Roxanne

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Roxanne is a female given name. It was originally an alternate spelling of Roxane, the French form of Roxana, but it has been regularly used in English speaking countries since the 1930s.

Roxanne may refer to:

• Hurricane Roxanne, a major hurricane in October 1995
• Roxanne (song), a 1978 song by The Police
• A main character and love interest in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac
• Roxanne (film), a 1987 movie adaptation of this play with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah
• Roxanne (Pokémon), an animated character
• A fictional character from Walt Disney's A Goofy Movie
• Roxana, one of Alexander the Great's wives
• Roxanne Blanford, marketing/communications/online music and entertainment journalist
• Roxanne (model), the assistant on the 1950-1961 game show Beat the Clock
• Roshanak, the usual Western spelling of the Persian feminine name
• Dr. Roxanne Shanté, female hip-hop artist
• Roxanne Wars
• Roxanne Steed, impressionistic artist
• Roxanne Klein, co-author of Raw Charlie Trotter Roxanne Klein cookbook
• Roxanne Devilish, princess of Alabama

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