Diane (given name)
Alternative spellings include Daiane, Dianne, Dian, Diahann, Dyan, Dyanne, and Dyane. See also Di, Dianna, Deanna, Deeann, and Diana
Diane is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Notable people
- Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, French-German painter, sculptor, writer, and philanthropist
- Diane Abbott, British politician
- Diane Ablonczy, Canadian politician
- Diane Ackerman, American poet, essayist, and naturalist
- Diane Adams, Canadian curler
- Diane Adehm, Luxembourgish politician
- Diane Airey, Australian politician
- Diane Allahgreen, British hurdler
- Diane Allen, American politician
- Diane Marie Amann, American law professor
- Diane Andersen, Belgian pianist
- Diane Anderson, American politician
- Diane Anderson-Minshall, American journalist
- Diane Arbus, American photographer
- Diane Archie, Canadian politician
- Diane Arkenstone, musical artist
- Diane Armstrong, Australian writer
- Diane Asitimbay, American writer
- Diane Atkinson, British historian and writer
- Diane Austin-Broos, Australian anthropologist
- Diane Awerbuck, South African novelist
- Diane Ayala Goldner, American actress
- Diane Bailey, English amateur golfer
- Diane Baker, American actress
- Diane Barbeau, Canadian politician
- Diane Barber, American cell physiologist and biologist
- Diane Barnard, English professional golfer
- Diane Barwick, Canadian anthropologist
- Diane Barz, American judge
- Diane Bassham, plant physiologist and researcher
- Diane Beamer, Australian politician
- Diane E. Beaver, American lawyer
- Diane M. Becker, American nurse and public health scientist
- Diane Meredith Belcher, American concert organist, teacher and church musician
- Diane Bell, several people
- Diane Bellemare, Canadian politician
- Diane E. Benson, American politician
- Diane Bertrand, French film director
- Diane Bilyeu, American politician and realtor from Idaho
- Diane F. Birt, American nutritionist
- Diane Birch, American singer-songwriter
- Diane Bish, American organist, composer, conductor, and producer
- Diane Black, American politician
- Diane Blair, American political scientist
- Diane Blair-Sherlock, American politician
- Diane Bond, American actress
- Diane Borg, Maltese sprinter
- Diane Borsato, Canadian visual artist
- Diane Bourgeois, Canadian politician
- Diane Bracalente, American field hockey player
- Diane Braceland, American rower
- Diane Bragg, American pole vaulter
- Diane Brand, New Zealand architecture academic
- Diane Brandt, American politician
- Diane Brentari, American linguist
- Diane Brewster, American actress
- Diane Briars, American mathematics educator
- Diane Mary Bridson, British botanist
- Diane Brown, New Zealand novelist and poet
- Diane Brown (curling), American curler and coach
- Diane L. Browne, American author and singer
- Diane Jardine Bruce, Bishop Provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri
- Diane Bui Duyet, French New Caledonian swimmer
- Diane Burko, American painter
- Diane Burns, Anishinaabe and Chemehuevi artist
- Diane Cailhier, Canadian filmmaker
- Diane Caldwell, Irish footballer
- Diane T. Capehart, American Virgin Islander politician
- Diane Cardwell, American journalist
- Diane Carey, American writer
- Diane Carlson Evans, American army nurse
- Diane Carr, American artist
- Diane Cary, American actress
- Diane Chamberlain, American author of adult fiction
- Diane Charlemagne, British musical artist
- Diane Charlie-Puna, Cook Islands public servant
- Diane Chase, Canadian singer
- Diane Zaino Chase, American archaeologist
- Diane Chen, American figure skater
- Diane Chenery-Wickens, English makeup artist
- Diane Cilento, Australian actress
- Diane Clare, English actress
- Diane Cluck, American singer-songwriter
- Diane Coates, British javelin thrower
- Diane Colley-Urquhart, Canadian politician
- Diane Collings, New Zealand sport shooter
- Diane Atnally Conlin, American classicist and archaeologist
- Diane Cook, several people
- Diane Corcoran, US army nurse
- Diane Corner, British ambassador
- Diane Coyle, British economist
- Diane Craig, Irish actress
- Diane Crespo, American film producer
- Diane Crump, American jockey
- Diane Cummins, Canadian middle-distance runner
- Diane Curry, American operatic mezzo-soprano
- Diane Gabrielle Damas, French aristocrat
- Diane Damiano, American biomedical scientist and physical therapist
- Diane D'Aquila, Canadian-American actress
- Diane Davis, American philosopher
- Diane De Courcy, Canadian politician
- Diane Deans, Canadian politician
- Diane Delano, American actress
- Diane Delin, American jazz violinist, composer and educator
- Diane Denish, American politician
- Diane Denoir, Uruguayan singer
- Diane Desfor, American tennis player
- Diane Dezura, Canadian curler and Olympic medalist
- Diane DiMassa, American feminist artist
- Diane Dimond, American journalist
- Diane Disney Miller, elder child of Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney
- Diane Dixon, American athlete
- Diane Dixon (politician), California State Politician
- Diane Dodds, Northern Ireland politician
- Diane Donnelly, American tennis player
- Diane Douglas, American politician
- Diane Downs American murderer
- Diane Drake, American screenwriter
- Diane Drufenbrock, American politician
- Diane Duane, American writer
- Diane Ducret, Franco-Belgian writer
- Diane Dufresne, Canadian musical artist
- Diane Elam, American feminist writer
- Diane Ellis, American actress
- Diane Elson, British sociologist
- Diane English, American film director
- Diane Erpelding, Luxembourgish dressage rider
- Diane van Es, Dutch athlete
- Diane Esmond, French painter
- Diane Etiennette, Mauritian swimmer
- Diane L. Evans, geo-scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Diane Fahey, Australian poet
- Diane Falkenhagen, American artist and metal smith
- Diane Fanning, American crime writer and author
- Diane Farr, American actress, producer and writer
- Diane Farr (writer), American writer
- Diane Farrell, American politician
- Diane Farrell (tennis), American tennis player
- Diane Felix, American disc jockey and LGBT activist
- Diane Finegood, Canadian American chemical engineer
- Diane Fingleton, Australian magistrate
- Diane Finley, Canadian politician
- Diane Flacks, Canadian actress and writer
- Diane Fleri, French-born Italian actress
- Diane Fletcher, English actress
- Diane Follingstad, American psychologist and author
- Diane Fordney, American physician and sex therapist
- Diane Foster, Canadian sprinter
- Diane Foster (curler), Canadian curler
- Diane de France, daughter of Henry II of France
- Diane Francis, American-born Canadian journalist
- Diane Francis (athlete), Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter
- Diane Franklin, American actress
- Diane Franklin (politician), American politician
- Diane Frolov, American television writer and producer
- Diane von Furstenberg, Belgian fashion designer
- Diane Gaidry, American actress
- Diane Gamboa, American painter
- Diane Garnick, American investment manager
- Diane Gashumba, Rwandan minister of health
- Diane Gaston, American novelist
- Diane Gayer, Swiss architect
- Diane Geppi-Aikens, American lacrosse coach
- Diane Gerace, Canadian high jumper, long jumper, and pentathlete
- Diane Gerencser, Italian-Swiss figure skater
- Diane Ghirardo, American architect and art historian
- Diane Giebel, American swimmer
- Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, American archaeologist
- Diane Giguère, Canadian writer living in Quebec
- Diane Gilbert Sypolt, American judge
- Diane Gilliam Fisher, American poet
- Diane Gilman, several people
- Diane Gilpin, British technology shipping chief executive
- Diane Glancy, American writer and professor
- D. G. K. Goldberg, American novelist
- Diane Goldman Kemper, American real estate investor
- Diane Goode, American children’s book author and illustrator
- Diane Gordon, American politician
- Diane Grayson, English actress
- Diane Greene, American businesswoman
- Diane Grendell, American politician
- Diane Griffin, several people
- Diane Gromala, Canadian computer scientist
- Diane Guérin, Canadian actress and singer
- Diane Guerrero, Colombian-American actress
- Diane Gujarati, American judge
- Diane de Guldencrone, French historian
- Diane Gushulak, Canadian curler
- Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican long jumper and heptathlete
- Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
- Diane Haigh, British architect
- Diane F. Halpern, American psychologist
- Diane Hamelin, Canadian politician
- Diane Hansen, several people
- Diane Harkey, American politician
- Diane Harper, American medical researcher
- Diane Hart, English actress
