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Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), born Diane Nemerov, American photographer of New York portraits of couples, children, nudists, and performers; Guggenheim fellow, MoMA New Documents 1967, first photographer shown at the Venice Biennale, subject of the 2007 Met archive acquisition.

Diane Baker

Diane Baker (Diane Carol Baker, born 1938) is an American actress and producer who debuted as Margot Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), starred in Marnie and The Silence of the Lambs, and produced A Woman of Substance.

Diane Brewster

Diane Brewster (1931-1991) was an American film and television actress from Kansas City, Missouri, known for Samantha Crawford on Maverick, Miss Canfield on Leave It to Beaver, and Helen Kimble on The Fugitive.

Diane Chambers

Diane Chambers is the intellectual waitress on NBC's Cheers (1982-1993), played by Shelley Long, jilted fiancée of Sumner Sloane and romantic counterpart of Sam Malone; she left after season five and returned in the finale and Frasier.

Diane Cilento

Diane Cilento, born Elizabeth Cilento, was an Australian stage and screen actress who achieved Oscar and Tony nominations for her work on Tom Jones and Tiger at the Gates.

Diane di Prima

Diane di Prima (1934–2020) was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation, author of Revolutionary Letters and more than 40 books, and Poet Laureate of San Francisco from 2009.

Diane Disney Miller

Diane Disney Miller (1933-2013), eldest daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney, co-founded the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and used her family's funds to keep Frank Gehry on the Walt Disney Concert Hall project in 1997.

Diane Duane

Diane Duane, also known for Young Wizards and the Middle Kingdoms (Tale of the Five), is an American science fiction and fantasy author born 1952 in Manhattan, a Star Trek novelist (Spock's World, Rihannsu series) living in Ireland with Peter Morwood.

Diane Dufresne

Diane Dufresne, born 1944 in Montreal, is a Quebec singer and painter nicknamed "La Diva", known for the hit "J'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie".

Diane Farr

Diane Farr (born 1969, Manhattan) is an American actress, writer, and director known for Megan Reeves in Numb3rs, Laura Miles in Rescue Me, Sharon Leone in Fire Country, MTV's Loveline, and the books The Girl Code and Kissing Outside the Lines.

Diane Franklin

Diane Franklin (born 1962, Plainview, New York) is an American actress known for 1980s films The Last American Virgin, Amityville II, Better Off Dead, and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and for returning in The Amityville Murders (2018).

Diane Glancy

Diane Glancy, born Helen Diane Hall in 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American poet and novelist of Cherokee descent known for experimental language and Native American themes.

Diane Guerrero

Diane Guerrero (born 1986, Passaic, New Jersey) is a Colombian American actress, author, and immigration advocate known for Maritza Ramos in Orange Is the New Black, Lina in Jane the Virgin, Crazy Jane in Doom Patrol, and voicing Isabela in Encanto.

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton (Diane Hall, 1946-2025), American actress, photographer, and author; Oscar winner for Annie Hall (1977), Kay Corleone in The Godfather films, AFI Life Achievement honoree, died October 11, 2025.

Diane Keen

Diane Keen, English actress born 1946 in London, raised in Kenya; star of The Cuckoo Waltz and Rings On Their Fingers, later Jenny Burden in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Julia Parsons in Doctors.

Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger (Diane Heidkrüger), German actress born 1976 in Algermissen; former Royal Ballet-trained model; played Helen in Troy, Bridget in Inglourious Basterds; won 2017 Cannes Best Actress for In the Fade.

Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner) was an American actress with a seven-decade career who earned three Academy Award nominations, appearing in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Wild at Heart.

Diane Lane

Diane Lane, also known as Diane Colleen Lane, is an American actress born in 1965 who earned an Academy Award nomination for Unfaithful and plays Martha Kent in DC films.

Diane Lloyd

Diane Lloyd is a fictional consultant surgeon from BBC's Holby City, played by Patricia Potter from "High Risk" (2 July 2002) to her 2007 death, with a 2019 dream-sequence return in "Promise".

Diane Morgan

Diane Morgan, English comedian, actor, writer and director, creator of Philomena Cunk (Weekly Wipe, 2013), star of Mandy, Motherland and After Life, and of the 2026 BBC series Ann Droid and Cunk on Cinema.

Diane Neal

Diane Neal (born 1975, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress who played ADA Casey Novak on Law & Order: SVU and agent Abigail Borin on NCIS, later earned a Harvard Extension School degree and ran for Congress in NY-19 as an Independent.

Diane Parish

Diane Parish (Diane Carol Richards, born 1969) is an English actress, Denise Fox in EastEnders since 2006 and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill; RTS best actress winner for Babyfather, first black actor to win a major RTS award.

Diane Tell

Diane Tell, born Diane Fortin in 1959 in Québec City, is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in France since the early 1980s, known for "Si j'étais un homme".

Diane Venora

Diane Venora (Diana Venora), born 1952, Hartford, Connecticut, American Juilliard-trained actress; first American woman to play Hamlet for Joseph Papp; known for Bird (1988, NYFCC Award), Heat (1995), and The Insider (1999).

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 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.

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.

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 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.