Famous People with Name Dionne

Dionne Quan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dionne Quan: Quan, a Chinese American, was born in Benicia, California to Lori and Daryl Quan. She is legally blind, having been born with optic hyperplasia. Her acting scripts are written in Braille for her. She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for television commercials.She is the voice of Kimi Finster, a character from the cartoon television show Rugrats and All Grown Up!. She was first introduced in the second Rugrats movie, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie. She is the youngest actor in the cast. She also has a regular role on The Fairly OddParents (as Trixie Tang) and Lilo & Stitch: The Series (as Noviz (Experiment 587)). In 2005, she starred as Yasmin in a show for 4Kids Entertainment called Bratz.

Dionne Warwick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dionne Warwick: is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian.

Dionne Farris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dionne Farris: is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development.[2] In 1995, she had a solo hit single called "I Know," which hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for B

Marcel Dionne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marcel Dionne: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-Victor-de-Tring, Quebec and became a businessman by career.He won the Chicoutimi electoral district in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected there in 1980. Dionne was defeated in the 1984 election by André Harvey of the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

Ludger Dionne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ludger Dionne: was a Canadian businessman and a politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauce in the Canadian House of Commons from 1945 to 1949.He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1945 election. When faced with a worker's strike in his rayon mill in 1947, Dionne went to Poland and "hired" 100 Polish Catholic women and emigrated them to Canada to work as either nuns or to work in his rayon mill. During his visit to Poland, he was interviewed by Will Lang Jr. of Life and discussed with Lang his intentions. When Dionne returned to Canada, the striking workers protested to the Canadian government about the immigrants stealing their jobs.

Élisée Dionne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Élisée Dionne: was a Canadian provincial politician. Born in Kamouraska, Lower Canada, Dionne was a member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Grandville from 1867 to 1892.

France Dionne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

France Dionne: is a politician from Quebec, Canada. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1997 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government and opposition. Dionne ran as a candidate under the Quebec Liberal Party banner in the 1985 Quebec general election. She was elected winning her first of three terms in office and picking up the seat of Kamouraska-Témiscouata for her party. Dionne easily held her seat in the 1989 Quebec general election winning well over half the popular vote. Dionnes bid for a third term in office would be a struggle. She held her seat against Parti Quebecois candidate Hélène Alarie by a margin of nearly 400 votes. She resigned her seat on May 2, 1997 to run as a federal Liberal candidate in the 1997 Canadian federal election. Dionne ran in a hotly contested five way race in the electoral district of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les Basques. She was defeated by incumbent Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament Paul Crête finishing a very close second by a couple thousand votes and slightly ahead of former Member of Parliament André Plourde.