Roxanne (given name)

”Roxanne” is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Rhōxanē (Latinised to Roxana), used for Roxana, one of Cambyses wifes, the daughter of Idérnēs, a sister of one sister of king Mithridates VI, and the wife of Alexander the Great. The name originates from the Old Iranian Raṷxšnā-, meaning “bright” or “radiant”. It shares the same etymology as the New Persian word “roshan”, which also means “light” or “bright” (روشن).

People

• Roxana, Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
• Roxanne Avent (born 1976), American film producer and movie studio executive
• Roxanne Barcelo (born 1985), Filipino-American actress, model and singer
• Roxanne Barker (born 1991), South African football goalkeeper
• Roxanne Beck, American singer and voice actress
• Roxanne Beckford (born 1969), American actress
• Roxanne Benjamin, American film producer, writer and director
• Roxanne Bovenberg (born 1989), Dutch handball player
• Roxanne Conlin (born 1944), United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
• Roxanne Constantin, Canadian musician
• Roxanne Donnery American politician from New York
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born 1939), American historian, writer and feminist
• Roxanne Dufter (born 1992), German speed skater
• Roxanne Ellis (1942–1995), American murder victim
• Roxanne Emery (born 1984), English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
• Roxanne Franck (born 1998), French female handball player
• Roxanne Guinoo (born 1986), Filipino actress
• Roxanne Hart (born 1952), American actress
• Roxanne James (born 1966), Canadian politician
• Roxanne Jones (1928–1996), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Roxanne Kernohan (1960–1993), Canadian actress
• Roxanne Lowit, New York-based fashion and celebrity photographer
• Roxanne McDonald (born c. 1960), Australian actress
• Roxanne McKee (born 1980), English actress and model
• Roxanne Modafferi (born 1982), American mixed martial artist
• Roxanne Didier Nicholas (born 1992), St. Lucian dancer and beauty pageant titleholder
• Roxanne Pallett (born 1982), English actress and singer
• Roxanne Persaud, American politician from New York
• Roxanne Potvin (born 1982) Canadian bilingual singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Roxanne Pulitzer (born 1951), American novelist and actress
• Roxanne Qualls (born 1953), American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Roxanne Quimby (born 1950), American artist and businesswoman
• Roxanne Roberts (born 1954), American style writer for the Washington Post
• Roxanne "Roxy" Saint (born 1977) American singer, musician, video producer
• Roxanne Seeman (born 1954), American songwriter and lyricist
• Roxanne Shanté (born 1969), American hip hop musician
• Roxanne Starr, American graphic designer and comic book letterer
• Roxanne Swentzell (born 1962), American ceramist
• Roxanne Tong (born 1987), Hong Kong beauty pageant contestant
• Roxane Turcotte (born 1952), Canadian author
• Roxanne Varza (born 1985), Iranian-American company executive
• Roxanne Wilson (born 1979), American businesswoman
• Roxanne Ashley Yu (born 1997), Filipino swimmer

Roxanna

• Roxanna Bennett, Canadian poet
• Roxanna Brown, prominent authority on Southeast Asian ceramics and director of the Bangkok University's Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum
• Roxanna Carrillo, Peruvian activist and feminist
• Roxanna June, playboy model
• Roxanna Panufnik, British composer of Polish heritage

Fictional characters

• Roxane, cousin and main love interest of the titular character in the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.
• Roxanne "Roxy" Washington, a Marvel character known as Bling!
• Roxanne Ritchie, a TV news reporter in the movie Megamind
• Roxanne, the high school love interest of Max Goof in A Goofy Movie
• Roxy Lalonde, via Homestuck.
• Dr. Roxanne Vanderwheele, an archeologist from the cartoon "Tutenstein".
• Roxanne “Roxy” Wolf, one of the animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach.
• Roxanne "Roxie" Hart, the protagonist of the 1926 play, Chicago, and 1975 musical of the same name.
• Roxy, fairy of animals and the unofficial 7th member of the Winx Club.

See also

• Roxanne (disambiguation)
• Roxann
• Roseanne (name)
• Roshanak (Origin of this given name)