Dion may refer to:

People

Ancient

* Dion (mythology), a king in Laconia and husband of Iphitea, the daughter of Prognaus *

Dion of Syracuse Dion (; el, Δίων ὁ Συρακόσιος; 408–354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, was the son of Hipparinus, and brother-in-law of Dionysius I of Syracuse. A disciple of Plato, he became Dionysius I's most trusted minister and advis ...

(408–354 BC), ancient Greek politician * Dio of Alexandria, first century BC, ancient Greek philosopher * Dion of Naples, an ancient Greek mathematician cited by Augustine of Hippo along with Adrastus of Cyzicus * Dio Chrysostom, also known as Dion Chrysostomos (c. 40 – c. 115), a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian * Cassius Dio, also known as Dion Kassios (c. AD 155 – 235), a Roman consul

Modern

Given name

Dion Bakker Jelle's Marble Runs is a YouTube channel based in the Netherlands centered on marbles, marble runs and marble races. It is run by the brothers Jelle and Dion Bakker. The channel spoofs the Olympic Games, Formula One, and other sporting events wi ...

(born 1981), Dutch Youtuber and artist * Dion O'Banion, American mobster * Dion Boucicault (1820–1890), Irish actor and playwright * Dion Boucicault Jr. (1859–1929), American actor and stage director * Dion Dawkins (born 1994), American football player * Dion DiMucci (born 1939), American singer/songwriter known professionally as "Dion" * Dion Dublin (born 1969), English footballer * Dion Fortune (1890–1946), British occultist * Dion Ignacio (born 1986), Filipino actor * Dion Jenkins (born 1979), American singer-songwriter and producer called "Dion" * Dion Lambert (born 1969), American football player * Dion Lee (born 1985), Australian fashion designer * Dion Lewis (born 1990), American football player * Dion Nash (born 1971), New Zealand cricketer * Dion Nelin (born 1976), Danish carom billiards player * Dion Phaneuf (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player * Dion Titheradge (1889–1934), Australian actor and playwright * Dion Waiters (born 1991), American basketball player

Surname

* Celine Dion (born 1968), Canadian singer * Colleen Dion (born 1964), American actress * Josh Dion Band, American music group led by singer/drummer Josh Dion * Olivier Dion (born 1991), Canadian pop singer * Pascal Dion (born 1994), Canadian short track speed skater * Stéphane Dion (born 1955), Canadian academic and politician

Places

* Dion, Archaeological Park, the ancient site of the religious center of Macedonia *

Dion, Archaeological Museum The Archaeological Museum of Dion ( el, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δίου) is a museum in Dion in the Pieria regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum was established in 1983 to display excavations unearthed in the ar ...

, the finds of the ancient site are exhibited here * Dion, Pieria, the great "sacred place" of the Ancient Macedonians, ancient city and archaeological site, and a modern town *

Dion (Chalcidice) Dium or Dion ( grc, Δῖον) was a city on the ''Acte'' or ''Akte'' (Ακτή) peninsula (now Mount Athos), the easternmost of the three peninsulas forming the ancient Chalcidice, on its northeastern coast, north of Olophyxus. Thucydides says th ...

, a town of ancient Chalcidice * Dion (Coele-Syria), a town of ancient Coele-Syria, in the Decapolis of the Roman Empire * Dion (Crete), a town of ancient Crete *

Dion (Euboea) Dium or Dion ( grc, Δῖον or Δίων or Δίον) was a town in the northwest of ancient Euboea near the promontory Cenaeum, from which Canae in Aeolis is said to have been a colony. Dium is mentioned by Homer, as under the leadership of ...

, a town of ancient Euboea *

Dium (Pisidia) Dium or Dion ( grc, Δῖον) was a town of Pisidia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byz ...

or Dion, a town of ancient Pisidia * Dion (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly *Dion, part of the municipality of Beauraing, province of Namur, Belgium * Dion Islands, Antarctica

Other uses

* Dion (geometry), one-dimension polytope * ''Dion'' (skipper), a genus of butterflies in the grass skippers family * Mitsubishi Dion, a compact MPV produced by Mitsubishi Motors * Dion (Transformers), a character from the ''Transformers'' franchise *Dion Blaster, a character in ''

1080° Snowboarding is a snowboarding video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. In the game, the player controls one of five snowboarders from a Virtual camera system#Third-person view, third-person perspective, using a combinati ...

'' *''Dion'' (album), a 1968 album by Dion DiMucci