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's 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
 * Saint Humility (1226–1310), Italian saint known as Saint Roxanne (Santa Rosanna)
 * 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.