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Diane von Fürstenberg

Diane von Fürstenberg (DVF), Belgian-American designer born 1946 in Brussels, founded her label in 1972 and created the iconic 1974 jersey wrap dress, selling over a million by 1976; CFDA president 2006–2019 and philanthropist.

Diane W. Wara

Diane W. Wara is a pediatric immunologist and professor emeritus at UCSF, a pioneer of pediatric HIV medicine elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1998.

Diane Warren

Diane Warren (born 1956, Los Angeles) is an American songwriter behind "Un-Break My Heart," "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," and "If I Could Turn Back Time." Nine Billboard #1s, 17 Oscar nominations without a win, Honorary Oscar 2022, owner of Realsongs.

Diane Youdale

Diane Youdale, also known as Jet, is an English actress, choreographer, and psychotherapist who starred on ITV's Gladiators from 1992 to 1996 before retraining in psychotherapy.

Diane Zamora

Diane Michelle Zamora, a former US Naval Academy midshipman, was convicted of capital murder in 1998 for helping kill 16-year-old Adrianne Jones in Mansfield, Texas, in 1995.

Dianetics

Dianetics, also called Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, is L. Ron Hubbard's 1950 mind-and-self-help system of engrams, the reactive mind, and auditing, discredited by medicine yet the foundation of Scientology.

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard's 1950 book, introduced engrams, Clear, and auditing, became a bestseller, and evolved into Scientology despite rejection by medical and scientific bodies.

Dianhydrogalactitol

Dianhydrogalactitol (VAL-083, DAG, NSC 132313) is a bifunctional epoxide alkylating agent forming N7-guanine DNA cross-links independent of MGMT; approved in China for CML and lung cancer, in US trials for glioblastoma.

Dianic Wicca

Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft or Feminist Wicca, is a feminist, Goddess-centered branch of modern witchcraft founded in 1971, whose original branch holds rituals for women only.

Dianicline

Dianicline (SSR591813), a Sanofi-Aventis cytisine-derived α4β2 nicotinic receptor partial agonist for smoking cessation; failed phase 3 (Tonstad 2011, 602 smokers) and development was terminated in February 2008.

Dianjia Auto (电咖汽车)

Dianjia Auto (电咖汽车), also called DearCC, was a Chinese electric-vehicle startup based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, that sold the budget EV10 and the premium ENOVATE brand before collapsing.

Dianlun Lunwen

Dianlun Lunwen (典論·論文, "A Discourse on Literature") is an essay by Cao Pi, founder of the Wei dynasty, generally counted the first work of literary criticism in Chinese literature.

Diann Prosser

Diann Prosser is an American research wildlife ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Laurel, Maryland, known for modeling how waterfowl movements spread avian influenza.

Diann Roffe Steinrotter

Diann Roffe Steinrotter, American alpine skier (born 1967, Warsaw, New York); 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Super-G gold, 1992 Albertville giant slalom silver, 1985 Bormio world giant slalom champion; retired March 1994.

Dianna Agron

Dianna Agron (born 1986, Savannah, Georgia) is an American actress and singer, best known as Quinn Fabray on Glee (2009–2015); later indie films Shiva Baby, Acidman, Clock, and Industry season 5.

Dianna Cowern

Dianna Cowern, full name Dianna Leilani Cowern, is an American physicist and science communicator known for creating and hosting the YouTube channel Physics Girl, produced with PBS Digital Studios.

Dianna Fuemana

Dianna Fuemana, born in 1973, is a Niuean-New Zealand playwright, screenwriter, and director whose 1998 solo play Mapaki broke ground for Pacific theater; she was named the 2026 Niue Artist in Residence.

Dianna M. Milewicz

Dianna M. Milewicz is an American medical geneticist at UTHealth Houston who studies the genetics of thoracic aortic aneurysms and directs the John Ritter Research Program.

Dianna Russini

Dianna Russini is an American NFL insider and sports journalist for ESPN (2015-2023) and The Athletic, who resigned in April 2026 over an undisclosed relationship with coach Mike Vrabel that The Athletic's review found violated standards.

Dianne Bowering Burge

Dianne Bowering Burge (Dianne Marie Bowering-Burge, 1943-2024), Australian sprinter; three golds at 1966 Kingston Commonwealth Games; dual Olympian Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968; Athletics SA Athlete of the Century.

Dianne Buswell

Dianne Buswell (born 1989, Bunbury, Western Australia) is an Australian ballroom and Latin dancer, Strictly Come Dancing professional since 2017, 2024 Glitterball winner with Chris McCausland, partner of Joe Sugg.

Dianne Chong

Dianne Chong is a retired American materials engineer who was Boeing's vice president of Research and Technology and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.

Dianne Doan

Dianne Doan (born 1990) is a Canadian actress from Abbotsford, British Columbia, of Vietnamese descent, known as Lonnie in Disney's Descendants, Yidu in Vikings, and Mai Ling in Warrior.

Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein, U.S. senator from California 1992–2023 and San Francisco mayor 1978–1988; longest-serving woman senator, author of the 1994 assault weapons ban and the CIA torture report.

Dianne Hart-Lowman

Dianne Hart-Lowman is an American Democratic politician who represented Florida's 63rd House district from 2018, known for her long-running push to reform Florida's prison system.

Dianne Hesselbein

Dianne Hesselbein is an American Democratic politician and Minority Leader of the Wisconsin State Senate, elected to the Senate in 2022 after five terms in the State Assembly.

Dianne Holum

Dianne Holum (Dianne Mary Holum, born 1951, Chicago) is an American speed skater and coach: four Olympic medals (gold 1500m, silver 3000m, 1972 Sapporo; silver 500m, bronze 1000m, 1968 Grenoble), later first woman to coach US women Olympic speed skaters and coach of Eric Heiden.

Dianne K. Newman

Dianne K. Newman is an American geobiologist and microbiologist at Caltech known for applying genetics to microbial metabolism and studying phenazines in cystic fibrosis lungs.

Dianne Primavera

Dianne Primavera is an American Democratic politician who became Colorado's 50th lieutenant governor in January 2019, after eight years representing the 33rd district in the Colorado House.

Dianne Reeves

Dianne Reeves, born 1956 in Detroit and raised in Denver, is an American jazz vocalist, five-time Grammy winner, and 2018 NEA Jazz Master known for scat singing and genre-spanning repertoire.