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. Antoine Dionne (1641-1721)Dictionnaire Tanguay of Quebec is the earliest known Dionne in North America, and currently all people with the surname Dionne are believed to be descendants of his. People with the name include:

Given name

Dionne Brand Dionne Brand (born 7 January 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012 and first Black Poet Laureate. She was admitted to the Order of Canada in ...

(born 1953), Canadian writer *

Dionne Bromfield Dionne Julia Bromfield (born 1 February 1996) is a British soul music singer, television presenter and television personality. Her debut album, '' Introducing Dionne Bromfield'', was released in 2009 by Amy Winehouse's Lioness Records label. S ...

(born 1996), British singer *

Dionne Brown Dionne Brown (born 1996) is an English actress. After studying at the Arts Educational Schools and appearing in numerous stage productions of theirs, she began appearing in various television series. As well as appearing in the Apple TV+ series ...

, English actress * Dionne Bunsha, Indian journalist *

Dionne Farris Dionne Farris (born December 4, 1969) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New Jersey, she began singing in elementary school and competed in pageants as a teenager. In the early 1990s, she was featured on the hip hop group ...

(born 1968), American musician * Dionne Price, American statistician *

Dionne Quan Dionne Quan (born October 20, 1978) is an American actress, known for her roles as Kimi Watanabe-Finster in '' Rugrats'' and Trixie Tang in '' The Fairly OddParents''. Early life Quan was born in Oakland, California to Lori and Daryl Quan, who ...

(born 1978), American voice actress *

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick ( ; born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. She has been inducted into the Hollywood Wa ...

(born 1940), American singer

Surname

Dionne quintuplets The Dionne quintuplets (; born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood. The Dion ...

, Canadian quintuplets born in 1934 *

Amable Dionne Amable Dionne (November 30, 1782 – May 2, 1852) was a businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East. He was born in Kamouraska in 1782 and grew up there. He became a clerk for Pierre Casgrain, a merchant at ...

(1781–1852), Canadian politician * Benjamin Dionne (1798–1883), Canadian politician *

Charles-Eugène Dionne Charles-Eugène Dionne (27 May 1908 – 4 August 1984) was a Social Credit Party and Ralliement créditiste member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Paschal-de-Kamouraska and became a lumberjack in his youth. Years later ...

(1908–1984), Canadian politician *

Charles-Eusèbe Dionne Charles-Eusèbe Dionne (20 July 1846 – 25 January 1925), also known as Charles Eusebe or C. E. Dionne, was a French Canadian naturalist and taxidermist. He is considered the first professional French Canadian ornithologist. Dionne was a sel ...

(1846–1925), French Canadian naturalist *

Deidra Dionne Deidra Dionne (born February 5, 1982) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She won bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics in freestyle aerial ski

(born 1982), Canadian skier * E. J. Dionne (born 1952), American journalist * Georges Dionne (1876–1946), Canadian politician *

Gérard Dionne Gérard Dionne (19 June 1919 – 13 May 2020) was a Canadian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and the oldest Roman Catholic Bishop of Canada. Biography Dionne was born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick and ordained a priest in Edmundston on 1 M ...

(1919–2020), Canadian bishop *

Gilbert Dionne Gilbert Dionne (born September 19, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1990–91 until 1995–96. He is the younger brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Dio ...

(born 1970), Canadian hockey player *

Kim Yi Dionne Kim Yi Dionne (born 1977) is an American political scientist specializing in politics and public opinion in African countries. She is an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside. Her book ''Doomed Interventions'' examines why ...

(born 1977), American political scientist *

Ludger Dionne Ludger Dionne (March 1, 1888 – June 4, 1962) was a Canadian businessman and a politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauce in the House of Commons of Canada from 1945 to 1949. As a businessman, he operated a shoe factory ...

(1888–1962), Canadian politician *

Mahammed Dionne Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne (22 September 1959 – 5 April 2024) was a Senegalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Senegal from 2014 to 2019. He was the third prime minister appointed by President Macky Sall. Dionne served at th ...

(born 1959), Senegalese politician *

Marcel Dionne Marcel Elphège Dionne (born August 3, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre. He played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers be ...

(born 1951), Canadian hockey player *

Marcel Dionne (politician) Marcel Dionne (21 November 1931 – 3 March 1998) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Victor-de-Tring, Quebec and became a businessman by career. He won the Chicoutimi electoral district in ...

(1931–1998), Canadian politician *

Maurice Dionne Maurice Dionne (August 26, 1936 – November 17, 2003) was an educator and politician in the Miramichi River Valley of New Brunswick, Canada. Early life Born in Bath, New Brunswick, Dionne attended teacher's college and taught in a variety of ...

(1936–2003), Canadian politician *

Mónica Dionne Mónica Xóchitl Dionne Lazo (born February 7, 1967) is an American actress born in Waterbury, Connecticut. She is of Mexican descent. Dionne is best known for her roles in telenovelas produced by TV Azteca. She also acted in movies such as '' ...

(born 195?), Mexican American actress *

Rita Dionne-Marsolais Rita Dionne-Marsolais (born April 20, 1947) is a former Quebec politician and economist. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rosemont in the Montreal region and represented the Parti Québécois from 1994 to 2008 ...

(born 1947), Canadian economist *

Valérie Dionne Valérie Dionne (born July 29, 1980) is a Canadian water polo player. She is a member of the national women's water polo team and has competed in five juvenile, 15 provincial, and 11 national championships. In 1999, the FINA Cup team on which ...

(born 1980), Canadian water polo player

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