Dio

Dio may refer to:

Given name

Dio or Dion, masculine given name

• Dio of Alexandria, Greek philosopher and ambassador (1st century BC)
• Dio Chrysostom, Roman philosopher (AD 40–120)
• Cassius Dio, Roman historian (AD 160–230)
• Cassius Dio (consul 291)
• Dio Lequaglie (born 1963), Italian beach volleyball player
• Dio Wang (born 1981), Chinese-born Australian politician

Surname

• Ronnie James Dio (1942–2010), American heavy metal singer
• Johnny Dio (1914–1979), Italian American mobster

Places

• Dio, Burkina Faso
• Diö, a small village in southern Sweden
• Dio-et-Valquières, France
• Dio-Gare, Mali
• Diu, India, formerly known as Dio

Music

• Dio (band), an American heavy metal band
• Dio – Distraught Overlord, a Japanese heavy metal band
• "Dio" (song), a song by Tenacious D on the 2001 eponymous album
• Dio (album), an album by Jørn Lande
• "Dio", a song from the Throwing Muses album Red Heaven

Abbreviations

• Days Inventory Outstanding
• Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong
• Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong
• St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School, India
• Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland), New Zealand
• Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian military intelligence agency
• Defense Industries Organization, conglomerate of companies run by the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation, an operating arm of the UK Ministry of Defence
• Diet-induced obesity model (DIO model), an animal model used in laboratory research
• Digital Input/Output

Other uses

• The Italian word for God
• Dio Brando, a fictional character and antagonist in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, later known mononymously as DIO
• Honda Dio, motorscooter produced in India
• Radio Dio, an independent radio station, broadcasting to the French city of Saint-Etienne
• Dio Eraclea, character from the anime Last Exile as well as its sequel Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing

See also

• Dion (disambiguation)
• Dios (disambiguation)
• D10 (disambiguation)
• Diou (disambiguation)
• Deo (disambiguation)