given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
and Greek origins, referring to the Roman goddess
Diana
Diana most commonly refers to:
* Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon
* Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...
, goddess of the hunt and the moon.
It came into use in the
Anglosphere
The Anglosphere, also known as the Anglo-American world, is a Western-led sphere of influence among the Anglophone countries. The core group of this sphere of influence comprises five developed countries that maintain close social, cultura ...
in the 1600s by classically educated parents as an English-language version of the
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
Nella
Nella is a feminine given name which may refer to:
People
* Nella Maria Bonora (1904–1990), Italian actress
* Nella Giacomelli (1873–1949), Italian anarchist
* Nella Larsen (1891–1964), American modernist novelist born Nelly Walker
* Ne ...
*
Nina
Nina may refer to:
* Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname
Acronyms
*National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq
*Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology
*No income, ...
* Didi
* Dana
* Di
* Dian
Male
There are no traditional male variants of the name Diana , although there are some names that share the same sound, such as:
* Dion
* Dean
* Dylan
* Dana
* Dian
* Deric
* Derwin
* Dain
Dutch
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
** Dutch people as an ethnic group ()
** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
* In specific terms, i ...
Deanna Deanna or DeAnna is a feminine given name. It is a variant of the name Diana (name), Diana apparently created in 1936 as a stage name for actress and singer Deanna Durbin, whose given name was originally Edna Mae. The name is also used as a feminine ...
, Diane
** Hypochoristic: Di, Dee
*
Indonesian
Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to:
* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
: Diana
*
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
: Daiana (ダイアナ), Diana (ディアナ)
*
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
: Diana
*
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
: Diana, Daiana, Daiane
*
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
: Daiena
*
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
: Diana
* Russian: Диана (''Diana'')
*
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
** Serbian culture
**Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
: Дијана (''Dijana'')
*
Slovenian
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia
* Sl ...
Roman goddess
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the ...
Diana
Diana most commonly refers to:
* Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon
* Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...
. Diana translates to the Latin form Artemis. The name can be traced back to the
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. No direct record of Proto-Indo-European exists; its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-Euro ...
root
In vascular plants, the roots are the plant organ, organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often bel ...
''*dyeu'' or ''*dyeus'' and ''*div''- meaning "to shine" (diya-) or "sky", ''dius'', ''deus'' and ''diwio'', "deity, god, godlike" and dium meaning Universe. The meanings are therefore "heavenly", "holy", "divine", "demonic", "celestial", "cosmic", "nebulous", "chaotic", "abyssal", "void", "luminous", "shining", and in a broader sense "which brings the day", "which has light", "which has divine power", "which belongs to the void/abyss/chaos" and "which comes from the
Universe
The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...
/ outer space". The word “Diamond”, or “Diamante” in French, is also brought from the Proto-Indo-European word “diya-“, which means bright light.
Diana was already in use as a given name in
ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
, but exclusively outside Christian circles, in which it was seen as a
pagan
Paganism (, later 'civilian') is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Christianity, Judaism, and Samaritanism. In the time of the ...
name. In Italy, the variant "Daiana", an adaptation based on the English pronunciation, is also common. The French variant "Diane" gained popularity during the 19th century.
People
*
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William, ...
, British humanitarian and member of the British royal family
*
Diana
Diana most commonly refers to:
* Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon
* Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...
(1948–2024), Brazilian singer
*
Diana Abu-Jaber
Diana Abu-Jaber () is an American author and a professor at Portland State University.
Early life and education
Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mother; Diana's mother was Americ ...
, American author and a professor at Portland State University
* Diana Adlienė (born 1954), Lithuanian medical physicist
* Diana Akiyama, American episcopal bishop and academic
*
Diana Al-Hadid
Diana al-Hadid (born 1981) is a Syrian-born American contemporary artist who creates sculptures, installations, and drawings using various media. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She is represented by Kasmin Gallery.
Early life and e ...
Diana Abgar
Diana Abgar (or Apcar; , 17 October 1859 – 8 July 1937) was a Armenian diaspora, diaspora Armenian writer and humanitarian, who was appointed Honorary Consul to Japan of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). She was the first ...
(1859–1937), Armenian writer, humanitarian and diplomat
* Diana Abla (born 1995), Brazilian water polo player
*
Diana Adams
Diana Adams (March 29, 1926 – January 10, 1993) was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and favorite of George Balanchine, later becoming a teacher at — and dean of — the School of American Ballet.
Adams was bo ...
(1926–1993), American ballerina and ballet teacher
*
Diana Adamyan
Diana Hakobi Adamyan (born 7 March 2000) is an Armenian violinist who won the first prize in the Senior Division of the Menuhin International Competition in 2018. In 2020, she also won the Khachaturian Violin Competition which was held online d ...
(born 2000), Armenian violinist
* Diana Aga, Filipino-American chemist
*
Diana Agrest
Diana I. Agrest (born 1945) is a practicing architect and urban designer and an architecture and urban design theorist, in New York City.
From the beginning of her career, while still a student, she started developing critical work on urban dis ...
, American architect and urban designer
*
Dianna Agron
Dianna Elise Agron ( ; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. List of Dianna Agron performances, Her work spans screen and stage, and her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and nomination for a Brit Award. Agron bega ...
(born 1986), American actress
* Diana Aguavil (born 1983), Ecuadorian indigenous leader
* Diana Akhmetova (born 1994), Russian weightlifter
* Diana Al Shaer (born 1987), Russian-born Palestinian dressage rider
*
Diana Albers
Diana Albers is an American comic book letterer. She is best known for lettering hundreds of books for Marvel Comics from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Comics she lettered include Iron Man #114 (Sept. 1978), Ghost Rider #45 (June 1980), Doctor ...
, American comic book letterer
* Diana Alfaro (born 2001), Peruvian footballer
*
Diana Allen
Diana Allen (1898 – June 12, 1949) was a Swedish-American actress and Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's '' Miss 139'',Wollstein, Henry JStrangers in Hollywood: the History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1 ...
(1898–1949), American actress
* Diana Amft (born 1975), German film, television actress and children's writer
*
Diana Anaid
Diana Anaid (born 8 April 1976) is the performance name of Diana Gosper, an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter. From 1997 to 2003 she used the moniker, Diana ah Naid. Anaid has issued five studio albums, ''Diana ah Naid'' (8 April 1 ...
(born 1976), Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter
* Diana Anderson (born 1935), British nurse, midwife and civil servant
* Diana Anderson (scientist), British biomedical scientist
* Diana Andimba, Namibian model
*
Diana Andringa
Diana Andringa GColL (born 21 August 1947), is an Angola-born Portuguese journalist, columnist, documentary filmmaker and producer. She is best known for co-directing the Guinea-Bissau film '' The Two Faces of War'' along with Flora Gomes.
Pers ...
(born 1947), Rwandan actress
*
Diana Angwech
Diana Angwech is a Ugandan lawyer.
Education
Angwech obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University.
Career
Angwech began her legal career at ROK advocates. She later served as an attorney for the International Justice Mission for ...
, Ugandan lawyer
* Diana Ankudinova (born 2003), Russian singer
* Diana Arbenina (born 1974), Russian poet, singer, musician and leader of the rock group Nochnye Snaipery
* Diana Archangeli, American linguist
* Diana Arevalo (born 1981), American politician
* Diana Arismendi (born 1962), Venezuelan composer
*
Diana Armfield
Diana Maxwell Armfield (born 11 June 1920) is a British artist. She is known for landscapes, and has also painted portraits, literary subjects and still lifes. She has a particular interest in flower paintings, and is considered to owe much to ...
(born 1920), British artist
* Diana Arno (born 1984), Estonian model
*
Diana Arón
Diana Frida Arón Svigilisky (15 February 1950 – 10 January 1975) was a Chilean journalist and a member of the Revolutionary Left Movement (''Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria'', MIR). She was kidnapped, tortured and forcibly disappeare ...
(1950–1975), Chilean journalist
* Diana Arterian, American poet, writer, critic, editor, and translator
* Diana Ashton (born 1955), British swimmer
*
Diana Athill
Diana Athill (21 December 1917 – 23 January 2019) was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.
Early life ...
(1917–2019), British literary editor, novelist and memoirist
*
Diana Atkinson
Diana Atkinson, née Wigod"Author tells how surgery led to life as stripper". ''Toronto Star'', April 8, 1995. is a Canadian writer, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor G ...
, Canadian writer
* Diana Atwine, medical doctor and civil servant
*
Diana Aviv
Diana Aviv is a South African American business executive. She is the former CEO of Feeding America and Independent Sector.
Early life and education
Aviv was born to a Polish refugee father fleeing with his family to South Africa from the Holoc ...
, South African American business executive
*
Diana Avsaragova
Diana Avsaragova (; born August 7, 1998) is a Russian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist of Ossetians, Ossetian ethnicity who competes in the Women's Flyweight (MMA), Flyweight division of the Bellator MMA.
Background
Diana was born on ...
(born 1998), Russian mixed martial artist
* Diana Axinte (born 1996), Romanian handballer
*
Diana Ayala
Diana Ayala (born September 24, 1973) is an American politician, serving as a member and the deputy speaker of the New York City Council. Ayala represents the 8th district, succeeding former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito in 2017. The d ...
(born 1973), American politician
* Diana Aydosova (born 1995), Kazakhstani racewalker
* Diana Bacosi (born 1983), Italian sport shooter
*
Diana Baig
Diana Baig (born 15 October 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer and former footballer. In cricket, she plays primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Baig was included in the Pakistan squad for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup and 2016 ICC Wom ...
(born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
*
Diana Baldwin
Diana Baldwin was an American hospital receptionist and miner. She and Anita Cherry, hired as miners in 1973, are believed to have been the first women to work in an underground coal mine in the United States. They were the first female member ...
, American coal miner
*
Diana Balmori
Diana Balmori Ling (June 4, 1932 – November 14, 2016) was a landscape and urban designer. She was the founder of the landscape design firm Balmori Associates.
Early life and education
Born in Gijón, Spain, Diana Balmori spent most of her c ...
(1932–2016), American landscape designer
*
Diana Bang
Diana Bang (born 1981) is a Canadian actress and writer. She played Park Sook-yin in the 2014 film '' The Interview''. She has had regular roles on television in '' Away'', ''The Astronauts'' (both 2020), '' Y: The Last Man'' (2021), ''Resident A ...
(born 1981), Canadian actress and writer
*
Diana Barnato Walker
Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (15 January 1918 – 28 April 2008) was a pioneering British aviator. In World War II, she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying 80 types of aircraft and delivering 260 Spitf ...
(1918–2008), British aviator
* Diana Barrett, President and founder of the Fledgling Fund
*
Diana Barrington
Diana Barrington (born 6 May 1939) is a British actress. She studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was married to Canadian actor Ken Pogue until his death in 2015.
Career
Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre ...
(born 1939), British actress
*
Diana Barrows
Diana Barrows is an American film and television actress, singer and dancer.
Filmography
* ''Rags to Riches'' (1987) (TV series) – (''1 episode'')
* ''Addicted to His Love'' (1988) (TV) – Marcy Brennan
* '' Friday the 13th Part VII: The Ne ...
(born 1966), American actress
*
Diana Barry
Diana Elizabeth Barry (born 25 June 1986) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward.
Born and raised in Edinburgh,
(born 1986), Scottish footballer
*
Diana Barrymore
Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe (March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960) was an American film and stage actress.
Early life
Born Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe in New York, New York, Diana Barrymore was the daughter of actor John Barrymore and hi ...
(1921–1960), American actress
* Diana Basho (born 2000), Albanian swimmer
*
Diana Baumrind
Diana Blumberg Baumrind (August 23, 1927 – September 13, 2018) was a clinical and developmental psychologist known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of the use of deception in psychological research.
Early life an ...
(1927–2018), American clinical and developmental psychologist
* Diana Bautista, American neuroscientist
*
Diana Beaumont
Diana Beaumont (8 May 1909 – 21 June 1964) was a British actress. In 1932 she starred in the West End run of the hit comedy '' While Parents Sleep'' by Anthony Kimmins, while in 1934 she appeared in Ian Hay's '' Admirals All''.
Selected fi ...
(1909–1964), British actress
*
Diana Beck
Diana Jean Kinloch Beck (29 June 1900 or 1902 – 3 March 1956) was the first British female neurosurgeon. She established the neurosurgery service at the Middlesex Hospital in London. In 1952 she gained a public profile for performing life-sav ...
(1900–1956), English neurosurgeon
* Diana Becton (born 1951), Contra Costa County District Attorney
*
Diana Belbiţă
Diana Irena Belbiță (born June 26, 1996) is a Romanian former mixed martial artist, and kickboxing, judo and kempo practitioner. She competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Belbiță is a former w ...
(born 1996), Romanian mixed martial artist, and former kickboxing, judo and kempo practitioner
*
Diana Bellamy
Diana Alice Bellamy (September 19, 1943 – June 17, 2001) was an American character actress of stage, film, and television, during the 1980s and mid-90s who was often cast in both comedic and dramatic roles to great acclaim. Bellamy is known f ...
(1943–2001), American actress
*
Diana Bellessi
Diana Bellessi (born 1946) is an Argentine poet.
Life
Diana Bellessi was born in 1946, in Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina. She studied philosophy at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral. From 1969 to 1975, she walked the continent.
For two yea ...
, Argentine poet
*
Diana Bendz
Diana J. Knight Bendz is an American polymer scientist and environmental and industrial engineer who has promoted environmentally-conscious manufacturing processes in her work at IBM, and promoted the participation of women and girls in science, ...
, American polymer scientist
* Diana Berg (born 1979), Ukrainian activist and graphic designer
*
Diana van Berlo
Diana van Berlo (born 6 July 1966 in Helmond, Netherlands) is a Dutch pop singer. She was a member of the girl group Luv' from 1989 to 1992. She scored with the female formation a Dutch and Flemish Top 30 hit with the single " Welcome to My Par ...
(born 1966), Dutch singer
*
Diana Bernal
Diana Rosalía Bernal Ladrón de Guevara is a Mexican jurist and politician who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.
Bernal studied law at the Ibero-American University (''Universidad Iberoamericana''). In the early 1980s she ...
(born 1963), Mexican jurist and politician
* Diana Bianchedi (born 1969), Italian fencer
*
Diana W. Bianchi
Diana W. Bianchi is a medical geneticist and neonatologist noted for her pioneering research on fetal cell microchimerism and noninvasive prenatal testing. She is the former director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health ''Eunice Kennedy Shriv ...
Diana Block
Diana Block (born ) is a US-based former militant and author. During the 1970s, she joined the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee and later went underground with a group accused of buying explosives to aid the independence movement in Puerto Rico. ...
, US author and former militant
* Diana Blok (born 1952), Uruguay-born Dutch photographer
* Diana Blumenfeld (1903–1961), mid 20th-century Polish actor and musician
* Diana Boddington (1921–2002), British stage manager
* Diana Bolocco (born 1977), Chilean journalist
* Diana Bong (born 1985), Malaysian wushu practitioner
*
Diana Boulay
Diana Boulay (born November 22, 1946) is a Canadian artist known for her sculptures using recycled plastics and found objects.
Early life and education
Boulay received a BFA degree from the University of Quebec at Montreal in 1981.
Work
Boulay ...
(born 1946), Canadian artist
*
Diana Bourbon
Diana Bourbon (born Ruth Hunt; August 28, 1900 – March 19, 1978) was an American actress, journalist, producer, director, and writer. She wrote for ''The'' ''New York Times'' from 1923 to 1927.
Early life
Diana Bourbon was born Ruth Hunt in ...
(1900–1978), American writer and actress
*
Diana Bovio
Diana Bovio (born 12 March 1981) is a Mexican actress known in her native country for her roles in Mexican films. Bovio began her career as a stage actress in productions such as ''Los Bonobos'', ''Verdad o reto'' and ''Forever Young, Never Alon ...
(born 1989), Mexican actress
*
Diana Box
Diana Box Alonso (born 6 March 1971) is a Spanish team handball player who played for the club CBF Elda and on the Spanish national team. She was born in Haute-Savoie, France. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Athens ( ...
(born 1971), Spanish handball player
*
Diana Bracho
Diana Bracho (born Diana Guadalupe Bracho y Bordes Mangel; 12 December 1944) is a Mexican actress.
Early life
Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt of actor Julio Bracho (n ...
Diana Bridge
Diana Bridge (born 1942 in Wellington) is a New Zealand poet.
She attended Queen Margaret College and Victoria University of Wellington. She lived most of her adult life in various parts of Asia, including India and China, and as an adult she ...
, New Zealand poet
*
Diana Broce
Diana Patricia Broce Bravo (born 28 July 1986) (Las Tablas, Los Santos) is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant titleholder.
She represented Panama at the 58th Miss Universe 2009
Miss Universe 2009 was the 58th Miss Universe pageant, he ...
(born 1986), Panamanian model
* Diana Brunel (born 1981), French tennis player
*
Diana Bryant
Diana Bryant (born 13 October 1947) is an Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia from 5 July 2004 to 12 October 2017.
Early life and education
Bryant was born in Perth, Western Australia and attended ...
(born 1947), Australian judge
* Diana Brydon, Canadian literary scholar
*
Diana Budisavljević
Diana Budisavljević (; 15 January 1891 – 20 August 1978) was an Austrian humanitarian who led a major relief effort in Yugoslavia during World War II. From October 1941, on her initiative and involving many co-workers, she organized and provid ...
(1891–1978), Austrian humanitarian
* Diana Buist, American epidemiologist
*
Diana Buitron-Oliver
Diana Buitron-Oliver (17 April 194629 April 2002) was an American classical archaeologist and curator, specializing in Greek vase painting.
Life
Buitron-Oliver began her university studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and lat ...
(1946–2002), American classical archaeologist and curator
*
Diana Bulimar
Diana Laura Bulimar (; born 22 August 1995) is a Romanian artistic gymnast and a 2-time European Champion with Romania. She was part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won the bronze medal.
Junior career 2010
In April, Bul ...