- Diane Hathaway, American judge
- Diane Havlir, US leader of HIV/AIDS work
- Diane Hegarty, American religious leader
- Diane Henderson, American applied mathematician
- Diane Hendricks, American billionaire businesswoman and film producer
- Diane Hildebrand, American pop singer-songwriter
- Diane Hoh, American author of young adult horror
- Diane Holl, English motorsports engineer
- Diane Holland, British actress
- Diane Holmes, Canadian politician
- Diane Hoskins, American business executive and architect
- Diane Hubka, American jazz guitarist and vocalist
- Diane Hughes, developmental psychologist
- Diane Humetewa, American judge
- Diane Ibbotson, English artist
- Diane Itter, American fiber artist
- Diane James, Brexit Party politician and former leader of the UK Independence Party
- Diane A. Jenkins, American lawyer
- Diane Jergens, American actress
- Diane Jerome, American canoeist
- Diane Johnsen, American judge
- Diane Johnson, American journalist
- Diane Johnstone, Australian diplomat
- Diane Jones-Konihowski, Canadian pentathlete
- Diane Juster, Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
- Diane Karusisi, Rwandan economist and banker
- Diane Katsiaficas, American visual artist
- Diane Keating, Canadian writer
- Diane Keaton, American actress
- Diane Keen, English actress
- Diane Kelly, several people
- Diane Kendal, British-born makeup artist
- Diane Kennedy, American CPA, speaker and financial writer
- Diane Kerr, Australian indigenous rights activist
- Diane Kingston, English human rights defender
- Diane Kirkby, Australian historian
- Diane Kochilas, Greek American cookbook author and chef
- Diane Koenker, American historian
- Diane Koken, American politician
- Diané Mariam Koné, Malian politician
- Diane Kroupa, American attorney
- Diane Kruger, German actress
- Diane Kunz, American historian
- Diane Kurys, French filmmaker and actress
- Diane Lacombe, French swimmer
- Diane Ladd, American actress
- Diane Lamarre, Canadian pharmacist and politician
- Diane Lambert, American statistician
- Diane Lamein, Dutch handball player
- Diane Lamoureux, Canadian professor, writer and essayist
- Diane Landry, Canadian kinetic artist
- Diane Lane, American actress
- Diane Langley, American politician
- Diane Luby Lane, American writer and nonprofit executive
- Diane Luckey, American singer
- Diane Langmore, Australian historian
- Diane Langton, English actress and singer
- Diane Lanpher, American politician
- Diane Lansley, English swimmer
- Diane Larsen-Freeman, American linguist
- Diane Larson, American politician
- Diane Latiker, American community activist
- Diane Leather, British runner
- Diane Leblanc, Canadian politician
- Diane Lebouthillier, Canadian politician
- Diane Lee, Taiwanese politician
- Diane Legault, Canadian politician and dentist
- Diane Lemaire, Australian aeronautical engineer
- Diane Lemieux, Canadian politician
- Diane Levin, American author, educator and advocate
- Diane Lewis, several people
- Diane Leyre, French beauty pageant contestant
- Diane Lillo-Martin, American linguist
- Diane Lim, economist and writer
- Diane Linkletter, daughter of Art Linkletter
- Diane Lipscombe, British neuroscientist
- Diane Litman, American computer scientist
- Diane S. Littler, American phycologist
- Diane Lockward, American poet
- Diane Loeffler, American politician
- Diane Loranger, Canadian geologist and paleobotanist
- Diane Louoba, Congolese handball player
- Diane Sher Lutovich, American poet
- Diane Macedo, American news personality
- Diane M. Mackie, social psychologist
- Diane MacKown, American photographer
- Diane Maclagan, mathematician
- Diane Madl, American field hockey player
- Diane Maliukaetau, New Zealand rugby union player
- Diane Mantzaris, Australian artist
- Diane de Margerie, French writer
- Diane Marleau, Canadian politician
- Diane Martel, American music video director
- Diane Martinez, American politician
- Diane Massam, Canadian linguist
- Diane Matheson, Canadian sprinter
- Diane Mathis, American immunologist
- Diane Mazloum, French-Lebanese writer
- Diane McBain, American actress
- Diane McFarlin, American educator and author
- Diane McGifford, Canadian politician
- Diane McKinney-Whetstone, American novelist
- Diane McNaron, American musical artist
- Diane McWhorter, American journalist and author
- Diane E. Meier, American geriatrics
