Dion may refer to:

People

Ancient

Dion (mythology) In Greek mythology, Dion (; Ancient Greek: wiktionary:Δίων, Δίων) was a King in Laconia and husband of Amphithea, the daughter of Pronax. By his wife, he became the father of Lyco and Orphe, Orphe, Lyco, and Carya of Laconia, Carya. Mytholo ...

, a king in Laconia and husband of Iphitea, the daughter of Prognaus *

Dion of Syracuse Dion (; ; 408–354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse in Magna Graecia, was the son of Hipparinus, and brother-in-law of Dionysius I of Syracuse. A disciple of Plato, he became Dionysius I's most trusted minister and adviser. However, his great wealth, ...

(408–354 BC), ancient Greek politician *

Dio of Alexandria Dio of Alexandria (; ) was an Academic skepticism, Academic Skeptic philosopher and a friend of Antiochus of Ascalon who lived in the first century BC. Along with being an Academic Skeptic, Dio was an avid believer in the Greek gods and Titans, spe ...

, first century BC, ancient Greek philosopher * Dion of Naples, an ancient Greek mathematician cited by Augustine of Hippo along with Adrastus of Cyzicus *

Dio Chrysostom Dio Chrysostom (; ''Dion Chrysostomos''), Dio of Prusa or Cocceianus Dio (c. 40 – c. 115 AD), was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD. Eighty of his ''Discourses'' (or ''Orations''; ) are ...

, also known as Dion Chrysostomos (c. 40 – c. 115), a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian *

Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...

, also known as Dion Kassios (c. AD 155 – 235), a Roman consul

Modern

Given name

* Dion Bakker (born 1981), Dutch Youtuber and artist *

Dion O'Banion Charles Dean O'Banion (July 8, 1892 – November 10, 1924) was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. The newspapers of his day made him better know ...

(1892–1924) , American mobster *

Dion Boucicault Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault (né Boursiquot; 26 December 1820 – 18 September 1890) was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. By the later part of the 19th century, Boucicault had become known on both sides of the ...

(1820–1890), Irish actor and playwright *

Dion Boucicault Jr. Dion Boucicault Jr. (born Darley George Boucicault; 23 May 1859 – 25 June 1929) was an actor and stage director. A son of the well-known playwright Dion Boucicault and actress Agnes Kelly Robertson, Agnes Robertson, he followed his father int ...

(1859–1929), American actor and stage director *

Dion Dawkins Dion Dawkins (born April 26, 1994) is an American professional American football, football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Temple Owls football, Temple Owls. Early ...

(born 1994), American football player *

Dion DiMucci Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known Mononym, mononymously as Dion, is an American singer and songwriter. His music incorporates elements of doo-wop, Pop music, pop, Rock music, rock, Rhythm and blues, R&B, folk music, folk an ...

(born 1939), American singer/songwriter known professionally as "Dion" *

Dion Dublin Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer, television presenter and pundit. He is a club director of Cambridge United. As a player he was a centre-forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manches ...

(born 1969), English footballer and television presenter *

Dion Fortune Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 6 December 1890 – 6 or 8 January 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philoso ...

(1890–1946), British occultist *

Dion Graham Dion Graham is an American actor and narrator. As an actor, he has worked both on and off-Broadway, as well as in TV series and film. As of April 2024, he has narrated at least 280 audiobooks. He has earned a place on ''AudioFile'' magazine's lis ...

, American actor and narrator *

Dion Ignacio Dion Joseph Ignacio (born March 28, 1986) is a Filipino actor and musician. Popularly known of his role as Raul Agoncillo in the afternoon soap opera '' Saan Darating ang Umaga?'', a role originally portrayed by former 1980s teen idol Raymond ...

(born 1986), Filipino actor *

Dion Jenkins Dion Keith Jenkins (born September 21, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for his collaborations with Aftermath Entertainment artists The Game, 50 Cent and Young Buck. He has also worked with several other ...

(born 1979), American singer-songwriter and producer called "Dion" *

Dion Lambert Dion Adrian Lambert (born February 12, 1969) is an American former professional football defensive back who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. He was selected by the Pa ...

(born 1969), American football player *

Dion Lee Dion Lee (born 2 October 1985) is an Australian fashion designer. His eponymous brand was established in 2009. Early life and education Lee attended the Newtown School of Performing Arts for high school. It was there that he got his first s ...

(born 1985), Australian fashion designer *

Dion Lewis Dion John Lewis (born September 27, 1990) is an American football coach and former running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning second-team All-Amer ...

(born 1990), American football player *

Dion Lim Dion Lim is an American news anchor and reporter for KGO-TV/ABC7. She is known for reporting on violence against Asian Americans. Early life Lim was born in Michigan and moved to Connecticut as a teenager. She often states, including in her ...

, American new anchor and reporter *

Dion Myers Dion Myers (born 21 March 2002) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in July 2021. Career Myers made his first-class debut on 9 December 2020, for Mountaineers, in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. Pri ...

(born 2002), Zimbabwean cricketer *

Dion Nash Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former international cricketer. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. Nash ...

(born 1971), New Zealand cricketer *

Dion Nelin Dion Nelin (born 28 August 1976) is a Danish carom billiards player. He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup The Three-Cushion World Cup is an international tournament series in three-cushion billiards, which is held every year since 198 ...

(born 1976), Danish carom billiards player *

Dion Phaneuf Dion Phaneuf (born 10 April 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defence (ice hockey), defenseman who played for the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). H ...

(born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player *

Dion Titheradge Dion Titheradge (30 March 1889 – 16 November 1934) was an Australian-born actor and writer of revues, plays and screenplays. Early life Dion Titheradge was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1889, son of the actor George Sutton Titheradge. He was ...

(1889–1934), Australian actor and playwright *

Dion Waiters Dion Waiters Jr. (born December 10, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player who played 8 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2012 to 2020. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange and was selec ...

(born 1991), American basketball player

Surname

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

(born 1968), Canadian singer *

Colleen Dion Colleen Dion-Scotti (December 26, 1964, also credited as Colleen Dion) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Felicia Forrester on the CBS soap opera, ''The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (oft ...

(born 1964), American actress *

Josh Dion Band The Josh Dion Band is a musical group based out of New York City led by singing drummer/songwriter Josh Dion. The group is commonly associated with the rock n' roll/ Americana genres of music. Personnel * Josh Dion - lead vocals/drums ::D ...

, American music group led by singer/drummer Josh Dion *

Leopold Dion Leopold may refer to: People * Leopold (given name), including a list of people named Leopold or Léopold * Leopold (surname) Fictional characters * Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons'' * Leopold B ...

(1920–1972), Canadian serial killer and rapist *

Olivier Dion Olivier Dion (born August 10, 1991) is a Canadian singer who specializes in pop music. Career In 2008, Dion, along with Daniel Hamlitsch and Matthew Gaiser, formed the indie rock group Late Young. They released one EP (music), EP entitled ''Nati ...

(born 1991), Canadian pop singer *

Pascal Dion Pascal Dion (born December 22, 1994) is a Canadian former short-track speed skater and Olympic gold medalist. Career 2015 Dion competed at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, where he finished in fourth place in the 1,500 m event. 2 ...

(born 1994), Canadian short track speed skater *

Stéphane Dion Stéphane Maurice Dion (; ; born 28September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who has been the List of ambassadors of Canada to France, Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco since 2022 and special envoy to the Eu ...

(born 1955), Canadian academic and politician

Places

Dion, Archaeological Park The Archaeological Park of Dion is the most important archaeological site at Mount Olympus in Greece, located in Dion (Greek: Δίον). In the area comprised by the Archaeological Park of Dion, sanctuaries were found from the Hellenistic and Ro ...

, the ancient site of the religious center of Macedonia *

Dion, Archaeological Museum The Archaeological Museum of Dion () is a museum in Dion, Greece, Dion in the Pieria (regional unit), Pieria regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum was established in 1983 to display excavations unearthed in the area from a Archae ...

, the finds of the ancient site are exhibited here *

Dion, Pieria Dion (; ; ) is a village and municipal unit in the municipality of Dion-Olympos in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. It is located at the foot of Mount Olympus at a distance of 17 km from the capital city of Katerini. The seat of the m ...

, the great "sacred place" of the Ancient Macedonians, ancient city and archaeological site, and a modern town * Dion (Chalcidice), a town of ancient Chalcidice *

Dion (Coele-Syria) Dium or Dion () or Dia (Δία)Josephus, ''Ant. Iud.'', 13.393 was a city in ancient Coele-Syria mentioned by numerous ancient writers. According to Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was a foundation of Alexander the Great, and named after the city D ...

, a town of ancient Coele-Syria, in the Decapolis of the Roman Empire * Dion (Crete), a town of ancient Crete * Dion (Euboea), a town of ancient Euboea * Dium (Pisidia) or Dion, a town of ancient Pisidia * Dion (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly *Dion, part of the municipality of

Beauraing Beauraing (; ) is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2018, Beauraing had a total population of 9,160. The total area is 174.55 km2, giving a population density of 52 inhabitants per k ...

, province of Namur, Belgium *

Dion Islands The Dion Islands are a group of small islands and rocks lying in the northern part of Marguerite Bay, south-west of Cape Alexandra, Adelaide Island, off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. They were discovered by the French Antarctic Exp ...

, Antarctica

Other uses

* Dion (geometry), one-dimension polytope * ''Dion'' (skipper), a genus of butterflies in the grass skippers family *

Mitsubishi Dion The Mitsubishi Dion is a compact MPV produced by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. Following its exhibition at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show, it was introduced on January 25, 2000 priced from ¥1,598,000–1,848,000,

, a compact MPV produced by Mitsubishi Motors *

Dion (Transformers) ''The Transformers'' is an animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in Broadcast syndication, syndication based upon Hasbro and Takara's Transformers (toy line), ''Transformers'' toy line. ...

, a character from the ''Transformers'' franchise * Dion Lesage, a character from the 2023 game ''

Final Fantasy XVI is a 2023 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix. The sixteenth main installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, it was first released for the PlayStation 5, with a Windows version released in September 2024, and an ...

'' *Dion Blaster, a character in ''

1080° Snowboarding is a snowboarding video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. In the game, players control one of five snowboarders from a Third-person (video games), third-person perspective, using a combination of buttons to ...

'' *''Dion'' (album), a 1968 album by