Sloane (surname)

Sloane is a surname. It is a variant to the Gaelic name Sloan. Notable people with the surname include:

Academics

• Bonnie Sloane (born 1944), American cancer researcher
• Hans Sloane (1660–1753), Irish physician and collector
• Neil Sloane (born 1939), British-American mathematician
• Thomas Gibson Sloane (1858–1932), Australian entomologist
• William Milligan Sloane (1850–1928), American historian

Artists

• Mary Annie Sloane (1867–1961), British artist
• Patricia Hermine Sloane (1934–2001), American artist

Authors and editors

• Anna Bogenholm Sloane (1867–1940), Swedish-American author
• Emily Vanderbilt Sloane (1874–1970), American author and socialite
• T. O'Conor Sloane (1851–1940), editor of Scientific American
• T. O'Conor Sloane III (1912–2003), American editor
• William Milligan Sloane III (1906–1974), American publisher and author

Businesspeople

• Henry T. Sloane (1845–1937), American businessman
• Howard Sloane (born 1950), American philanthropist
• Hugh Sloane (born 1956), British businessman
• Marshall M. Sloane (1926–2019), American businessman
• William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915), American businessman

Composers

• Alfred Baldwin Sloane (1872–1925), American songwriter
• Asteryth Sloane (born 2000), British composer
• Gregory Sloane (born 1998), American composer

Performers

• Barry Sloane (born 1981), English actor
• Doreen Sloane (1934–1990), British actress
• Everett Sloane (1909–1965), American actor
• Lindsay Sloane (born 1977), American actress
• Olive Sloane (1895–1963), British actress
• Sidney Sloane (born 1967), stage name of British actor and presenter Gary Gibson

Politicians

• Charles A. Sloane (1850–1912), American farmer and politician
• Hans Sloane (MP) (1739–1927), British politician
• Harvey I. Sloane (born 1936), American physician and politician
• Jonathan Sloane (1785–1854), American politician
• Kellie Sloane, Australian journalist and politician
• Logan Sloane (1918–1980), New Zealand politician
• Ted Sloane (1903–1984), American politician

Scriptwriters

• Allan Sloane (1914–2001), American screenwriter
• Francesca Sloane, American screenwriter
• Michael Sloane (born 1959), American screenwriter
• Paul Sloane (1893–1963), American screenwriter and director
• Peggy Sloane (1943–2009), American screenwriter

Singers

• Carol Sloane (1937–2023), American jazz singer
• Sally Sloane (1894–1982), Australian singer and musician

Sportspeople

• Bailey Sloane (born 2003), British footballer
• Cedric Sloane (1915–1992), Australian skier
• David Sloane (born 1985), American hockey player
• Jimmy Sloane (1866–1947), Scottish footballer
• Pat Sloane (born 1980), Irish hurler
• Peter Sloane (born 1948), New Zealand rugby union player
• Roberto Sloane (born 1925), Mexican Olympic sailor
• Rory Sloane (born 1990), Australian footballer
• Shae Sloane (born 1992), Australian footballer
• Susan Sloane (born 1970), American tennis player
• James "Tod" Sloane (1874–1933), American jockey

Others

• Eric Sloane, pen name of American illustrator Everard Jean Hinrichs
• George Benedict Sloane (1898–1958), American philatelist
• Isabel Dodge Sloane (1896–1962), American horse breeder
• Niall Sloane (born 1980), Irish clergyman
• Nick Sloane (born 1961), a marine salvage expert, especially on Costa Concordia in September 2013
• Rick Sloane (born 1961), American film director
• Steven Sloane (born 1958), Israeli-American conductor
• T. O'Conor Sloane Jr. (1879–1963), American photographer
• William A. Sloane (1854–1930), American jurist

Fictional characters

• Lone Sloane, science fictional character created by Philippe Druilet
• Terry Sloane, fictional character better known as the first Mister Terrific

See also

• Sloane (disambiguation)
• W. & J. Sloane, chain of furniture stores
• Ursula Bloom, British writer whose pen names included "Sara Sloane"
• John Sloane (disambiguation)
• Martin Sloane, a 2001 novel
• Michael Sloane (disambiguation)