(born 1995), Romanian gymnast
* Diana Burgoyne, Canadian artist
*
Diana Burrell
Diana Elizabeth Jane Burrell (born 25 October 1948) is an English composer and viola player.
Life and career
Burrell was born on 25 October 1948 in Norwich, England. Her parents were Bernard Burrell, a schoolteacher by profession who served as ...
(born 1948), English composer
*
Diana Butler Bass
Diana Butler Bass (born 1959) is an American historian of Christianity and an advocate for progressive Christianity. She is the author of eleven books.
Bass earned a PhD in religious studies from Duke University in 1991 with an emphasis on ...
, American historian
*
Diana Buttu
Diana Buttu is a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Best known for her work as a legal adviser and a participant in peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian organizations, ...
, Canadian-Palestinian lawyer
*
Diana Cabrera
Diana Valerie Cabrera (born 18 March 1984 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Uruguayan-Canadian sports shooter.
The Cabrera, who weighed in at in 2015, began shooting in September 1999 at the Scarborough Rifle Club. She initially took up the sport fo ...
(born 1984), Uruguayan-Canadian sports shooter
* Diana Caldwell (1913–1987), English society femme fatale figure
*
Diana Canova
Diana Canova (born Diane Canova Rivero; June 1, 1953) is an American actress, director, and professor. She is best known for her role as Corinne Tate on ''Soap'' (1977-1980).
Early life
Canova was born Diane Canova Rivero in West Palm Beach, F ...
(born 1953), American actress, director and professor
* Diana Capponi (1953–2014), Canadian mental health activist, psychiatric survivor and community leader
* Diana Carlin (born 1950), American academic
* Diana Carnero (1995–2024), Ecuadorian politician
*
Diana Cavallo
Diana Cavallo (1931-2017) was an American novelist, educator, playwright, and performer.
Biography
Early life and education
Cavallo was born in Philadelphia in 1931, the daughter of Genuino and Josephine (Petraca) Cavallo. She grew up in a ...
(1931–2017), American novelist, educator, playwright and performer
*
Diana Chalá
Diana Chalá Zamora (born May 20, 1982) is a female judoka from Ecuador, who won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight division (– 70 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, alongside Dulce Piña of the Dominican ...
(born 1982), Ecuadorian judoka
*
Diana Chan
Diana Chan (born 20 December 1988) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook. She is the winner of ''MasterChef Australia'' for 2017, having defeated Ben Ungermann by one point in the grand finale.
Early life
Chan was born in Setiawan, Perak and ...
(born 1988), Malaysian-born Australian cook
* Diana Chang (1924–2009), American novelist and poet
*
Diana Chapman Walsh
Diana Chapman Walsh was President of Wellesley College from 1993 to 2007. During her tenure, the college revised its curriculum and expanded its programs in global education, internships and service learning, and interdisciplinary teaching and le ...
, President of Wellesley College
*
Diana Chelaru
Diana Maria Chelaru (; born 15 August 1993) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Early gymnastics career
Chelaru started to train for gymnastics at CSS Oneşti Club with coaches Elena Dragomir, Octavian Teod ...
(born 1993), Romanian gymnast
* Diana Y. Chen (born 1984), Taiwanese figure skater
* Diana Choyleva, Bulgarian analyst and economist
*
Diana Christova
Diana Christova () is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of citie ...
, Bulgarian sprint canoer
*
Diana Churchill
Diana Spencer Churchill (11 July 1909 – 20 October 1963) was the eldest daughter of British statesman Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill.
Personal life
Diana Churchill was born at 33 Eccleston Square, London, on 11 July 190 ...
(1909–1963), daughter of Sir Winston Churchill
* Diana Churchill (actress) (1913–1994), English actress
*
Diana Ciucă
Diana Cristiana Ciucă (born 1 June 2000) is a Romanian handball player for CS Rapid București and the Romanian national team.
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.
...
(born 2000), Romanian handball player
*
Diana Clapham
Diana Clapham (born 8 June 1957) is a British equestrian. She was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She won a silver medal in team eventing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is t ...
(born 1957), British equestrian
*
Diana Coben
Diana Coben is an adult education academic, and visiting professor of the University of East Anglia. Between 2011 and 2018 she was Director of New Zealand's National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults and full professor at University of ...
Diana Conti
Diana Beatriz Conti (29 March 1956 – 8 March 2024) was an Argentine lawyer and politician. She was a member of the Argentine National Congress both as a National Deputy (1997–1999; 2005–2017) and as a Senator (2002–2005); she also serve ...
(1956–2024), Argentine lawyer and politician
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Diana Conyngham Ellis
Diana Conyngham Ellis (née Monsell) (1813 - 4 May 1851) was a botanical artist from Ireland.
Life
Diana Monsell was born, most probably in County Londonderry, in 1813. She was the eldest daughter of the four children of the Archdeacon of Derry ...
(1813–1851), Northern Irish botanical painter
* Diana Coole, British political theorist
* Diana Coomans (1861–1952), Belgian painter
* Diana Cooper (artist), American visual artist
*
Diana Copperwhite
Diana Copperwhite (born 1969) is an Irish painter. She is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.
Early life
Copperwhite was born in Limerick in 1969. She grew up in Patrickswell. Her father, Patrick Copperwhite, was a sc ...
, Irish painter
* Diana di Cordona, 16th-century Italian noblewoman
*
Diana Coupland
Betty Diana Coupland (5 March 1928 – 10 November 2006), billed as Diana Coupland, was an English actress and singer, best remembered for her role, which she played from 1971 to 1976, in the sitcom '' Bless This House'', as Jean Abbott, wife ...
(1928–2006), British actress
*
Diana Croce
Diana Macarena Croce García (born April 17, 1997) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was 1st Runner-Up at Miss Venezuela 2016 and represented Venezuela at Miss World 2016. She represented Venezuela at the Miss Internati ...
(born 1997), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder
*
Diana Crossan
Dame Diana Buchanan Crossan (born 1949) is a New Zealand public servant. She worked at the State Services Commission, where she was the first manager of the Equal Employment Opportunities Unit. She served as Retirement Commissioner between 200 ...
, New Zealand public servant
*
Diana Çuli
Diana Çuli () (born 13 April 1951, Tirana) is an Albanian writer, journalist and politician. She graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tirana in 1973. After graduation she joined the editorial boards of ''Drita'' and Frenc ...
(born 1951), Albanian writer, journalist and politician
*
Diana Damrau
Diana Damrau (; born 31 May 1971) is a German soprano who has achieved international fame for her performances, primarily in opera, but also in concert and lieder. She has been successful in coloratura soprano roles since her early career, and gr ...
(born 1971), German operatic soprano
* Diana Danielle (born 1991), American-born Malaysian actress and singer
*
Diana Darrin
Diana Darrin (born Harriet Bernice Tenen; ) is an American actress and singer. She has made over 35 film and television appearances in her career.
Early years
Darrin is the daughter of Edward and Lillian ( Hymowitz) Tenin (who later divorced); ...
(born 1933), American film actress and singer
*
Diana David
Diana Pilli David (born 2 March 1985) is a cricketer who represents India. She is a right hand batswoman and bowls right-arm off-breaks. She has played six ODIs, taking eight wickets.
Early life
She was born in Chirala, Andhra Pradesh
...
(born 1985), Indian cricketer
*
Diana Davis
Diana Sergeevna Davis (, ; born 16 January 2003) is an American-born Russian-Georgian ice dancer who currently represents Georgia. Representing Russia with her partner, Gleb Smolkin, she is the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup champion and the 2022 Russian ...
(born 2003), Russian figure skater
*
Diana Davies (disambiguation) Diana Davies is the name of:
* Diana Davies (actress) (born 1936), British actress
* Diana Davies (athlete) (born 1961), British high jumper
* Diana Davies (photographer) Diana Davies (born 1938) is an American photographer, playwright, painter, ...
, several people
*
Diana Dean
Diana Bridget Alice Dean (born September 29, 1942) is a Canadian artist who has been based on Saltspring Island since 1982.
Biography
Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, then the British colony of Rhodesia, Dean's parents were from Yorkshire, Englan ...
(born 1942), Canadian artist
*
Diana Decker
Isabella Charlotte Diana Decker (9 January 1925 – 4 January 2019) was an American-born British actress, singer, and television personality, who was popular from the 1940s to the early 1960s.
Early life
Decker was born to an American father and ...
(1925–2019), British American actress, singer and TV personality
*
Diana DeGarmo
Diana Nicole DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987) is an American singer. She rose to fame in 2004 as the runner-up of the third season of ''American Idol'', releasing her debut studio album, '' Blue Skies'', later that year. The following year, DeGarmo ...
(born 1987), American singer and Broadway actress
*
Diana DeGette
Diana Louise DeGette ( ; born July 29, 1957) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, her district is based in Denver. DeGette was a Chief Deputy Whip from 2005 ...
(born 1957), American politician
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Diana degli Andalò
Diana degli Andalò, OP (1201 – 10 June 1236), sometimes d'Andalo, was a Dominican nun who founded a convent for her order dedicated to Saint Agnes in Italy.
