List of Famous people named Dan

Name Dan is among the most common names in USA, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Daniel. Similar names: Daniel, Danny, Diana, Dana, Diane, Dani, Dianne, Dany, Dane, Dian, Daan, Dianna, Danni, Dayana, Dann, Dhani, Dania, Dannii, Dyan, Dyanna, Danai, Diahnne, Dannie, Danya, Danae, Danay, Diann, Dhyan, Danie, Deyana, Dayan, Dhana, Daiana, Dhanny, Dhanya, Dyana. Here are some famous Dans:

Dan van Husen

First Name Dan
Last Name Husen
Born on April 30, 1945 (age 80)

Dan van Husen was a German actor. He started his career in the 1960s, playing in a number of Spaghetti Westerns, and also performed in Italian and German films by renowned directors including Frederico Fellini and Werner Herzog and in German TV series. Starting in the 2000s he performed in Hollywood films, and in 2008 had a role in a Dutch World War 2 movie, Winter in Wartime. He died in 2020 of COVID-19.

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Dan Philibert

First Name Dan
Last Name Philibert
Born on August 6, 1970 (age 55)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Dan Philibert is a retired French hurdler.

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Dan Futterman

First Name Dan
Last Name Futterman
Born on June 8, 1967 (age 58)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Daniel Paul Futterman is an American actor and screenwriter.

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Dan Hedaya

Daniel G. Hedaya
First Name Dan
Last Name Hedaya
Born on July 24, 1940 (age 85)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Daniel G. Hedaya is an American actor. He established himself as a supporting actor, often playing sleazy villains or wisecracking supporting characters. He has had supporting roles in films such as True Confessions (1981), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Tightrope, Blood Simple, Commando (1985), Wise Guys (1986), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), The Addams Family (1991), Rookie of the Year (1993), Boiling Point (1993), Clueless (1995), The First Wives Club, Daylight, Marvin's Room, Alien Resurrection (1997), A Civil Action, A Night at the Roxbury, The Hurricane, Dick, Shaft, The Crew, Swimfan (2002), Robots, and Strangers with Candy.

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Dan Lauria

First Name Dan
Last Name Lauria
Born on April 12, 1947 (age 79)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Daniel Joseph Lauria is an American actor, known for playing the role of Jack Arnold in The Wonder Years and Jack Sullivan on Sullivan and Son (2012-2014).

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Dan Miceli

First Name Dan
Last Name Miceli
Born on September 9, 1970 (age 55)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Daniel Miceli is former major league baseball relief pitcher.

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Dan Amboyer

First Name Dan
Last Name Amboyer
Born on December 28, 1984 (age 41)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Dan Amboyer is an American actor, best known for his starring roles on the Darren Star hit series Younger , the limited NBC spin-off series The Blacklist: Redemption, and for starring as Prince William of Wales in the film William & Catherine: A Royal Romance, which also starred Victor Garber, Jean Smart, and Jane Alexander.

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Dan Byrd

First Name Dan
Last Name Byrd
Born on November 20, 1985 (age 40)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Daniel Byrd is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2004 film A Cinderella Story, the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, the 2010 films Easy A and Norman, and the sitcoms Aliens in America and Cougar Town.

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Dan Gilroy

First Name Dan
Last Name Gilroy
Born on June 24, 1959 (age 66)

Daniel Christopher Gilroy is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing and directing Nightcrawler (2014), for which he won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards, and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards. His other screenwriting credits include Freejack (1992), Two for the Money (2005), The Fall (2006), Real Steel (2011), and The Bourne Legacy (2012)—the last in collaboration with his brother Tony Gilroy. His wife, Rene Russo, has also been his frequent collaborator since the two met in 1992 and married later that year.

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Dan Payne

First Name Dan
Last Name Payne
Born on August 4, 1972 (age 53)

Daniel Payne is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think.

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