Dion
Dion ( Latin : Dio ) is an originally Greek person (Δίων) or place name ( Δῖον ), which has also been used in recent times. It stands for:
Ancient people:
- Dion of Syracuse (409–354 BC), politician at the court of Syracuse
- Dion of Alexandria (around 90 BC), Alexandrian philosopher
- Dion Chrysostomos (also Dion of Prusa ; after 40– before 120), Greek orator and writer
- Dion of Naples , mathematician from Naples
People of the modern age:
- Dion (* 1939), American singer, see Dion DiMucci
- Celine Dion (* 1968), Canadian singer
- Cyril Dion (* 1978), French writer, director, poet and activist
- Hector Dion , American theater and silent film actor, director and screenwriter
- Joel Dion-Poitras (* 1987), Canadian cyclist
- Mark Dion (born 1961), American artist
- Pascal Dion (* 1994), Canadian short tracker
- Paul-Eugène Dion (1938–2019), Canadian theologian, Old Testament scholar, linguist and historian
- Renaud Dion (* 1978), French cyclist
- Stéphane Dion (* 1955), Canadian sociologist and politician
- Dion Parson (* 1967), American jazz musician
Places:
- Dion (Athos) , ancient city on the Athos peninsula
- Dion (Evia) , ancient city on the island of Evia
- Dion (Crete) , in the ancient cape on the north coast of Crete, perhaps today's Cape Korakias
- Dion (municipality) , municipality of the municipality of Dion-Olymbos in the Greek region of Central Macedonia
- Dion (Central Macedonia) modern place, ancient city and religious center in Macedonia (Greece)
- Dion (Palestine) , ancient city in Palestine
- Dion-Valmont, former municipality in Belgium (province of Wallonia-Brabant); since 1977 district of Chaumont-Gistoux . Consists of Dion-le-Val (ancestral seat of the Counts and Margraves de Dion ) and Dion-le-Mont.
Others:
- Dion (river) , river in Guinea
- Dion Islands , archipelago in the Adelaide and Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
- Dion and the Belmonts , American pop group
- Dion., In Austria an obsolete abbreviation for direction
See also:
