Trivia

Son of John Wayne and Pilar Wayne.

Named after the character his father played in The Searchers (1956).

He has been President of John Wayne Enterprises since the death of his older half-brother, Michael Wayne in 2003.

Half-brother of Patrick Wayne, Michael Wayne, Toni Wayne, and Melinda Wayne

Brother of Aissa Wayne and Marisa Wayne

Uncle of Brendan Wayne

Nephew of Robert E. Morrison

Along with the Flynns (Errol Flynn and Sean Flynn), John and Ethan Wayne comprise one of the rare father-son teams involved in on-screen whippings. John was bound to a yoke and lashed in 1955's The Conqueror (1956) and Ethan was tied by his wrists in a barn and flogged in 1985's The Manhunt (1984).