Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Dick Van Dyke (middle name Wayne) 1964; 1965; 1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero
Wayne Campbell 1992 Wayne's World
Fictional Characters from Television:
3 characters
Harold Bishop (middle name Wayne) 1985 Neighbours
Wayne Arnold 1988 The Wonder Years
Wayne Palmer 2001 24
Hall-of-Famers:
2 basketball, 1 baseball, 1 football, 1 ice hockey
(football) Wayne Millner 1968
(basketball) Wayne Embry 1999
(ice hockey) Wayne Gretzky 1999
(basketball) Reggie Miller (middle name Wayne) 2012
(baseball) Chipper Jones (middle name Wayne) 2018
Most Valuable Players:
3 winners
Wayne Gretzky 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1989 ice hockey
Chipper Jones (middle name Wayne) 1999 baseball
Kevin Durant (middle name Wayne) 2014 basketball
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
13 actors, 1 comedian/presenter
Naunton Wayne (middle name Wayne) 1901-1970
Wayne Morris 1914-1959
Dick Van Dyke (middle name Wayne) 1925-
Wayne Rogers 1933-2015
Hoyt Axton (middle name Wayne) 1938-1999
Wayne Northrop 1947-
Patrick Swayze (middle name Wayne) 1952-2009
Wayne Knight 1955-
Gary Coleman (middle name Wayne) 1968-2010
Wayne Brady 1972-
Shawn Hatosy (middle name Wayne) 1975-
Sarah Wayne Callies 1977-
Ross Marquand (middle name Wayne) 1981-
Mark Salling (middle name Wayne) 1982-2018
Notable Athletes:
2 baseball, 2 basketball, 2 soccer, 1 ice hockey, 1 tennis
(ice hockey) Wayne Gretzky 1961-
(basketball) Reggie Miller (middle name Wayne) 1965-
(tennis) Wayne Ferreira 1971-
(baseball) Chipper Jones (middle name Wayne) 1972-
(soccer) Wayne Rooney 1985-
(soccer) Wayne Hennessey 1987-
(basketball) Kevin Durant (middle name Wayne) 1988-
(baseball) Tyler Skaggs (middle name Wayne) 1991-2019
Notable Evildoers:
1 murderer
John Wayne Gacy 1942-1994
Notable Musicians:
4 musicians, 3 singers
Little Richard (middle name Wayne) 1932-2020
Hoyt Axton (middle name Wayne) 1938-1999
Wayne Fontana 1945-2020
Wayne Kramer 1948-2024
Wayne Coyne 1961-
Mark Salling (middle name Wayne) 1982-2018
Lil Wayne 1982-
Olympic Medalists:
6 silver, 4 gold, 2 bronze, 1 silver/bronze
(gold) Wayne Glasgow 1952 basketball
(gold) Wayne Moore 1952 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Byrle Klinck (a.k.a. Wayne) 1956 ice hockey
(bronze) Dick Howard (middle name Wayne) 1960 400 m hurdles
(silver) Wayne Collett 1972 400 m
(silver/bronze) Gary Hall Sr. (middle name Wayne) 1968; 1972; 1976 swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 100 m butterfly
(silver) Wayne Ferreira 1992 tennis
(gold) Reggie Miller (middle name Wayne) 1996 basketball
(silver) Dave Nilsson (middle name Wayne) 2004 baseball
(silver) Guard Young (middle name Wayne) 2004 artistic gymnastics
(silver) Wayne Ough 2004 baseball
(silver) Trent Oeltjen (middle name Wayne) 2004 baseball
(gold) Kevin Durant (middle name Wayne) 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024 basketball
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Little Richard (middle name Wayne) 1986
Mike Campbell (middle name Wayne) 2002 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers