Lane (surname)

Meanings and origins

From Middle English a topographic name for someone who lived in a lane. Used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Lane is also an Anglicized form, of three Irish Gaelic surnames.

Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin'.

Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.

Ó Liatháin.

A

Abbe Lane (born 1932), American actress

Abigail Lane, (born 1967) English artist

Allen Lane (1902–1970), publisher

Alycia Lane (born 1972), American television journalist

Andrew Lane (disambiguation), several people

Andy Lane (born 1963), author and journalist

Anita Lane, Australian singer and songwriter

Anthony Lane (born 1962), British film reviewer and journalist

Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956), U.S. diplomat

Ash Lane (born 1997), UK based graphic designer

B

Billy Lane, U.S. motorcycle builder

Bobby Lane (born 1939), American football player

Brendan Lane (disambiguation)

Brian Lane (pilot) (1917–1942), World War 2, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader and fighter ace

Burton Lane (1912–1997), U.S. composer and lyricist

C

Carla Lane (1937–2016), pseudonym of Romana Barrack, a British television writer

Charles Lane (actor) (1905–2007), U.S. actor

Charles Lane (journalist), Washington Post reporter

Charles Lane (African-American actor/filmmaker) (born 1953) U.S. actor

Colin Lane, Australian comedian

D

David Lane (disambiguation), several people

Denny Lane (1818–1895), Irish businessman and nationalist public figure

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 (actress) (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)

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

K

Kris Lane (born 1967), 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

Lyle Franklin Lane, (1926-2013), U.S. Diplomat

M

Mark Lane (1927-2016), 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

Philip Lane, multiple people

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), American 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), American writer

Rosemary Lane (1914–1974), one of the American Lane Sisters

Roy Lane (c.1935–2009), British racing driver

Ryan Lane (born 1987), American actor and model

S

Sam Lane

Samantha Lane

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

Tami Lane, American makeup artist

Terry Lane, Australian radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist

Thomas Lane (disambiguation), various including:

Thomas Lane (VC), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross

Thomas J. Lane

Tim Lane (disambiguation)

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

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Yuri Lane, beatboxer

Fictional characters

Solomon Lane Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Drury Lane (fictional detective), created by Ellery Queen

Gerry, Karin, Constance & Rachel Lane, in the 2013 film World War Z

Jane Lane (Daria)

Lois Lane (Superman stories)

Lucy Lane, Lois Lane's sister

Sam Lane, Lois & Lucy's father

Brian Lane (New Tricks)