Ione

Ione Gedye (1907 – 1990) was a English conservator who founded the Repair Department at the Institute of Archaeology. She worked for over several decades in conservation at the Institute and was also a significant influence in the early years of archaeologically themed television programmes.

Ione Bright (1887 – 1976) was an American theatre actress active in Broadway and other theatre from 1908 to the early 1950s.

Ione Robinson (1910 – 1989) was an American artist, writer and socialite. She is most known for her reporting of the Mexican muralist movement, especially episodes on Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, in her book A Wall to Paint on (1946). In this book, she reported also her experiences from the Spanish Civil War, that she witnessed in Barcelona in 1938.

Joyce Bryant (born Ione Bryant; 1927 – 2022) was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses, she became an early African-American sex symbol, garnering such nicknames as "The Bronze Blond Bombshell", "The Black Marilyn Monroe", "The Belter", and "The Voice You'll Always Remember".

There's a small town in Washington State called Ione. My paternal grandmother, Ione Beck, lived there after coming to America from Germany.

There was a hurricane of this name in September 1955.

Ione Skye is the actress who played opposite John Cusack in the cult 80s flick "Say Anything." She pronounces her name "EYE-oh-nee." I strongly prefer this pronunciation over any other.

There is a town in California called Ione. It is pronounced eye-OHN.