Blane is a
given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Blane Comstock
Blane Comstock (born November 3, 1949) is an American ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Win ...
(born 1949), American ice hockey player
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Blane De St. Croix
Blane De St. Croix (born in Boston, MA) is an artist best known for his monumental landscape sculptures and installations.
His sculpture investigates the human relationship to the contemporary landscape and the ecological and geopolitical conflic ...
, American artist
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Blane Gaison (born 1958), American football player
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M. Blane Michael
Martin Blane Michael (February 17, 1943 – March 25, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Education and career
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Michael grew up in Grant Cou ...
, (1943–2011), American judge
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Blane Morgan
Blane Morgan (born 1977) is an American football coach. He was most recently the head football coach at Lamar University, a position he held from 2020 until 2022. Morgan also played college football as a quarterback at the United States Air Force ...
(born 1977), American football coach
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Blane David Nordahl
Blane David Nordahl (born April 19, 1962) is an American cat burglar, who was given the nickname "Burglar to the Stars" after his exploits at the homes of individuals such as Ivana Trump, Steven Spielberg, Curt Gowdy and Bruce Springsteen. A high ...
(born 1962), American cat burglar
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Blane Smith
Blane Smith (born July 13, 1954) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1977 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and was a member of the Green Bay Packers that season. After his NFL c ...
(born 1954), American football player
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Saint Blane
Saint Blane ( Old Irish ''Bláán'', died 590) was a bishop and confessor in Scotland, born on the Isle of Bute, date unknown; died 590. His feast is kept on 10 August.
Late (medieval) Scottish texts relate that his mother was Irish and tha ...
, Scottish bishop and confessor
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Blane Muise
Blane Muise (born May 4, 1993), better known by her stage name Shygirl, is an English rapper, DJ, singer, songwriter and co-head/founder of record label and collective Nuxxe. Shygirl's music incorporates elements of hip house, industrial hip-ho ...
, English musician
Fictional characters named Blane include:
* Blane McDonnagh, a character portrayed by
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as '' St. Elmo's Fire'', '' Pretty in Pink'', and '' Le ...
in ''
Pretty in Pink
''Pretty in Pink'' is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. A cult classic, it is commonly identified as a " Brat Pack" film. It was directed by Howard Deutch, pro ...
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Blane (surname)
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Blaine (given name) Blaine is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Blaine Bishop (born 1970), American former National Football League safety
* Blaine Boyer (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Blaine Calkins (born 1968), Canadian ...
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