::The name may also be spelled Payne.
Paine is the surname of several famous individuals:
- Charles Jackson Paine, (1833-1916), an American Civil War general and America's Cup yachtsman
- Eleazer A. Paine, an American Civil War general
- Elijah Paine, a U.S. Senator from Vermont
- Godfrey Paine, a Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer
- Halbert E. Paine, an American Civil War general
- James Paine, an English architect
- John Paine, any of several individuals
- John Knowles Paine, an American composer
- Lyman Paine, an American architect
- Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence or any of several Americans by this name
- Roxy Paine, an American artist
- Ruth Paine, an American woman who inadvertently played a role in the Kennedy Assassination
- Sumner Paine, an American Olympic marksman
- Terry Paine, an English footballer
- Thomas Paine, a U.S. Founding Father and author of Rights of Man and The Age of Reason
- Thomas Paine (privateer), a colonial American privateer
- Thomas O. Paine, a NASA administrator
Paine may also refer to: