Dione

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Dione may refer to:

[edit] Given name

  • Dione Lucas (1909–1971), English chef and first female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu
  • Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, 1945), American R&B singer
  • Dione Taylor, Canadian jazz singer

[edit] Surname

  • Dione also spelt Jon is a West African surname among the Serer people with no connection to the French "Dione". Not only are the pronunciations different, but when the French colonisers were writing African surnames, they wrote it in the French form according to their convenience.
  • Rose Dione (1875–1936), French actress

[edit] Astronomy

[edit] Chemistry

  • Diketone (Dione), a molecule containing two ketone groups
  • Ethylene dione (ethylenedione, ethene dione, or ethene 1,2-dione), a hypothetical chemical compound with the formula C2O2 (O=C=C=O)

[edit] Biology

[edit] Popular culture

  • Dee Bliss (Dione "Dee" Rebecchi), from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

[edit] See also

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