Diana d'Andalò was born into a powerful Roman family in Bologna, Italy in 120 ...
, 13th-century Italian Dominican nun and convent superior beatified by the Roman Catholic Church
* Diana Del Bufalo (born 1990), Italian actress, singer and TV presenter
* Diana DeMuth, American singer-songwriter
*
Diana Dennis
Diana Dennis (born July 21, 1951) is a former professional female bodybuilder from the United States.
Biography
Dennis began competing in local contests in 1981. Her earliest success was in mixed pairs competition (where couples do synchronize ...
(born 1951), American bodybuilder
*
Diána Detre
Diána Klaudia Detre (born 22 November 1983 in Budapest) is a Hungarian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), she has been currently training for Balatonfuredi Yacht Club in Balatonfüred und ...
(born 1983), Hungarian windsurfer
*
Diana Deutsch
Diana Deutsch (born 15 February 1938) is a British-American psychologist from London, England. She is a professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and is a prominent researcher on the psychology of music. Deutsch is ...
(born 1938), British-American psychologist
* DiAna DiAna, American hairdresser and HIV/AIDS activist
* Diana Dierks (born 1944), American politician
*
Diana Dimova
Diana Dimova (; born 7 August 1984) is a Bulgarian badminton player. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won 13 titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles events.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's ...
(born 1984), Bulgarian badminton player
*
Diana DiZoglio
Diana DiZoglio (born June 5, 1983) is an American politician who is the current Massachusetts State Auditor. A member of the Democratic Party, DiZoglio had previously represented the 1st Essex District in the Massachusetts Senate from 2019 to 20 ...
(born 1983), American politician
*
Diana Doherty
Diana Doherty is an Australian oboist, currently Principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Biography
Diana Doherty was born in Brisbane, where she began her education. She attended Brisbane State High School. She studied both piano and ...
, Australian oboist
*
Diana Dors
Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 19314 May 1984) was an English actress and singer.
Dors came to public notice as a Bombshell (slang), blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Mamie Van ...
(1931–1984), English actress
*
Diana Douglas
Diana Love Webster (née Dill; formerly Douglas and Darrid; January 22, 1923 – July 3, 2015), known professionally as Diana Douglas, was a Bermudian-American actress who was married to actor Kirk Douglas from 1943 until their divorce in 1951 ...
(1923–2015), American actress
*
Diana Dowek
Diana Dowek (born January 1, 1942) is an Argentine visual artist, known for one of her first series, denoting her engagement in human rights movements. Dowek also was a founder of the Association of Visual Artists of the Argentine Republic (AVARA) ...
(born 1942), Argentine artist
*
Diana Dragutinović
Diana Dragutinović ( sr-cyr, Диана Драгутиновић; born 6 May 1958) is a Serbian economist, who was Minister of Finance in the Government of Serbia from 2008 to 2011.
Biography
Dragutinović graduated from the University of Belgr ...
(born 1958), Serbian politician and economist
*
Diana Dumitru
Diana Dumitru is a Moldovan historian, who is the Ion Rațiu, Ion Ratiu Professor in Romanian Studies at Georgetown University in the US. She is considered the leading scholar of the fate of History of the Jews in Bessarabia, Bessarabia's and Histo ...
(born 1973), Moldovan historian
*
Diana Durães
Diana Margarida Coelho Durães (born 8 June 1996) is a Portuguese swimmer who holds national records in the 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000 metres freestyle. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Champio ...
(born 1996), Portuguese swimmer
* Diana Durango (born 1988), Ecuadorian sport shooter
*
Diana Dymchenko
Diana Dymchenko (; ; born 8 September 1989 in Oleshky, Kherson Oblast) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani rower.
Biography
Dymchenko won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Dymchenko was part of the nationa ...
(born 1989), Ukrainian rower
* Diana L. Eck (born 1945), American theologian
*
Diana Edulji
Diana Edulji (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian former cricketer. Born in Mumbai to a Parsi family, she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She then went on ...
(born 1956), Indian cricketer
*
Diana Edwards-Jones
Diana Elizabeth Edwards-Jones (13 December 1932 – 14 April 2024) was a Welsh television director. She joined the news production company Independent Television News (ITN) as a stage manager in 1955 and was promoted to the role of programme d ...
(1932–2024), Welsh television director
* Diana Egerton-Warburton (born 1965), Australian medical professional
*
Diana Elles, Baroness Elles
Diana Louie Elles, Baroness Elles (19 July 1921 – 17 October 2009) was a barrister and United Nations representative from the United Kingdom. She was a delegate to the European Parliament for over a decade. Her son is James Elles.
Early year ...
(1921–2009), English barrister and United Nations representative
*
Diana Enache
Diana Enache (born 12 December 1987; formerly known as Diana Buzean) is a Romanian former tennis player.
In her career, she won 13 singles and 49 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 April 2011, she reached her best singles ranking ...
(born 1987), Romanian female tennis player
* Diana Encinas (born 1968), Mexican figure skater
*
Diana Eneje
Diana Chioma Eneje (born August 19, 2002), known professionally as Diana Eneje, is a Nigerian fashion enthusiast, model, vlogger and Social media personality, born and raised in Lagos, and hails from Enugu, a state in the south-east region of Nig ...
(born 2002), Nigerian model
* Diana Eng (born 1983), American fashion designer
* Diana Est (born 1963), Italian musical artist
* Diana Evangelista (born 1994), Mexican football player
* Diana Evans (born 1972), British novelist, journalist and critic
* Diana Ewing (born 1946), American actress
* Diana L. Farmer, American pediatric surgeon
*
Diana Farrell
Diana Farrell is a banker and political advisor who served until 2021 as the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute, a think tank. Previously, Ms. Farrell was the Global Head of the McKinsey Center for Gover ...
(born 1965), American government official
* Diana Farrington (born 1965), American politician in Michigan
* Diana M. Fennell (born 1967), American politician
*
Diana Ferreira
Diana Jorge Martins Ferreira (born 17 March 1981) is a Portuguese psychologist and politician. A member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), she was a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from August 2014 to September 2022, rep ...
(born 1981), Portuguese psychologist and communist politician
*
Diana Fessler
Diana Fessler is a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 79th District from 2001 to 2008 and lived in New Carlisle, Ohio, New Carlisle.Diana Filipova (born 1971), Bulgarian badminton player
*
Diana Fisher
Diana Beresford Fisher ( Davis; 30 May 1931 – 26 January 2023) was an English-born Australian journalist, television and radio presenter, social commentator and royal correspondent. Fisher is arguably best known for being a judge on '' The In ...
(1931–2023), Australian television personality
* Diana Fleischman (born 1981), American evolutionary psychologist
* Diana Fortuna (born 1956), American businesswoman
*
Diana Fosha
Diana Foșha is a Romanian-American psychologist, known for developing accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP), and for her work on the psychotherapy of adults suffering the effects of childhood attachment trauma and abuse.
Educat ...
Diana Franco
Diana Franco is a Colombian model and actress. She was born in Cali, Colombia and in 1982 moved to New York City, where she lived and studied. In 1988, in a nationwide televised competition, Franco was crowned ''Miss Colombia USA''. Franco beca ...
(born 1966), Colombian model and actress
* Diana Furchtgott-Roth (born 1958), American economist
*
Diana Fuss
Diana Fuss is a professor of literature, film and feminist studies. She serves as Louis W. Fairchild Class of ‘24 Professor of English at Princeton University, New Jersey, United States.
Fuss earned her PhD in English and Semiotics from Brown Un ...
, American scholar of literature
* Diana Galbadon (born 1952), American author
* Diana G. Gallagher (1946–2021), American writer
* Diana Gamage (born 1965), Sri Lankan politician
*
Diana Gansky
Diana Gansky ( Sachse; born 14 December 1963 in Bergen auf Rügen, Bezirk Rostock) is a German track and field athlete. She won an Olympic medal and was one of the world's best discus throwers. She represented East Germany and was the 1986 Eur ...
Diana Garnet
Diana Caroline Garnett (Japanese: ダイアナ・キャロライン・ガーネット, Hepburn: ''Daiana Kyarorain Gānetto''), known professionally as Diana Garnet is an American-born J-pop singer from Washington D.C., signed to Mastersix Foun ...
(born 1988), American singer
*
Diana Gaspari
Diana Gaspari (born 6 May 1984 in Innichen (San Candido)) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently coaches the Italian junior men's team.
Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is ...
(born 1984), Italian curler
* Diana Gee (born 1968), American table tennis player
* Diana Glomb (born 1947), American politician and social worker
*
Diana Golden (skier)
Diana Golden Brosnihan (née Diana Golden, March 20, 1963 – August 25, 2001) was an American disabled ski racer. After losing a leg to cancer at age 12, she went on to win 10 world and 19 United States championships between 1986, and 1990 as ...
(1963–2001), American alpine skier
* Diana Gomes (footballer) (born 1998), Portuguese association football player
*
Diana Gómez
Diana Gómez Raich (born 7 March 1989) is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her role as Tatiana in the flashbacks of the crime drama series ''Money Heist''. She is also known for her leading role in ''Valeria''.