- Diane Menzies, New Zealand landscape architect
- Diane Michelle, American voice actress
- Diane Middlebrook, American poet
- Diane Mitsch Bush, American politician
- Diane Mizota, American actress
- Diane Modahl, English middle-distance runner
- Diane Mollenkopf, New Zealand academic
- Diane Montagna, American journalist and author
- Diane Morgan, British actress, comedian and writer
- Diane Morrison, American tennis player
- Diane Mott Davidson, American novelist
- Diane Moy Quon, American film producer
- Diane Moyer, American field hockey player
- Diane Muldrow, American author and editor
- Diane Munday, British political activist
- Diane Murphy, American actress
- Diane Murray, American taekwondo practitioner
- Diane Nash, American civil rights activist
- Diane Bayegla Ndeme, Cameroonian footballer
- Diane Neal, American actress
- Diane Dezura, Canadian curler
- Diane Nelson (businesswoman), American media executive
- Diane Nelson (businesswoman), American business executive
- Diane Neumaier, American photographer
- Diane Ninemire, American softball coach
- Diane Noomin, American comics artist
- Diane Nukuri, Burundian-American long-distance runner
- Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer
- Diane Obomsawin, Canadian author, illustrator and animated filmmaker
- Diane Ogibowski, Canadian figure skater
- Diane Ogle, Australian luger
- Diane Oliver, African-American writer
- Diane Orentlicher, American international law professor
- Diane Orihel, freshwater ecologist
- Diane Papan, American politician
- Diane Pappas, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Diane Paragas, American film and television director
- Diane Parish, English actress
- Diane Parry, French tennis player
- Diane Passage, American woman from New York City
- Diane E. Pataki, American academic
- Diane Pathieu, American television anchor
- Diane Patrick, several people
- Diane Paul, American historian of science
- Diane Paulus, American theater and opera director
- Diane Pearson, British novelist and editor
- Diane Pearson (landscape architect), New Zealand landscape architecture
- Diane Pedgrift, Scottish cricketer
- Diane Pernet, French journalist
- Diane Pershing, American voice actress
- Diane de Poitiers, French noblewoman
- Diane Poitras, Canadian film and video artist
- Diane Pozefsky, American computer scientist
- Diane Pratte, Canadian alpine skier
- Diane Prince, several people
- Diane di Prima, American poet
- Diane Purkiss, British-Australian historian
- Diane Rakiecki, Canadian multi-sport para-athlete
- Diane Ramsay, Scottish sprinter
- Diane Raptosh, American writer
- Diane Ratnik, Canadian volleyball player
- Diane Ravitch, American historian, educational policy analyst, and professor
- Diane Ray, American pop and rock and roll singer
- Diane Redmond, British writer and playwright
- Diane Rehm, American journalist and public radio talk show host
- Diane Renay, American singer
- Diane Richardson, American basketball coach
- Diane Roark, American whistleblower
- Diane Roberts, American author, columnist, essayist, radio commentator, reviewer and educator
- Diane Roberts (director), English theatre artist
- Diane Robertson, New Zealand community leader
- Diane Rodríguez, Ecuadorian activist and politician
- Diane Rodriguez, American actress
- Diane Rosenbaum, American politician
- Diane Roter, American actress
- Diane Rouxel, French actress
- Diane Thiede Rover, American engineer
- Diane Rowe, British table tennis player
- Diane Roy, Canadian wheelchair racer
- Diane Ruggiero, American television writer and producer
- Diane Russell, American politician
- Diane Russet, Nigerian actress
- Diane Rwigara, Rwandan businesswoman and presidential candidate
- Diane Sabenacio Nititham, American cultural sociologist
- Diane Sabin, American feminist
- Diane Salinger, American actress
- Diane Samuels, British author and playwright
- Diane Sands, American politician
- Diane Saunders, British biologist and academic
- Diane Savereide, American chess player
- Diane Savino, American politician
- Diane Sawyer, American television journalist
- Diane Schanzenbach, American economist
- Diane Grob Schmidt, American chemist
- Diane Schnapp, American rugby union player
- Diane Schoemperlen, Canadian novelist and short story writer
- Diane Schuur, American jazz singer and pianist
- Diane Setterfield, English author
