''Alternative spellings include Daiane, Dianne, Dianna, Dian, Diahann, Dyan, Dyanne and Dyane. See also Di and Diana''

Notable people

Diane, Duchess of Württemberg Diane, Dowager Duchess of Württemberg (''née'' Princess Diane Françoise Maria da Gloria of Orléans; born 24 March 1940) is a French-German painter, sculptor, writer and philanthropist. She was the wife of Carl, Duke of Württemberg, head of ...

(born 1940), French-German painter, sculptor, writer, and philanthropist * Diane Abbott (born 1953), British politician * Diane Austin-Broos (born 1946), Australian anthropologist *

Diane Cummins Diane S. Cummins (born 19 January 1974 in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal) is a middle distance runner from Canada. She set her personal best (1:58.39) in the women's 800 metres on 2 September 2001 at a meet in Rieti (Italy). She was born in South Afri ...

(born 1974), Canadian middle-distance runner * Diane Damiano, American biomedical scientist and physical therapist * Diane D'Aquila (born 1952), Canadian-American actress * Diane Denoir (born 1957), Uruguayan singer *

Diane Duane Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland. Her works include the ''Young Wizards'' young adult fantasy series and the '' Rihannsu'' Star Trek novels. Biography Born in New York ...

(born 1952), American writer *

Diane Flacks Diane Flacks is a Canadian comedic actress, screenwriter and playwright. Early life and education Flacks was raised in the Jewish faith. Her early education took place in Jewish parochial schools. Flacks studied drama at Leah Posluns Instit ...

, Canadian actress and writer *

Diane de France Diane de France, ''suo jure'' Duchess of Angoulême (25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the H� ...

(1538–1619), daughter of Henry II of France * Diane Franklin, American actress *

Diane Gerace Dianne Roberta Gerace (born October 26, 1943) is a Canadian retired track athlete. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the high jump and pentathlon and finished in 5th and 15th place, respectively. She won a silver medal in the high jump a ...

(born 1943), Canadian high jumper, long jumper, and pentathlete * Diane Guthrie-Gresham (born 1971), Jamaican long jumper and heptathlete * Diane Henderson, American applied mathematician * Diane Holl (born 1964), English motorsports engineer *

Diane Keaton Diane Keaton (''née'' Hall, born January 5, 1946) is an American actress and director. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over six decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Glo ...

(born 1946), American actress *

Diane Kruger Diane Kruger ( Heidkrüger; ; born 15 July 1976) is a German and American actress. Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival. Kruger became known for her roles in ...

(born 1976), German actress * Diane Ladd (born 1935), American actress *

Diane Lambert Diane Marie Lambert is an American statistician known for her work on zero-inflated models, a method for extending Poisson regression to applications such as the statistics of manufacturing defects in which one can expect to observe a large numb ...

, American statistician *

Diane Lane Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at age 14 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film '' A Little Romance''. The two films that could have catapulted her to st ...

(born 1965), American actress * Diane S. Littler, American phycologist *

Diane Maclagan Diane Margaret Maclagan (born 1974) is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. She is a researcher in combinatorial and computational commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, with an emphasis on toric varieties, Hilbert schemes ...

(born 1974), mathematician *

Diane Modahl Diane Dolores Modahl (née Edwards, born 17 June 1966) is an English former middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She won Gold in the 800 m title at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Silver at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, ...

(born 1966), English middle-distance runner *

Diane Murphy ''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typi ...

(born 1964), American actress *

Diane Neal Diane Neal (born November 17, 1976) is an American actress best known for her role as New York Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak in the television series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', which she played from 2003 to 2008, and 2011 to ...

(born 1975), American actress *

Diane Nelson Diane Dezura (born July 1, 1958 in Burnaby, British Columbia as Diane Nelson) is a Canadian retired curler and Olympic medalist. As Diane Nelson, she played lead on for the Kelley Law rink in the early 2000s, one of the best teams in the world ...

(born 1958), Canadian curler * Diane Nelson (comics) (born 1968), American business executive * Diane Obomsawin (born 1959), Canadian author, illustrator and animated filmmaker * Diane Pappas (born 1970/1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives *

Diane de Poitiers Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier. She wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and famil ...

(1500–1566), French noblewoman * Diane Rakiecki (born 1961), Canadian multi-sport para-athlete *

Diane Ratnik Diane Ratnik-Cooper (born July 14, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1996. A resident of Scarborough, Ontario, she finished in eighth and tent ...

(born 1962), Canadian volleyball player *

Diane Sawyer Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ''ABC World News Tonight'', ''Good Morning America'', ''20/20'', and ''Primetime'' newsmagaz ...

(born 1945), American television journalist *

Diane Tell Diane Tell (born December 24, 1959) is a Canadian musician who was born in Quebec City, Quebec. She entered the Val d’Or conservatory at the age of six. She continued her studies at the Montréal conservatory and then at CEGEP Saint-Laurent and ...

(born 1959), Canadian musician * Diane Warren (born 1956), American songwriter *

Diane von Furstenberg Diane may refer to: People *Diane (given name) Film * ''Diane'' (1929 film), a German silent film * ''Diane'' (1956 film), a historical drama film starring Lana Turner * ''Diane'' (2017 film), a mystery film directed by Michael Mongillo * ''D ...

(born 1946), Belgian fashion designer * Diane Youdale (born 1970), English television personality ; Other * Diahann Carroll (1935–2019), American actress and singer *

Dian Fossey Dian Fossey (, January 16, 1932 – ) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of R ...

(1932–1985), American primatologist and conservationist * Dianne Nelson (born 1954), American short-story writer * Dyan Cannon (born 1937), American actress

Fictional characters

* Diane Court, a fictional character in the 1989 Cameron Crowe film '' Say Anything...'', played by Ione Skye * Diane Chambers, a fictional character in the TV series ''Cheers'' * Diane Darcy, a fictional race car driver in '' Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo'' * Diane, an unseen character from the 2008 video game ''No More Heroes'' * Diane, an unseen and unheard character in the television show ''

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 for ...

'' * Diane Jenkins Newman, a character on the American soap opera ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

'' * Diane Sugden, a character on the British soap opera ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...

'' * Diane Nguyen, a fictional character on the American adult animated series Bojack Horseman, voiced by

Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came with the role of Trudy Campbell in the drama series '' Mad Men'' (2007–2015), which won her a Screen Actors Guild Award. She gained recognition fo ...

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