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Wain (surname)

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Wain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bea Wain (1917–2017), American Big Band-era singer
  • David Wain (born 1969), American comedian, writer, actor and director
  • Edward Wain, aka Robert Towne (born 1934), American screenwriter and director
  • John Wain (1925–1994), English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement"
  • Louis Wain (1860–1939), English artist known for his drawings featuring anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens
  • Louise Wain, English respiratory researcher
  • Richard William Leslie Wain (1896–1917), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • William Wain Prior (1876–1946), Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Danish Army, 1939–1941

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