- Diane Seuss, American poet and educator
- Diane Seward, New Zealand thermochronologist
- Diane Shalet, American actress
- Diane Shaw, British singer
- Diane Sherbloom, American ice dancer
- Diane Simmons, American author
- Diane Simpson, several people
- Diane Sinclair, American actress
- Diane Smith, several people
- Diane B. Snelling, American politician
- Diane Solomon, American singer
- Diane Sommerfield, American actress
- Diane Souvaine, computer scientist
- Diane St-Jacques, Canadian businessperson and politician
- Diane St. Onge, American politician
- Diane Stanley, American children’s book writer and illustrator
- Diane Messina Stanley, American television writer and producer
- Diane Stevenett, Canadian artist, singer, actress and producer
- Diane Stone, Australian-British academic
- Diane Stratas, Canadian politician
- Diane Straus, American magazine publisher
- Diane Swanson, Canadian children’s writer
- Diane Swanton, South African sport shooter
- Diane Swonk, American economist
- Diane S. Sykes, American judge
- Diane Teel, American racing driver
- Diane Tell, Canadian musician
- Diane Therrien, Canadian politician
- Diane Thomas, American screenwriter
- Diane Thome, American composer
- Diane Thorne, Canadian politician
- Diane Todd, British-born actress and singer
- Diane Torr, Canadian artist and drag king
- Diane Towler, English ice dancer
- Diane Tuckman, American artist
- Diane Pierce Tudela, judoka
- Diane Tuft, American photographer
- Diane Urquhart, Canadian financial analyst
- Diane Valkenburg, Dutch speed skater
- Diane Van Deren, American ultra-runner
- Diane Varsi, American actress
- Diane Vaughan, American sociologist
- Diane Venora, American stage, television and film actress
- Diane Vertin, American academic administrator
- Diane Victor, South African artist and printmaker
- Diane Virjee, Canadian field hockey player
- Diane Von Hoffman, American professional wrestler
- Diane Wakoski, American poet
- Diane Wald, American poet
- Diane Walker, British swimmer
- Diane Wang, Chinese businesswoman
- Diane Ward, American poet
- Diane Warren, American songwriter
- Diane Watson, American politician
- Diane Watson (archer), American archer
- Diane Watt, British medievalist
- Diane Webber, American actress
- Diane Wei Liang, Chinese-born writer
- Diane Weyermann, American film producer
- Diane Wheatley, American politician from North Carolina
- Diane Whitehouse, Canadian painter, professor and art activist
- Diane Wiessinger, American author and researcher
- Diane Wilkins, American film director
- Diane Williams, several people
- Diane Wilson, American environmental activist, anti-war activist and author
- Diane Winston, American professor of media and religion
- Diane Wittry, American conductor and composer
- Diane R. Wolf, American arts patron
- Diane Wood, American judge and attorney
- Diane Yimga, Congolese handball player
- Diane Youdale, English television personality
- Diane Zamora, American midshipman and murderer
- Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
- Dian Fossey, American primatologist and conservationist
- Dianne Nelson, American short-story writer
- Dyan Cannon, American actress
- Dianne Wiest, American actress
Fictional characters
- Diane, an unseen and unheard character in the 1990 television show Twin Peaks
- Diane, a character from Pixar's Hoppers
- Diane, an unseen character from the 2008 video game No More Heroes
- Diane (The Seven Deadly Sins), a main character in the 2012 manga series The Seven Deadly Sins
- Diane Butcher, a character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Diane Court, a character in the 1989 film Say Anything...
- Diane Chambers, a character in the TV series Cheers
- Diane Darcy, a race car driver in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
- Diane Hutchinson, a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Diane Jenkins Newman, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Diane Lockhart, a character of CBS television series The Good Wife
- Diane Miller, a character on the American soap opera General Hospital
- Diane Sugden, a character on the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Diane Nguyen, a character on the American adult animated series Bojack Horseman
- Diane Simmons, a character in the TV series Family Guy
- Diane Johnson, a main character in ''Black-ish''