Biography
Born on 7 Ma ...
(born 1989), Spanish actress
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Diana Gordon (singer)
Diana Gordon, formerly known as Wynter Gordon (born August 25, 1985), is an American singer and songwriter. She began her career writing music for other artists, later signing with Atlantic Records where she started to work on her own album. He ...
Diana Goustilina
Diana Vladimirovna Goustilina (, ''Diana Vladimirovna Gustilina''; born 21 April 1974 in Vladivostok) is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ...
(born 1974), Russian basketball player
*
Diana Gribbon Motz
Diana Jane Gribbon Motz (born July 15, 1943) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Early life and education
Born in Washington, D.C., Motz was raised in a legal family. Her father ...
(born 1943), American judge
* Diana Groó (born 1973), Hungarian film director and screenwriter
* Diana Guardato, Spanish aristocrat
* Diana Guerrero-Maciá, American visual artist
*
Diana Gurtskaya
Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya ( ka, დიანა ღურწკაია, , born 2 July 1978) is a Russian pop singer well known in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Early life
Diana Gurtskaya was born July 2, 1978, in Abkhazia (ex- Soviet ...
(born 1978), Russian pop singer
* Diana Gutjahr (born 1984), Swiss politician
*
Diana Hacker
Diana Hacker (July 7, 1942 – January 12, 2004) was an American writer and educator who authored several prominent writing manuals. Her guide, ''A Writer's Reference'', co-written with Nancy Sommers, became the number one best-selling college t ...
(1942–2004), American writer and educator
*
Diana Haddad
Diana Haddad (; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese actress, singer, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop musicians in the Arab World ...
(born 1976), Lebanese pop singer
*
Diana Hajiyeva
Diana Hajiyeva (, , ; born 13 June 1989) is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. She is a member and the lead vocalist of the group Dihaj, which represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Skeletons (Dihaj song), Ske ...
(born 1989), Azerbaijani singer-songwriter
*
Diana Hall
Diana Patricia Hall is an Australian former soccer player who represented the Australia women's national soccer team
The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia ...
Diana Hardcastle
Diana Hardcastle Wilkinson (born 12 July 1949) is an English actress who has appeared largely in television roles.
Career
Hardcastle has appeared in episodes of ''Midsomer Murders'', '' Inspector Lynley'' and ''Taggart''. She played recurring ro ...
(born 1949), British actress
* Diana Hargreaves, American biologist
*
Diana Harshbarger
Diana Lynn Harshbarger ( ; born January 1, 1960) is an American pharmacist, businesswoman, and politician. Harshbarger has served as the U.S. representative for since 2021. Her district is based in the Tri-Cities area in northeastern Tennessee ...
(born 1960), American politician
*
Diana Hart
Diana Joyce Hart (born 8 October 1963) is a Canadian-American writer, model, valet and wrestling personality. She is the youngest daughter of Canadian wrestling promoter Stu Hart and was the second to last child born to Stu and his wife Helen. Sh ...
(born 1963), Canadian-American writer and wrestling personality
* Diana Hartog (born 1942), Canadian poet and fiction writer
*
Diana Hayden
Diana Hayden (born 1 May 1973) is an Indian actress, television host, model and the winner of Miss World 1997 pageant. She is the third Indian woman to win the title of Miss World. She also won three sub-titles during the pageant and is the on ...
(born 1973), Miss World 1997 from India
* Diana L. Hayes, American Catholic theologian
* Diana Henderson (1946–2019), solicitor, military historian and officer
*
Diana B. Henriques
Diana Blackmon Henriques (born December 1948) is an American financial journalist and author working in New York City. Since 1989, she has been a reporter on the staff of ''The New York Times'' working on staff until December 2011 and under contra ...
Diana Herold
Diana Herold (born 27 January 1974 in Sangerhausen) is a German model (person), photomodel and actress. She became known for her dance interludes and mostly silent appearances in the comedy programme ''Bullyparade'' on ProSieben. She also appeared ...
(born 1974), German photomodel and actress
* Diana Hill (painter) (c. 1760–1844), British artist
*
Diana Hoddinott
Diana M Hoddinott (born 1941) is an English actress.
She is best known for playing Annie Hacker, the wife of Jim Hacker, in the television comedy serials ''Yes Minister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister''. She also had a role in the historical film ...
, British actress
* Diana Holland, British trade unionist
*
Diana Hopeson
Diana Hopeson (also known as Diana Botchway) is a Ghanaian gospel singer and a former president of the Musicians Union of Ghana.
Her contributions to the Ghanaian Art industry won her a National Honors Award, which was presented to her by former ...
(born 1970), Ghanaian gospel singer
* Diana Huffaker, American physicist
*
Diana Hyland
Diana Hyland (born Diane Gentner; January 25, 1936 – March 27, 1977) was an American stage, film, and television actress.
Early years
Hyland was born Diane Gentner to John Theodore and Mary (Gorman) Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. S ...
(1936–1977), American actress
* Diana Ibrahim, Lebanese actress and voice actress
*
Diana Ingro
Susana Unía (26 October 1917 – 23 March 2017), known professionally as Diana Ingro, was an Argentine actress known for starring in '' By the Sweat of Your Brow'' (1949), ''Muerte civil'' (1954), '' The Cicada Is Not a Bug'' (1963), and ''Extra ...
(1917–2017), Argentine actress
*
Diana Iorgova
Diana Iorgova () (born 11 April 1971 in Ruse) is a Bulgarian sport shooter. She competed in the pistol shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, and 2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of ...
(born 1971), Bulgarian sport shooter
*
Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă
Diana most commonly refers to:
* Diana (name), given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon
* Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), ...
(born 1975), Romanian lawyer and politician
*
Diana Isakova
Diana Isakova () is a Russian activist opposed to the Putin government and to the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was detained for a QR code protest in Sochi in April 2022 and later released without being prosecuted. Isakova le ...
(born 1997), Russian activist
*
Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Ruth Johnson (born 25 July 1966) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North since the 2005 general election. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Minister of ...
(born 1966), British politician
* Diana Jones, American singer-songwriter
* Diana Josephson (1936–2006), English-American lawyer and public servant
* Diana Jue, American female activist and entrepreneur
*
Diana Julianto
Diana Julianto (born 14 February 1984) is an Indonesian former tennis player.
She made her debut as a professional in November 2000, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta. In doubles, she won one tournament, an ITF event at Jakarta in 2003. ...
(born 1984), Indonesian professional tennis player
*
Diana Kaarina
Diana Kaarina (born March 17, 1975) is a Canadian actress based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known for her voice acting work in animation and video games, notably as the voice of Barbie in the eponymous film series between 2010 and 2 ...
(born 1975), Canadian actress
* Diana Kačanova (born 1993), Lithuanian racewalker
* Diana Kanayeva (born 1997), Russian ice hockey player
*
Diana Karazon
Diana Karazon (; born October 30, 1983) is a Jordanian singer of Arabic pop, television host, and actress. She won ''Superstar (2003)'', the Arabic version of ''Pop Idol''.
Karazon was born in Kuwait City, Kuwait. In 2010 during her visit to E ...
(born 1983), Jordanian singer
*
Diana Kennedy
Diana Kennedy (; 3 March 1923 – 24 July 2022) was a British food writer. The preeminent English-language authority on Mexican cuisine, Kennedy was known for her nine books on the subject, including '' The Cuisines of Mexico'', which changed ...
(1923–2022), British food writer
*
Diana Kent
Diana Kent is an English actress known for ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994), '' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'' (2008), '' One Day'' (2011) and for the ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
Television TV stations/networks/channels ITV
*Independ ...
, English actress
*
Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle
Dame Diana Cicely Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (née Grove, 6 August 1909 – 6 May 2013) married Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, son of Arnold Allen Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle, as his second wife on 24 February 1931 at St Colum ...
(1909–2013), British noblewoman
*
Diana Khoi Nguyen
Diana Khoi Nguyen is an American poet and multimedia artist. Her first book, ''Ghost Of'', was a finalist for The 2018 National Book Award for Poetry. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Her second book, ''Roo ...
(born 1985), American poet
*
Diana King
Diana King (born 8 November 1970) is a Jamaican singer-songwriter who performs a mixture and fusion of reggae, reggae fusion and dancehall. They are best known for their hit 1995 single " Shy Guy" and their remake of " I Say a Little Prayer ...
(born 1970), Jamaican singer
*
Diana King (actress)
Diana King (2 August 1918 – 31 July 1986), also known as Diane King, was an English actress who had a career on British television from 1939 to 1986. Born in Buckinghamshire, in August 1918, she attended the Fay Compton School of Drama, and ...
(1918–1986), British actress
* Diana Kinnert (born 1991), German author
*
Diana Kirkbride
Diana Victoria Warcup Kirkbride-Helbæk, (22 October 1915 – 13 August 1997) was a British archaeologist who specialised in the prehistory of south-west Asia.
Biography
She attended Wycombe Abbey School in High Wycombe and served in the Women' ...
