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)