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 O'Brien

First Name Dan
Last Name O'Brien
Born on July 18, 1966 (age 59)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Daniel Dion O'Brien is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships, and set the world record in 1992.

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Dan Mazer

First Name Dan
Last Name Mazer
Born on January 1, 1971 (age 55)

Daniel Gideon Mazer is a British screenwriter, producer, and comedian. He is best known as the long-time writing and production partner of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and worked with him on his characters Ali G and Borat. Mazer also co-wrote and co-produced the films based on Baron Cohen's characters such as Ali G Indahouse, Borat, and Brüno.

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Dan Sperber

First Name Dan
Last Name Sperber
Born on June 20, 1942 (age 83)

Dan Sperber is a French social and cognitive scientist. His most influential work has been in the fields of cognitive anthropology and linguistic pragmatics: developing, with British psychologist Deirdre Wilson, relevance theory in the latter; and an approach to cultural evolution known as the epidemiology of representations in the former. Sperber currently holds the positions of Directeur de Recherche émérite at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Director of the International Cognition and Culture Institute.

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Dan T. Cathy

First Name Dan
Last Name Cathy
Born on March 1, 1953 (age 73)
Net Worth $8.3B

Daniel Truett Cathy is an American businessman. He is chairman, president, and CEO of fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, which was founded and expanded by his father, S. Truett Cathy. He has a net worth of $7.1 billion as of November 2020.

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Dan Håfström

First Name Dan
Last Name Håfström
Born on July 15, 1972 (age 53)
Born in Sweden
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Dan Voiculescu

First Name Dan
Last Name Voiculescu
Born on September 25, 1946 (age 79)
Born in Romania

Dan Voiculescu is a Romanian politician and businessman. He is the founder and former president of the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR), later renamed the Conservative Party (PC). He was a senator from 2004 until his resignation in 2012.

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Dan Wilson

Daniel Dodd Wilson
First Name Dan
Last Name Wilson
Born on May 20, 1961 (age 64)

Daniel Dodd Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and visual artist. His songwriting resume includes "Closing Time", which he wrote for his band, Semisonic, "Not Ready to Make Nice" and "Someone like You". He earned a Grammy nomination for "Closing Time" and won Grammys for Song of the Year and Album of the Year.

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Dan Hipgrave

First Name Dan
Last Name Hipgrave
Born on August 5, 1975 (age 50)

Daniel Hipgrave is an English musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of the Post-Britpop/alternative rock band Toploader.

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Dan Issel

First Name Dan
Last Name Issel
Born on October 25, 1948 (age 77)
Height 206 cm | 6'9

Daniel Paul Issel is an American former professional basketball player and coach. An outstanding collegian at the University of Kentucky, Issel was twice named an All-American en route to a school-record 25.7 points per game for his career. The American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year in 1971, he was a six-time ABA All-Star and a one-time NBA All-Star.

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Dan Meridor

First Name Dan
Last Name Meridor
Born on April 23, 1947 (age 79)

Dan Meridor is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Centre Party. He rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset following the 2009 elections. Meridor served at various times as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy in the Israeli Cabinet. In 2014, Meridor succeeded Avi Primor as president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, an institute of international affairs which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress.

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