Kane (surname)
Kane is a Celtic Irish surname and is an anglicisation of Cathan meaning war like (see Ó Catháin). It is also a noble Norwegian surname. Notable people with the name include:
Actors
- Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
- Carol Kane, American actress
- Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer, originally known as Chelsea Staub
- Christian Kane, American actor and country musician
- Joseph Kane, U.S. film director and producer
- Justin Kane, American actor
- Kimberly Kane, American pornographic actress
- Samuel Kane (born 1968), British actor
Artists
- Art Kane, fashion and music photographer (who created the 1958 portrait of 57 jazz musicians, A Great Day in Harlem)
- Harry Kane (illustrator) (1912–1988), American illustrator and artist
- John Kane, Scottish painter
- Sarah Kane, English playwright
Authors
- Ben Kane, is an English novelist, specialising in historical fiction.
- Herb Kawainui Kane, artist-historian and author
Sportspeople
- Rick Kane, NFL running back played for the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins
- Boyd Kane, hockey player for the AHL's Hershey Bears
- Evander Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Buffalo Sabres
- Harry Kane (baseball) (1883–1932), American baseball player
- Harry Kane (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
- Harry Kane (hurdler) (born 1933), British hurdler
- Jim Kane (disambiguation), multiple people
- Justin Kane, Australian boxer
- Patrick Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks
- Todd Kane, English footballer
- Tony Kane, Irish footballer
Comics artists
Musicians and performers
- Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
- Candye Kane (1965–2016), American blues and jazz performer
- Kevin Kane, Canadian songwriter
- Eden Kane, British singer
- Miles Kane, British singer
- Phil Kane, Scottish keyboard player of The Silencers
- Ian Kane, Irish bass player of The Chakras and We Lived In Cities
Politicians and military people
- Elisha Kent Kane, medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century, member of two arctic expeditions.
- James Kane (1895–1964), Australian politician
- Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania lawyer and former attorney general
- Richard Rutledge Kane, Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate
- Thomas L. Kane (1822–1883), American Civil War general and founder of Kane, Pennsylvania
Scholars
- Daniel Kane (linguist), Australian linguist, expert on Jurchen and Khitan languages
- Daniel Kane (mathematician) (born 1986), American graduate student
- Harnett Kane (1910-1984), American author
- Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972), Sanskrit scholar and an awardee of the Bharat Ratna
- Thomas R. Kane, American academic
- Charles L. Kane, American theoretical physicist
Science and medical
- Evan O'Neill Kane (1861–1932), surgeon who performed several self-operations
- Gordon L. Kane, an internationally recognized scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics
- Katherine Sophia Kane (1811-1886), Irish botanist
- William T. Kane (1932–2008), a physicist who held patents in crystallography and heat-sensing
Other
- Kane (noble family), a Norwegian noble family
Fictional
- Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane
- Barry Kane from Saboteur
- Carter and Sadie Kane, protagonists from the series The Kane Chronicles by #1 New York Times and award-winning author Rick Riordan
- Garrison Kane, comic book character from the Marvel Universe
- Dr. Kane, the sin of "Envy": see Jack (webcomic)
- Kathy/Kate Kane, Batwoman
- Bette Kane, or Betty Kane, the DC Comics Pre-Crisis Bat-Girl
- Executive Officer Kane, character in the film Alien
- Solomon Kane, fictional 16th century Puritan adventurer created by Robert E. Howard
- Reverend Henry Kane, fictional character from the Poltergeist film trilogy
- John Michael Kane, one of the aliases of Jason Bourne in the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
- Lucas Kane, protagonist of the video game Fahrenheit a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy
- Matthew Kane (Quake 4), the protagonist of the computer game Quake 4
- Needles Kane, character in the video game series Twisted Metal originally developed by Singletrac
- Billy Kane, a video game character created by SNK Playmore, appearing in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series.
References
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