Diane

Diane may refer to:

• Diane, a name of the deity Artemis
• Diane-35, a combined oral contraceptive pill
• Citroën Dyane, a car
• Dyane, a town in India
• The Dian Kingdom, a kingdom in ancient China
• Lake Dian, a lake in present China
• Hurricane Diane, a disastrous Atlantic hurricane during 1955
• Group Diane, a former special forces unit of the Belgian gendarmerie
• Backformation of ethane from alkane and molecular naming di- + -ane
• Steak Diane, a culinary dish
• Dianetics, mental health theory
• Diane (film), a 1956 film starring Lana Turner
• "Diane" (song), a song by The Bachelors in 1964
• "Diane" (Therapy? song), a song by Hüsker Dü from the Metal Circus EP. Later covered by Therapy? on the 1995 album Infernal Love
• "Diane", a song by Guster from Keep It Together
• "Little Diane", a song by Dion
• "My Diane", a song by The Beach Boys
• "Oh Diane", a song by Fleetwood Mac from the album Mirage
• "Jack & Diane", a song by John Cougar Mellenkamp
• Project DIANE, the Diversified Information and Assistance NEtwork, a U.S. videoconferencing based community service network

Notable people named Diane

Alternative spellings include Dianne, Dian, Dyan and Dyane. See also Di and Diana

• Diane Abbott, a British politician
• Diane Cummins, a Canadian middle distance runner
• Diane de France, a 16th century daughter of France's Henry II
• Diane Franklin, an American actress
• Dyan Cannon, an American actress
• Diane Gerace, a Canadian high jumper
• Diane Guthrie-Gresham, a Jamaican long jumper and heptathlete
• Diane Keaton, an American actress
• Diane Ladd, an American actress
• Diane Lane, an American actress
• Diane Modahl, an English athlete
• Diane Murphy, an American actress
• Diane Neal, an American actress
• Diane de Poitiers, a 16th century French noblewoman
• Diane Ratnik, Canadian volleyball player
• Diane Sawyer, American TV presenter
• Diane Warren, an American songwriter

Other

• Dian Fossey, an American zoologist
• Moshe Dayan, Israeli politician and military leader

Fictional characters named Diane

• 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
• Diane, an unseen character from the 2008 video game No More Heroes
• Diane, an unseen character in the television show Twin Peaks, to whom Dale Cooper addresses messages on a pocket tape recorder
• Diane Jenkins Newman, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless