Famous People with Name Payne

Chrisette Michele Payne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chrisette Michele Payne: a Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer on the Def Jam Recordings record label.[2]Chrisette Michele Payne was born in Central Islip, New York to parents who worked as deacons to their church. This connection inspired her to reflect on childhood memorie

Heather Lynaye Floyd Payne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Heather Lynaye Floyd Payne: a founding member of Contemporary Christian music group Point of Grace. She announced her retirement from the group in June 2008. She has won 8 Dove Awards with Point of Grace.Payne was born and raised in a Christian home. At age 9 she started asking ques

Scherrie Payne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scherrie Payne: an American singer. The younger sister of singer/actress Freda Payne, Scherrie Payne was the co-lead singer of The Supremes from 1973 to 1977, after Jean Terrell left the group in the fall of 1973. Because of her powerful voice and petite stature of only

Nicolle Katherine Payne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nicolle Katherine Payne: is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The goalkeeper was also a member of the US team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Theodore Payne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Payne: He moved to Los Angeles in 1893 and fell in love with the California flora, dedicating his life to its preservation.Even in the early years of this century, native vegetation was being lost to agriculture and housing at an alarming rate. He urged the use of California native plants and lectured across the state on preserving the wild flowers and landscapes native to California.California native wildflowers and landscapes were the specialty in his nursery and seed business, which he started in 1903 when he purchased the Evans nursery in downtown Los Angeles. His nursery location moved several times before settling permanently on Los Feliz Blvd. in Atwater Village, a suburb a few miles north of downtown Los Angeles, in 1923.