Diane (given name)

Alternative spellings include Daiane, Dianne, Dianna, Dian, Diahann, Dyan, Dyanne and Dyane. See also Di and Diana

Notable people

• Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (born 1940), French-German painter, sculptor, writer, and philanthropist
• Diane Abbott (born 1953), British politician
• Diane Austin-Broos (born 1946), Australian anthropologist
• Diane Cummins (born 1974), Canadian middle-distance runner
• Diane Denoir (born 1957), Uruguayan singer
• Diane Flacks, Canadian actress and writer
• Diane de France (1538–1619), daughter of Henry II of France
• Diane Franklin, American actress
• Diane Gerace (born 1943), Canadian high jumper, long jumper, and pentathlete
• Diane Guthrie-Gresham (born 1971), Jamaican long jumper and heptathlete
• Diane Henderson, American applied mathematician
• Diane Holl (born 1964), English motorsports engineer
• Diane Keaton (born 1946), American actress
• Diane Kruger (born 1976), German actress
• Diane Ladd (born 1935), American actress
• Diane Lambert, American statistician
• Diane Lane (born 1965), American actress
• Diane S. Littler, American phycologist
• Diane Maclagan (born 1974), mathematician
• Diane Modahl (born 1966), English middle-distance runner
• Diane Murphy (born 1964), American actress
• Diane Neal (born 1975), American actress
• Diane Nelson (born 1958), Canadian curler
• Diane Nelson (comics) (born 1968), American business executive
• Diane Pappas (born 1970/1971), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Diane de Poitiers (1500–1566), French noblewoman
• Diane Ratnik (born 1962), Canadian volleyball player
• Diane Sawyer (born 1945), American television journalist
• Diane Tell (born 1959), Canadian musician
• Diane Warren (born 1956), American songwriter
• Diane von Furstenberg (born 1946), Belgian fashion designer
• Diane Youdale (born 1970), English television personality

Other

• Diahann Carroll (1935–2019), American actress and singer
• Dian Fossey (1932–1985), American primatologist and conservationist
• Dianne Nelson (born 1954), American short-story writer
• Dyan Cannon (born 1937), American actress

Fictional characters

• Diane Court, a fictional character in the 1989 Cameron Crowe film Say Anything..., played by Ione Skye
• Diane Chambers, a fictional character in the TV series Cheers
• Diane Darcy, a fictional race car driver in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• Diane, an unseen character from the 2008 video game No More Heroes
• Diane, an unseen and unheard character in the television show Twin Peaks
• Diane Jenkins Newman, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Diane Sugden, a character on the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Diane Nguyen, a fictional character on the American adult animated series Bojack Horseman, voiced by Alison Brie