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Main is a surname. People with it include: * Alan Main, Scottish football goalkeeper * Alexander H. Main. American politician * Anne Main, British politician * Bert Main, Australian zoologist * Charles T. Main, American engineer *
Frank Main Frank Main is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter from Chicago, Illinois. Early life Main was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in 1964. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Bishop Kelley High School in 1982. He graduated from Emory ...
(born 1964), American journalist * George Washington Main (1807–1836) Alamo defender *
George Main (horse racing) George Main (9 July 1879 – 31 August 1948) was an Australian pastoralist and horse breeder, chairman of the Australian Jockey Club (AJC)(later Australian Turf Club) from 1937 to 1945. History Main was born in Ardrossan, Scotland, the eldest s ...
(1879–1948), Australian pastoralist and horse breeder, chairman of the Australian Jockey Club * Grant Main, Canadian rower * Jack Main (John Alfred Main 1876–1945), Australian rules footballer *
James Main James Main (29 May 1886 – 29 December 1909) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian and the Scotland national football team as a right back. Main suffered fatal internal injuries while playing in a match on Christmas Day 1909, an ...
, Scottish football player *
John Main John Douglas Main Order of Saint Benedict, OSB (21 January 1926 – 30 December 1982) was a Roman Catholic priest and Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monk who presented a way of Christian meditation which used a prayer-phrase or mantra. ...
, British Benedictine monk *
Marjorie Main Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1 ...
, American actress * Oliver Main, member of the Pigeon Detectives *
Robert Main The Reverend Robert Main (12 July 1808 – 9 May 1878) was an English astronomer. Life Born at Upnor in Kent, he was the eldest son of Thomas Main; Thomas John Main the mathematician was a younger brother. Robert Main attended school in ...
, British astronomer * Sandy Main, Scottish football player * Terence Main (born 1954), American modernist sculptor * Willett Main, American politician


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Main (disambiguation) Main may refer to: Geography * Main River (disambiguation) **Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany * Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries ...
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Maine (disambiguation) Maine is a U.S. state. Maine may also refer to: Places * Gulf of Maine, a gulf off the coast of the U.S. state * Province of Maine, 17th-century English colonial entities on territory that eventually became the U.S. state France *Maine (provi ...
* Mayne (disambiguation) {{surname, Main Scottish surnames