michigan
- Wayne, New Jersey
- Wayne, New York
- Wayne, Ohio
- Wayne, West Virginia
- Wayne County, Indiana
- Wayne County, Michigan (home of Wayne State University)
- Wayne County, New York
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
Template:Col-2 Other U.S. places named Wayne include:
- Wayne, Maine
- Wayne, Nebraska (home of Wayne State College)
- Wayne, Pennsylvania
- Wayne, Wisconsin
- Wayne County, Utah
- Wayne Township, Pennsylvania
There are at least two fictional characters named Wayne:
- Bruce Wayne, the true identity of Batman
- the title character of Wayne's World