(1915–1997), British archaeologist
* Diana Kleiner (1947–2023), American art historian and educator
*
Diana Klimova
Diana Andreyevna Klimova (; born 8 October 1996) is a Russian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Representing Russia at international competitions, Klimova won the bronze medal at the 2016–17 UCI Tr ...
(born 1996), Russian cyclist
*
Diana Kobzanová
Diana Kobzanová (born 24 March 1982 in Neuburg an der Donau, West Germany) is a Czech TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Czech Republic 2002 as a 19-year-old and represented her country in Miss Universe 2002 in Puerto Rico.
Car ...
(born 1982), Czech TV host, Miss Czech Republic 2002
* Diana L. Kormos-Buchwald, American university teacher
*
Diana Körner
Diana Körner (born 24 September 1944) is a German actress. Outside Germany she is known for her brief appearance as Lieschen in Stanley Kubrick's film ''Barry Lyndon''.
Selected filmography
* '' Creature with the Blue Hand'' (1967), as Myrna ...
(born 1944), German actress
* Diana Korzenik (born 1941), American artist, educator, author, collector, and benefactor
* Diana Kovacheva (born 1975), Bulgarian lawyer and politician
*
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, ''Billboard (magazi ...
(born 1964), Canadian jazz pianist and singer
* Diana Kurien (born 1984), Indian actress
*
Diana La Cazadora
Diana La Cazadora (born January 16, 1978, in Madero, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican female wrestler living in Monterrey Nuevo León. She usually performs in Mexico and worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) for a number of years but is curre ...
(born 1978), Mexican professional wrestler
* Diana Lado (born 1988), Spanish-American actress in Hollywood
*
Diana Lebacs
Diana Melinda Lebacs (12 September 1947 – 11 July 2022) was a Curaçaoan educator, actress, and author, most known for her children's literature. She wrote in both Papiamento and Dutch. In 1976 she received the (Silver Stylus) award, one of ...
(1947–2022), Curaçaoan writer and actress
*
Diana Lee
Diana Lee, (born May 11, 1961) otherwise known as Diana Lee-Hsu or Diane Hsu, is an American Model (person), model and actress.
Career
Lee was chosen as ''Playboy''s Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month for May 1988. Her centerfold was ...
(born 1961), American actress and model
*
Diana Lee Inosanto
Diana Lee Inosanto is an American actress, director, former stunt performer, and Martial arts, martial artist. She also wrote and directed the film ''The Sensei'' (2008), and wrote the 2020 children's book ''The Curious Mind of Sebastian''.
Per ...
(born 1966), American actress, director, stuntwoman, and martial artist
*
Diana Lemešová
Diana Lemešová (born 4 October 2000) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a defender for SKN St. Pölten and the Slovakia national team.
Career
On 3 August 2018, Lemešová transferred from Slovakia to Austria to play in the ÖFB-Frauenlig ...
(born 2000), Slovak footballer
* Diana Lennon (1949–2018), New Zealand academic and pediatrician
*
Diana Leonard
Diana Mary Leonard, AcSS (13 December 1941 – 27 November 2010), known while married as Diana Leonard Barker, was a British sociologist, social anthropologist, academic, and feminist activist. From 1998 to 2007, she was Professor of Sociology ...
(1941–2010), British sociologist, anthropologist, and activist
*
Diana Lewis
Diana Lewis (September 18, 1919 – January 18, 1997) was an American film actress and a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player.
Early years
The daughter of vaudeville performers, Lewis was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She attended Fairfax ...
(1919–1997), American actress
* Diana Lewis Burgin (born 1943), American writer
* Diana Lie, alias of Iranian-Norwegian model Aylar Lie
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Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman (born May 15, 1954) is a retired Regents Professor of Geography and Development and past Director of the University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences in ...
(born 1954), American geographer and science writer
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Diana Lixăndroiu
Diana Maria Lixăndroiu (born 14 August 2005) is a Romanian handball player who plays for HC Dunărea Brăila
HC Dunărea Brăila is a team handball, women's handball club from Brăila, Romania, that competes in the Liga Națională (women's ...
(born 1980), Lithuanian marathon runner
* Diana Loghin (born 1997), Moldovan footballer
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Diana López (taekwondo)
Diana Lopez (born January 7, 1984) is an American Olympic Taekwondo competitor from Sugar Land, Texas. She represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal.
Lopez has three older brothers, Steven and M ...
(born 1984), American taekwondo practitioner
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Diana López Moyal
Diana López Moyal is a Cubans, Cuban Flute, flutist, musician, performer, and teacher based in Miami. Born in Havana, Cuba, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Flute from the Higher Institute of Art in 1986 and was appointed as a professor ...
(born 1962), Cuban musical artist
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Diana Luna
Diana Luna (born 3 September 1982) is a professional golfer from Italy.
Career
Luna was born in Rome, Italy and turned professional in 2001. She won her first event on the Ladies European Tour in 2004 at the Tenerife Ladies Open, beating Beck ...
(born 1982), Italian professional golfer
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Diana Lynn
Diana Marie Lynn (born Dolores Eartha Loehr, July 5, 1926 – December 18, 1971) was an American actress. She built her career by starring in Paramount Pictures films and various television series during the 1940s and 1950s. Two stars on th ...
(1926–1971), American actress
* Diana MacManus (born 1986), American backstroke swimmer
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Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
Diana Margaret Pearson Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith (' Derbyshire; 19 May 1945 – 26 June 2020) was a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in a 1993 by-election but lost ...
Diana Matheson
Diana Beverly Matheson (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played for the Canada national team from 2003 to 2020 and multiple professional women's teams over the course of her career. She is best known for ...
(born 1984), Canadian football midfielder
* Diana Maynard, British computational linguist
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Diana Maza
Diana Cecilia Maza Romero (born October 4, 1984) is an Ecuadorian judoka. She who competed in the women's half-middleweight category.
Early life, family and education
Diana Maza was born in the Ecuadorian canton Cañar in 1984.
Athletic career ...
(born 1984), Ecuadorian judoka
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Diana McIntosh
Diana Maud McIntosh (March 4, 1932 – December 16, 2022) was a Canadian composer and pianist who was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Early life and education
McIntosh was born Diana Maud Lowes in Calgary, Alberta. She earned an associate degree fr ...
(born 1937), Canadian musician
* Diana McQueen (born 1961), Canadian politician
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Diana McVeagh
Diana McVeagh (born 6 September 1926, Ipoh) is a British author on classical music. She has written a biography of Gerald Finzi and several books on Edward Elgar. McVeagh studied at the Royal College of Music in the 1940s and was assistant editor ...
, British author on classical music
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Diana Meier
Diana Meier is a former professional basketball player and television actress. Diana is known for her hook shot and taught Hakeem Olajuwon his hook shot while attending the University of Houston.
After college, Meier became a professional baske ...
, American basketball player and actress
* Diana Meltzer, American music industry executive
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Diana Merry
Diana Merry-Shapiro (née Mayhugh; born August 25, 1939) is an American computer programmer.
Merry-Shapiro was born in Iowa. She graduated from Valparaiso University in 1961.
In the early 1970s, Merry-Shapiro began working as a secretary for X ...
, American computer programmer
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Diana Miglioretti
Diana Lynn Miglioretti is an American biostatistician specializing in the availability and effectiveness of breast cancer screening and in radiation hazards from medical imaging; she has also studied connections between Down syndrome and leuke ...
, American biostatistician
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Diana Millay
Diana Claire Millay (June 7, 1934 – January 8, 2021) was an American actress and writer. She primarily worked in television, guest starring in nearly 100 prime time shows, and played continuing roles on two daytime soap operas, ''Dark Shadows ...
(1934–2021), American actress
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Diana Mitford
Diana, Lady Mosley (''née'' Mitford; 17 June 1910 – 11 August 2003), known as Diana Guinness between 1929 and 1936, was a British fascist, aristocrat, writer, and editor. She was one of the Mitford sisters and the wife of Oswald Mosley, le ...
(1910–2003), English writer, fascist, one of the Mitford sisters
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Diana Mondino
Diana Elena Mondino (born 8 August 1958) is an Argentine economist, academic, and politician, formerly serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic from 2023 to 2024 under President Javier Milei. Mondino was previously t ...
(born 1958), Argentine academic and politician
* Diana Moran (born 1939), English model, TV presenter and writer
* David Morgan (disambiguation), several people
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Diana Morant
Diana Morant Ripoll (; born 25 June 1980) is a Spanish politician who has been Minister of Science and Innovation since 12 July 2021. She has been Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country since 2024 and Mayor of Gandia ( ...
(born 1980), Spanish politician
* Diana Morrison (born 1969), British singer
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Diana Moukalled
Diana Moukalled is a Lebanese journalist and documentary producer/director. She covers hot zones in the Middle East, including wars in Lebanon, Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), and Yemen (2015). Her documentaries cover social issues, including t ...
, Lebanese journalist
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Diana Msewa
Diana Lucas Msewa (born 13 November 2001) is a Tanzanian professional women's football forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Trabzonspor and the Tanzania women's national team.
Club career
In September 2023, Msewa moved to Turke ...
