Kane (surname)
Kane is an English-language surname. It has multiple origins. It is derived from the old English name cana. In Ireland, however, the name is of different origins as an anglicisation of Mac Catháin, and in Scotland is a sept of Clan MacMillan.
Artists
- Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
- Amory Kane, U.S. composer and musician
- Art Kane, American fashion and music photographer
- Arthur Kane, U.S. bassist of the New York Dolls
- Barbara Sanchez-Kane, Mexican fashion designer
- Ben Kane, English novelist, specialising in historical fiction
- Ben Kane (record producer), U.S. record producer
- Big Daddy Kane, U.S. rapper
- Bob Kane, most famous as the co-creator of Batman
- Candye Kane, U.S. blues and jazz singer and songwriter
- Carol Kane, U.S. actress
- Chelsea Kane, U.S. actress and singer, originally known as Chelsea Staub
- Chris Kane, Australian guitarist and songwriter of Eye of the Enemy
- Christian Kane, U.S. actor and country musician
- Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
- Clinton Kane, Filipino-Australian singer, songwriter, and musician
- David Kane (pianist), U.S.-Scottish composer and jazz pianist
- Eden Kane, British singer
- Gil Kane, comic book artist
- Greg Kane (musician), Scottish musician, and co-member of Hue and Cry
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer
- Harry Kane (illustrator), U.S. illustrator and artist
- Henry B. Kane, U.S. illustrator, photographer, and author of nature books for children
- Herb Kawainui Kāne, Native Hawaiian artist, historian, and author
- Jack Kane (composer), English-born Canadian musician and composer
- John Kane (artist), Scottish painter
- Joseph Kane, U.S. film director and producer
- Justin Kane, U.S. actor
- Kevin Kane (musician), Canadian songwriter
- Kimberly Kane, award-winning U.S. pornographic actress, author, and founding member and treasurer of APAC
- Marjorie Kane, stage name "Babe Kane," prolific early U.S. film and stage actress
- Miles Kane, British singer
- Paul Kane, a pseudonym used by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
- Phil Kane, Scottish keyboard player of The Silencers
- Samuel Kane, British actor
- Sarah Kane, English playwright
- Thommy Kane, stage name "Poverty," U.S. actor, filmmaker, songwriter, and composer
- Tom Kane, U.S. voice actor
Sportspeople
- Ben Kane (footballer), Australian Australian rules footballer
- Boyd Kane, hockey player for the AHL's Hershey Bears
- Conor Kane (footballer), Irish footballer
- DeAndre Kane, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Super League and EuroLeague
- Evander Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks
- George Francis Kane, American chess master
- Harry Kane, English footballer
- Harry Kane (baseball), American baseball player
- Harry Kane (hurdler), British hurdler
- Herbie Kane, English footballer
- Jack Kane (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jim Kane (disambiguation), multiple people
- Justin Kane, Australian boxer
- Patrick Kane, hockey player for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings
- Rick Kane, NFL running back played for the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins
- Sanoussi Kane, American football player
- Stanley Kane, English footballer
- Todd Kane, English footballer
- Tony Kane, Irish footballer
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
- Elizabeth Kane, American physician, writer, philanthropist, and women's rights activist.
- Frank E. Kane, Canadian politician
- James Kane, Australian politician
- Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania lawyer and former attorney general convicted of felony perjury
- Michael N. Kane, American lawyer, judge, and politician
- Richard Rutledge Kane, Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands Protectorate
- Thomas L. Kane, American Civil War general and founder of Kane, Pennsylvania.
Scholars
- Charles L. Kane, American theoretical physicist
- Daniel Kane (linguist), Australian linguist, expert on Jurchen and Khitan languages
- Daniel Kane (mathematician), American mathematician
- Josephine Kane, British academic and historian of architecture
- Pandurang Vaman Kane, Sanskrit scholar and an awardee of the Bharat Ratna
- Ruth Kane, New Zealand professor of education
- Thomas R. Kane, American academic
Science and medical
- Evan O'Neill Kane, surgeon who performed several self-operations
- Gordon L. Kane, scientific leader in theoretical and phenomenological particle physics
- Jasper H. Kane,, American biochemist
- Katherine Sophia Kane, Irish botanist
- Shanley Kane, American technology writer
- Suzanne Amador Kane, American scientist
Other
- Agnes Kane Callum, American genealogist
- Carol Kane (businesswoman), co-founder and joint CEO of Debenhams Group
- Conor Kane (journalist), Irish journalist
- Nichola Kane, Scottish broadcast journalist
- Kane (noble family), a Norwegian noble family
- Vincent Kane, British news reporter
Fictional
- Adam Kane, protagonist in one of Dead Rising 3 expansion missions.
- Barry Kane from Saboteur
- Bette Kane, or Betty Kane, the DC Comics Pre-Crisis Bat-Girl
- Billy Kane, a character from the Fatal Fury series
- Carter and Sadie Kane, protagonists from the series The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
- Charles Foster Kane, the titular character of the film Citizen Kane
- Erica Kane, fictional character from the American television soap opera All My Children
- Fergus K. Kane from Lady in the Lake
- Garrison Kane, comic book character from the Marvel Universe
- Gilbert Kane, a character in the film Alien
- Reverend Henry Kane, fictional character from the Poltergeist film trilogy
- John Kane, a character in So Weird
- John Michael Kane, one of the aliases of Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity (novel)
- Kathy/Kate Kane, Batwoman
- Lucas Kane, protagonist of the video game Fahrenheit a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy
- Marcus Kane from The 100 (TV series)
- Marshall Kane from Community
- Matthew Kane, the protagonist of the computer game Quake 4
- Needles Kane, character in the video game series Twisted Metal originally developed by Singletrac
- Solomon Kane, fictional 16th century Puritan adventurer created by Robert E. Howard
- Will Kane from ''High Noon''