Roxanne (given name)
Roxanne is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Rhōxanē (Latinised to Roxana), used for Roxana, the wife of Alexander the Great, a derivative of the Persian Roshanak, meaning bright star and in Kurdish (Roj-an) as well as in Avesta (Rowc) it means "bright, sun, sunlight, sun god, day". Notable people with the name include:
People
- Roxanne Avent (born 1976), American film producer and movie studio executive
- Roxanne Barcelo (born 1985), Filipino-American actress, model and singer
- Roxanne Barker (born 1991), South African football goalkeeper
- Roxanne Beck, American singer and voice actress
- Roxanne Beckford (born 1969), American actress
- Roxanne Benjamin, American film producer, writer and director
- Roxanne Bovenberg (born 1989), Dutch handball player
- Roxanne Conlin (born 1944), United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
- Roxanne Constantin, Canadian musician
- Roxanne Donnery American politician from New York
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born 1939), American historian, writer and feminist
- Roxanne Dufter (born 1992), German speed skater
- Roxanne Emery (born 1984), English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
- Roxanne Fontana (born 1959), Italian-American author and musician
- Roxanne Franck (born 1998), French female handball player
- Roxanne Guinoo (born 1986), Filipino actress
- Roxanne the Great, Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
- Roxanne Hart (born 1952), American actress
- Roxanne James (born 1966), Canadian politician
- Roxanne Jones (1928–1996), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Roxanne Kernohan (1960–1993), Canadian actress
- Roxanne Lowit, New York-based fashion and celebrity photographer
- Roxanne McKee (born 1980), English actress and model
- Roxanne Modafferi (born 1982), American mixed martial artist
- Roxanne Didier Nicholas (born 1992), St. Lucian dancer and beauty pageant titleholder
- Roxanne Pallett (born 1982), English actress and singer
- Roxanne Persaud, American politician from New York
- Roxanne Potvin (born 1982) Canadian bilingual singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Roxanne Pulitzer (born 1951), American novelist and actress
- Roxanne Qualls (born 1953), American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Roxanne Quimby (born 1950), American artist and businesswoman
- Roxanne Roberts (born 1954), American style writer for the Washington Post
- Roxanne "Roxy" Saint (born 1977) American singer, musician, video producer
- Roxanne Seeman (born 1954), American songwriter and lyricist
- Roxanne Shanté (born 1969), American hip hop musician
- Roxanne Starr, American graphic designer and comic book letterer
- Roxanne Swentzell (born 1962), American ceramist
- Roxanne Tong (born 1987), Hong Kong beauty pageant contestant
- Roxanne Varza (born 1985), Iranian-American company executive
- Roxanne Wilson (born 1979), American businesswoman
- Roxanne Ashley Yu (born 1997), Filipino swimmer
Fictional Characters
- Roxanne "Roxy" Washington, a Marvel character known as Bling!
- Roxanne Ritchie, a TV news reporter in the movie Megamind
- Roxanne, the high school love interest of Max Goof in A Goofy Movie
- Roxy Lalonde, via Homestuck.
- Dr. Roxanne Vanderwheele, an archealogist from the cartoon "Tutenstein".
See also
- Roxanne (disambiguation)
- Roxann
- Roxanna
- Roseanne (name)
- Roshanak (Origin of this given name)
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