Diana Mukhametzianova
Diana Damirovna Mukhametzianova (, born 18 September 2003) is a retired Russian pair skater. With her former partner, Ilya Mironov, she is the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, 2020 Winter Youth Olympic silver medalist and the 2019–20 Grand Prix of ...
(born 2003), Russian pair skater
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Diana Muldaur
Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. Muldaur's television roles include Rosalind Shays on ''L.A. Law'' and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. She app ...
(born 1938), American television and film actress
* Diana Munteanu-Druțu (born 1987), Romanian handball player
* Diana E. Murphy (1934–2018), American judge
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Diana Nankunda Mutasingwa
Diana Nankunda Mutasingwa also referred to as Diana Mutasingwa Kagyenyi is a Uganda politician. She is the current Minister of State in the Office of the Vice President of Uganda. Diana became the first Buikwe's minister. On May 19, 2021, Mutasi ...
, Uganda politician
*Diana Napolis, American social worker
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Diana Natalicio
Diana Natalicio (née Diana Siedhoff; August 25, 1939 – September 24, 2021) was an American academic administrator who served as 10th president of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1988 to 2019. After growing up in St. Louis, Nat ...
(1939–2021), American academic administrator
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Diana Nausėdienė
Diana Nausėdienė ( Nepaitė; born 9 July 1964) is a Lithuanian business manager and lecturer, who has served as the First Lady of Lithuania since 12 July 2019 as the wife of Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania.
Early life
Nausėdienė wa ...
(born 1964), Lithuanian business manager and lecturer
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Diana Nazarova
Diana Nazarova (Диана Назарова, born 2 June 2000) is a Kazakhstani swimmer.
In 2019, she represented Kazakhstan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju
Gwangju (; ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Kor ...
(born 2000), Kazakhstani swimmer
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Diana Nekoye Sifuna
Diana Nekoye Sifuna is a former Kenyan model now turned a public policy and governance champion currently serving as the chief executive officer (CEO) and board secretary at the Jonathan Jackson Foundation.
Diana served in the same capacities at ...
(born 1987), Kenyan CEO of the Jonathan Jackson Foundation, advocate in public policy and governance
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Diana Nemiroff
Diana Nemiroff (born May 1, 1946) is a Canadian curator and art historian in the field of contemporary art.
Career
Diana Nemiroff has numerous exhibitions to her credit, including ''Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Can ...
(born 1946), Canadian curator and art historian
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Diāna Ņikitina
Diāna Ņikitina (born 9 December 2000) is a Latvian former figure skater. She is the 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion, the 2018 Cup of Tyrol silver medalist, and the 2018 Latvian national champion. She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics i ...
(born 2000), Latvian figure skater
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Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham
Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham (18 September 1762 – 12 April 1823) was a peerage, peer, philanthropist and an abolitionist who established schools and churches on the Gower Peninsula.
Early life
Born on 18 September 1762 at Barham Court, Test ...
(1762–1823), English peer and evangelical patron
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Diana Noonan
Diana Noonan (born 7 January 1960) is a New Zealand children's author. In 2022 she was awarded the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for her outstanding contributions to New Zealand literature for young people.
Biography
Noonan was born in Dunedin a ...
(born 1960), New Zealand children’s author
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Diana Norman
Mary Diana Norman ( Narracott; pen name, Ariana Franklin; 25 August 1933 – 27 January 2011) was a British author and journalist. She is best known for her historical crime fiction.
Life and work
Norman was born in London. She was moved to De ...
(1933–2011), British author and journalist
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Diana Northup
Diana E. Northup is an American microbiologist, speleologist, ecologist, Visiting Professor of Biology, and Professor Emerita of Library Sciences with the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on the microbial ecology of caves around the ...
, American biologist
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Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimming, long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan () in record time.
...
(born 1949), American author, journalist, motivational speaker and long-distance swimmer
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Diana O'Hehir
Diana Farnham O'Hehir (May 23, 1922 – January 19, 2021) was an American poet and writer of prose from northern California.
Biography
She was born in Lexington in 1922, though she moved to California with her father the next year.
She taught ...
(1922–2021), American poet
* Diana Ohman (born 1950), American politician
* Diana Olson (born 1969), American rower
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Diana Ordóñez
Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres (born 26 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL. Born in the United States, she represents Mexico internationally.
Ordóñez played college soc ...
(born 2001), Mexican professional footballer
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Diana Organ
Diana Mary Organ (née Pugh; born 21 February 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Forest of Dean from 1997 to 2005.
Early life
Her father was Finance Controller of GKN. She went to the indep ...
(born 1952), British politician
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Diana Orrange
Elexa Diana Orrange (née Wills; born August 9, 1967) is an American athlete. She competed in the women's triple jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta ...
Diana Ossana
Diana Lynn Ossana (born August 24, 1949) is an American writer who has collaborated on Lonesome Dove series, writing screenplays, teleplays, and novels with author Larry McMurtry since they first worked together in 1992, on the semi-fictionalize ...
(born 1949), American screenwriter
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Diana Oughton
Diana Oughton (January 26, 1942 – March 6, 1970) was an American member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Michigan Chapter and later, a member of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground. Oughton received her B.A. from Bryn ...
(1942–1970), American student activist
* Diana Paliiska (born 1966), Bulgarian sprint canoer
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Diana Palmer (author)
Susan Kyle, née Susan Eloise Spaeth (born December 11, 1946, in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States) is an American writer who was known as Diana Palmer and has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, K ...
(born 1946), American romance novelist
* Diana Panchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian journalist and TV host
* Diana Patterson (born c.1951), first woman in charge of an Australian Antarctic Station
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Diana Pavlac Glyer
Diana Pavlac Glyer (born 21 January 1956 in Aberdeen, Maryland) is an American author, speaker and teacher whose work centers on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings. She teaches in the Honors College at Azusa Pacific University in Calif ...
(born 1956), American author, speaker and teacher
* Diana L. Paxson (born 1943), American author
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Diana Penty
Diana Penty (; born 2 November 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. She began her modelling career in 2005 when she was signed up by Elite Models India. Penty then made her acting debut with the romantic comedy fil ...
(born 1985), Indian actress
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Diana Peterfreund
Diana Peterfreund (born January 20, 1979) is an American author.
Biography
Peterfreund grew up near Tampa, Florida and graduated from Yale University in 2001 with a double major in literature and geology. She drew upon her time as a daughter of ...
(born 1979), American writer
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Diana Petrescu
Diana Mihaela Petrescu-Popescu (born 27 March 1990) is a Romanian handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcour ...
(born 1990), Romanian handball player
* Diana Pharaoh Francis (born c.1967), American writer
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Diana Pickler
Diana Lynn Pickler (born December 9, 1983) is an Americans, American heptathlete from Shreveport, Louisiana. She has represented her country at the Olympic Games, Olympic and World Championships in Athletics, World Championship levels and was the 2 ...
(born 1983), American heptathlete
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Diana Pineda
Diana Isabel Pineda Zuleta (born September 6, 1984) is a female diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in S ...
(born 1984), Colombian diver
* Diana van der Plaats (born 1971), Dutch swimmer
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Diana Plumpton
Diana Jessie Merville Plumpton (married name Sabine, 4 May 1911 – 8 May 1973) was an English amateur golfer. She reached the final of the 1933 Women's Amateur Championship and played in the 1934 Curtis Cup.
Golf career
In 1929 Plumpton reac ...
(1911–1973), English amateur golfer
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Diane de Poitiers
Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and courtier who wielded much power and influence as King Henry II of France, Henry II's Maîtresse-en-titre, royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position inc ...
(1500–1566), French aristocrat
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Diana Popova
Diana Antonieva Popova (; born 10 December 1976, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics coach and former rhythmic gymnast who competed at two Olympic Games (1992, 1996) and won several medals at the World and European champion ...
(born 1976), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
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Diána Póth
Diána Póth (born 6 August 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Karl Schäfer Memorial silver medalist and a two-time Hungarian national champion. She also competed briefly for Austria.
Personal life
Póth ...
(born 1981), Hungarian figure skater
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Diana Pullein-Thompson
Diana Farr (; 1 October 1925 – 21 September 2015), was a British horsewoman and writer known for her pony books. Her mother and two sisters also wrote and together they created a large number of children's books, many of which were on the theme ...
(1925–2015), British writer of pony books
* Diana Que (died 2016), Spanish murder victim
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Diana Quick
Diana Marilyn Quick (born 23 November 1946) is an English actress.
Early life and family background
Quick was born on 23 November 1946 in London, England. She grew up in Dartford, Kent, the third of four children. Her father was Leonard Quic ...
(born 1946), English actress
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Diana Quijano
Diana Quijano Valdivieso (born April 12, 1962) is a Peruvian actress and model.
Filmography Television
* ''Parientes a la fuerza'' (Telemundo, 2021 ) as Michelle Bonnet
* '' La Hija Prodiga'' (TV Azteca, 2017-2018) As Matilde Salamanca.
* '' ...
(born 1962), Peruvian actress and model
* Diana Ramírez (born 1990), Colombian karateka
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Diana Raznovich
Diana Raznovich (born 1945) is an Argentine playwright and cartoonist. Her work in both mediums is comedic in tone and deals with feminism, sexuality, and Argentina's military dictatorship.
Early life and education
Diana Raznovich was born in B ...
(born 1945), Argentinian writer
* Diana Reader Harris (1912–1996), British school principal
* Diana Redhouse (1923–2007), British artist
* Diana Redman (born 1984), Israeli footballer
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Diana Rennik
Diana Rennik (born 25 March 1985 in Ekaterinburg, Russia) is an Estonian former competitive pair skater. She competed with Aleksei Saks. Together, they are the four times Estonian national champions. They placed 17th at the 2006 Winter Olympics ...
(born 1985), Estonian pair skater
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Diana Reyes
Diana Reyes (born November 18, 1979) is a Mexican singer.
Reyes was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, and her family hailed from Sinaloa. She has released three gold records since 2004: ''La Reina del Pasito Duranguense'', ''Las No. 1 de la ...
(born 1979), Mexican musical artist
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Diana Reyna
Diana Reyna (born November 23, 1973) is an American politician who was the deputy borough president for Brooklyn and a member of the New York City Council from the 34th District, which includes Williamsburg and Bushwick as well as Ridgewood i ...
(born 1974), American politician in New York
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Diana Riba
Diana Riba i Giner (; born 21 February 1975) is a Catalans, Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the European Parliament.
Early life
Riba was born on 21 February 1975 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She has a degree in pedagogy from th ...
(born 1975), Spanish politician
* Diana Richburg (born 1963), American middle-distance runner
* Diana Rickard (born 1953), Australian swimmer
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Diana Rigg
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' (1965–1968); Countess Tracy Bond, Teresa di ...
(1938–2020), English actress
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most suc ...
(born 1944), American singer and actress
* Diana Ross (author) (1910–2000), English children’s author
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Diana Rouvas
Diana Rouvas (born 29 January 1984) is an Australian singer-songwriter previously signed to Universal Music Australia. In 2019, she won ''The Voice Australia'', against Daniel Shaw. She was born in Sydney to a Greek father and Australian mother ...
(born 1984), Australian musician
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Diana Rowden
Diana Hope Rowden (31 January 1915 – 6 July 1944) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to recru ...
(1915–1944), British espionage agent
* Diana K. Rowland, American author and skydiver
* Diana Rowntree (1915–2008), British architect and writer
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Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford
Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer; 31 July 1710 – 27 September 1735), was a member of the Spencer family, chiefly remembered because of an unsuccessful attempt to arrange a marriage for her with Frederick, Prince of Wa ...
(1710–1735), English noblewoman
*Diana E. H. Russell, South African sociologist and activist
*Diana Sáenz (born 1989), Costa Rican footballer
*Diana Sands (1934–1973), American actress
*Diana Santos (born 1950), Mexican actress
*Diana Sanz Ginés (born 2005), Spanish gymnast
*Diana Sartor (born 1970), German skeleton racer
*Diana Šatkauskaitė (born 1992), Lithuanian handballer
*Diana Scarwid (born 1955), American actress
*Diana Schmiemann (born 1972), German rhythmic gymnast
*Diana Schuler (born 1981), German snooker player
*Diana Schutz (born 1955), Canadian-born comic book editor
*Diana Scultori (1547–1612), Italian sculptor
*Diana Serra Cary (1918–2020), American child film actress and film historian
*Diana Shaw, American attorney and government official
*Diana Shnaider (born 2004), Russian tennis player
*Diana Shpungin, Latvian American interdisciplinary contemporary artist
*Diana Silva (disambiguation), several people
*Diana Silvers (born 1997), American actress and model
*Diana Sorbello (born 1979), German schlager singer
*Diana Soto (born 1980), Peruvian volleyball player
*Diana Souhami (born 1940), British writer
*Diana Soviero (born 1946), American operatic soprano
*Diana Sowle (1930–2018), American actress
*Diana Spearman (1905–1991), British writer and activist
*Diana Spencer (disambiguation), several people
*Diana Staehly (born 1977), German actress
*Diana Starkova (born 1998), French beauty queen, Miss Europe 2016
*Diana Stateczny (born 1980), German snooker and pool player
*Diana Stöcker (born 1970), German politician
*Diana Štrofová (born 1973), Slovak politician
*Diana Sutherland (born 1954), British swimmer
*Diāna Suvitra (born 2002), Latvian footballer
*Diane S. Sykes (born 1957), American judge
*Diana Taurasi (born 1982), Russian-American basketball player
*Diana Taylor (disambiguation), several people
*Diana Terry (born 1956), American judge
*Diana Thorne (1895–1963), American artist
*Diana Tietjens Meyers, American philosopher
*Diana Torrieri (1913–2007), Italian actress
*Diana Trask (born 1940), Australian singer songwriter
*Diana Trilling (1905–1996), American literary critic
*Diana Turbay (1950–1991), Colombian journalist
*Diana Uhlman (1912–1999), English art gallery administrator
*Diana Urban (born 1949), American politician
*Diana Ureche (born 1974), Romanian swimmer
*Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (born 1968), environmental scientist
*Diana V (born 2000), Romanian singer and songwriter
*Diana Vaisman (born 1998), Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter
*Diana Valencia, Colombian physicist
*Diana Van der Vlis (1935–2001), Canadian-American actress
*Diana Varinska (born 2001), Ukrainian artistic gymnast
*Diana Vickers (born 1991), English singer
*Diana Vico, Italian opera singer
*Diana Villavicencio (born 1985), Ecuadorian judoka
*Diana Villiers Negroponte (born 1947), American lawyer and academic
*Diana Vincent (born 1958), American jewelry designer and businesswoman
*Diana Vishneva (born 1976), Russian ballerina
*Diana Vreeland (1903–1989), American fashion editor of ''Harper's Bazaar'' and editor-in-chief of ''Vogue''
*Diana Walczak, American sculptor
*Diana Walford (born 1944), English physician and academic
*Diana Walker (born 1942), American photographer and author
*Diana Wall (1943–2024), American biologist
*Diana Wallis (born 1954), British politician
*Diana Walsh Pasulka, American writer and professor of religious studies
*Diana Weicker (born 1989), Canadian freestyle wrestler
*Diana West (born 1961), American journalist
*Diana West (lactation consultant) (born 1965), American lactation consultant
*Diana Weston (born 1953), Canadian-British actress
*Diana Whalen (born 1956), Canadian politician
*Diana Whitney (born 1948), American writer
*Diana Widmaier Picasso (born 1974), French art historian
*Diana J. Wilkie, American nurse researcher
*Diana Williams (born 1958), American journalist for ''Eyewitness News'' in New York City
*Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011), British children’s fantasy writer
*Diana Wynyard (1906–1964), English actress
*Diana Yakovleva (born 1988), Russian fencer
*Diana Yankey (born 1967), Ghanaian hurdler
*Diana Yeh, British Chinese sociologist and social activist
*Diana Yekinni, British-Nigerian actress
*Diana Yesenia Alvarado, Chicana artist
*Diana Yorgova (born 1942), Bulgarian long jumper
*Diana Yukawa (born 1985), Japanese-British violinist and composer
*Diana Zagainova (born 1997), Lithuanian triple jumper
*Diána Zámbó (born 1978), Hungarian Paralympic swimmer
*Diana C. Zollicoffer (born 1977), Seychellois actress
*Diana Zubiri (born 1985), Filipino actress
*Diana Zuckerman (born 1950), American health policy analyst
*Diana Žiliūtė (born 1976), Lithuanian racing cyclist
*Mike Diana, American underground cartoonist
Fictional characters
*Diana, a character in the American TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries)#Cast, V (1983 miniseries) and ''V The Final Battle#Cast, V The Final Battle''
*Diana A, fictional mecha, Mazinger Z sidekick, after the demise of Aphrodite A
* Diana Allers, a fictional character in the role-playing video game Mass Effect 3
*Diana Burnwood, a character in Hitman (franchise), Hitman
*Diana Cavendish, one of the main characters in the anime series ''Little Witch Academia''
*Diana (Dyosa), a character in ''Dyosa''
*Diana Wrayburn, a character from The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
*MÄR, Diana (MÄR), a major antagonist in the manga and anime series ''MÄR''
*Diana (Sailor Moon), Diana (''Sailor Moon''), a fictional cat character in the Japanese anime and manga series ''Sailor Moon''
*Diana (V TV series), Diana (''V'' TV series), the main antagonist in the 1980s science fiction TV franchise ''V''
*Anne of Green Gables#Characters, Diana Barry, a character in L. M. Montgomery's ''Anne of Green Gables''
*Diana Bishop, the central character of ''A Discovery of Witches''
*Diana Lombard, one of the main characters in the French-Canadian animated series ''Martin Mystery''
*Diana Oligario, one of the main characters in the Philippine action drama series ''Ang Probinsyano, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano''
*Diana Prince, the secret identity of the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman
*Diana, Scorn of the Moon, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''
*Diana the Acrobat, from the ''Dungeons & Dragons (TV series), Dungeons & Dragons'' animated series
*Diana Davis (Sliders), Diana Davis, the main character in series 5 of the television series ''Sliders''
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